[ale] fried innards -- final report

Adrya Stembridge adrya.stembridge at gmail.com
Thu Aug 8 14:12:03 EDT 2013


I used pink nail polish to highlight the area around my dad's "Source"
button on the tv remote.


On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> silver sharpies are great for adding enough contrast to the all black case
> fronts so old farts can find the *(^^&% EJECT button and power switch!
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Sean Kilpatrick <kilpatms at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>> Yet another trip to Frys.
>>
>> -- replaced 400 watt power supply with 500 watt PS.
>>
>> -- installed new DVD burner (this one burns double layer, which is nice,
>>
>> I think)
>>
>> -- Noticed SATA data cable also charred, so replaced that also.
>>
>> Hopefully this is the last WTF for the year.
>>
>> Sean
>>
>> PS You might be an Old Fart, if your computer case is IBM beige. I asked
>> for a DVD burner with a beige face plate, and the young sales clerk said,
>> "I've never seen anything but black." Sure enough, Fry's has only black
>> computer boxes. Beige is dead. RIP
>>
>>
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