IT Thread

[theholycow]

Yup, if you're in IT for long enough you'll get the opportunity to take that picture at least once.

[stonehenge]

He's just trying to save electricity by creating a self-sustaining power loop.

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[stonehenge]

So I originally used FF, then it went to shit and I moved to Chrome, then Chrome started acting like a bitch and I went back to FF.

Now FF is constantly sucking up all my memory (on my quad core 8gb windows box and my mac mini at work). I have to restart the browser at least once a day or deal with laggy shit.

So now I'm back on Chrome until it does something gay again. I wish I could get used to Opera because it was pretty stable when I was using it.

[theholycow]

That memory shit is standard behavior for FF.

Honestly, every browser sucks now. Used to be FF and Opera were great, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Then Chrome came around and was great for different stuff. Then they all went to shit.

I'm staying with Opera 12.14 for now.

[stonehenge]

So far they seem to be alternating for me. I left Chrome last time because pages would randomly refuse to render no matter what I did. I tried older versions of the browser, dev versions, disabling plugins, allthesettings, etc and nothing worked. FF was great at that point. Now FF is back to fapping all my memory away and Chrome loads everything like it should.

Damn things.

brb Netscape Navigator

[chevyrado14]

you guys should use internet explorer it comes preinstalled for a reason its the best!

[theholycow]

Actually, recent versions of IE don't suck any worse than any other modern browsers. IE11 has a few problems but those will work out soon enough.

[stonehenge]

fts ie

[theholycow]

[chevyrado14]

Seems legit. I'm gonna get me some windows 21

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[stonehenge]

I installed Server 4016 R4 yesterday

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[theholycow]

[stonehenge]

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[theholycow]

https://plus.google.com/110790694134...ts/caYepgPGFki

fak

[stonehenge]

IT peeps will never go away completely IMO.

Something like Chromebooks with allthethings stored in the cloud will reduce the need but there will still be people that don't know how to setup/fix/upgrade/etc hardware and software.

Plus, lots of people/businesses would rather have all their websites/data/etc in-house.

On that note, brb finding new jerb.

[JayBo]

School regrets me leaving lulz

VZW GalaxyS4

[stonehenge]

FIDIL Fedora w/ LXDE on the Compaq Craptop

[stonehenge]

Some background:

1) I work for the mayor's office. I am responsible for maintenance and support of all machines in my town.
2) Have three employees: FatGamer, DumbCrazy and CrossEyed. The last 2 are interns.
3) THIS HAPPENED 15 MINUTES AGO.

Most of the time we just have to reinstall some networked printer who went offline for whatever reasons, or check why there's no internet connection (usually somebody just turned off the modem 'to save power'), but sometimes whe get older machines (all desktops) with users complaining that they are slow.

Normally we just cleanup the dust, do a virus/malware scan and/or format and reinstall, since we don't use any special software, just office/winrar. Not so often we have some spare parts like a better memory, or a faster HD, and upgrade the machine the best we can.

So this machine came to us. CrossEyed pick the ticket and proceed as usual.

Suddenly...

CrossEyed: - Boss, I think this machine came toasted.

Me: - No, the client said it was ok, just running slow. I know them, they're reliable. Check again.

CE: - Boss, the machine isn't powering on.

Me: - Did you checked if the power cable was plugged in? Because you did this once...

CE: - Yeah Boss, I checked.

Me: - Did you checked if it is 110v or 220v? On their site they have both.

CE: - Yeah.

Me: - Strange. Let me see.

I go check this poor baby, and the first I smell is that sad scent of a deep fried motherboard.

Me: - CrossEyed, come here.

CE: - 'sup?

Me: - Tell me exactly what you did.

CE: - I cleaned it up...

Me: - ...and...

CE: - ...upgraded the RAM from 512MB to 2GB...

Me: - ...and...

CE: - ...switched the power supply.

Me: - and it was all ok?

CE: - Well, it was a little hard to fit but I managed it. When I turned it on it smelled burned so I turned it off.

I had to show him. He did those upgrades hundred of times.

But this time he accomplished 2 things I never saw in my life: He managed to plug a DDR2 on a DDR slot... AND plugged the power supply backwards. When it doesn't fit he does the one logical thing (on his mind) and CUT THE POWER PLUG IN ORDER TO FIT.

TL; DR: CrossEyed intern could fit an square peg on a round hole.

http://www.reddit.com/r/talesfromtec...ts_i_installs/

[Mr.Rogers]

So my comp wont turn on. I tried the paper clip test on the psu and it turns I plug it to the mobo and nothing. Then I put the paper clip on the green and black while its plugged into mobo and turns on. I dun think its the comp switch cuz when I press it the comp turns on. Only whem the paper clip is in the psu connector to the mobo.. any ideas

[Cez★]

try sticking paper clip into electrical socket you connect computer to

[Mr.Rogers]

Tryed that didnt work

---------- Post added at 09:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:43 PM ----------

I just ended up leavin the paper clip in the connector whete turned on the psu all fans went on then while shit is on removed the paper clip (used woden chopsticks lol) just in case then I was able to turn on the comp just fine.... wtf its like if I unplug or turn off the psu from the switch it dies unless I bypass that shit with the clip... no idea wtf is going on

[theholycow]

So, does it work properly once you kickstart it with that paper clip?

I'd prolly just hack it, add a switch in parallel with that circuit so I don't have to reach in with paperclip.

[Mr.Rogers]

Yes works perfectly fine once I bypass with clip. So u think its the connector from the psu to mobo?

[theholycow]

Could be, or could be in the power supply, or whatever. Not worth replacing parts IMO. Run power switch wire to there instead of (or parallel to) motherboard.

You could try replacing the power supply.

[Mr.Rogers]

Ah ok gotcha thnx Cao!