@LittleChild please don't ping lots of people; you're not paying us for tech support and your problem is no more important than whatever else we might be doing. sigh but OK, what seems to be the issue?
This is the image of the laptop that I own [HP Pavilion DV4-2126tx].
Towards the left of the laptop is a RJ-45 socket where I connect the internet cable and close to it is the graphics card, hard drive and the slot for remote control.
For the past couple of days I have observed that the are...
I have no idea what you and your "qualified professional" uncle might have done to your laptop, but if you didn't put everything back in exactly the way it was when you opened it up, or if you aren't 100% sure about something, I'd check that first
it could be anything, really. something shorting the mobo. some physical damage to something that was caused accidentally while poking around inside. or maybe a loose cable.
@GrahamWager lucky :( I'd take any coding job over what I'm doing, but no joy so far
probably have to make a career out of the security testing experience I've got, which probably won't pay as well as coding (unless I do something top secret hehe)
@LittleChild sounds like a PSU issue, or maybe the mobo power cable not plugged in properly, or idk
@GrahamWager U.S. public sector contractor, doing a "grab bag" of things with enterprise web 2.0 information systems: functional validation ("testing"), security testing (penetration testing, best practices, etc), technical writing on formal documents, and process improvement (writing automated tools to do testing, workflow, etc)
it's all customer-facing line of business systems so that much is cool; if I find something that gets fixed, I can say I put my fingerprints on a public website with very high visibility
@LittleChild I have no idea. it might be tripping a relay somewhere in the PSU or the mobo causing it to reset the power system
it sounds like the mobo firmware thinks that the system lost power (i.e. power outage) but it could also think that if a circuit breaker is being tripped
@LittleChild yes, you can have a fully working system without HDD ... at least BIOS, and then a whole operating system if you have a USB stick, PXE, or CD
computers will also tend to power themselves down automatically if the CPU is extremely overheated
since you said your CPU fan isn't working, you probably can't use the computer again until you've replaced the CPU fan
the only CPUs that can operate on purely passive cooling are those specifically designed to operate that way, like embedded ARM chips. laptop and desktop Intel chips need an active cooling fan
@LittleChild the fan works? how do you know? you said it won't power on
I think what you mean is that it won't POST; if the fans are spinning then it's "powered on"
@allquixotic doesn't sound as bad as my history! :P i'm just so lucky that they're willing to give me a chance considering my complete lack of professional experience in the industry
@allquixotic Indeed, they seem like great people, there were 2 interviews so I've already met 5 different people there, and they've offered me a great starting salary considering
"Turbo Boost" only kicks in when the CPU is under very high utilization and, depending on power profile, the CPU decides that it can do better with higher clock speed. On laptops you might not see turbo boost having as much of an effect, especially on battery power, because the software or firmwa...
@LittleChild just remember that staying calm and applying your intellect is going to always yield better results than allowing your emotions to take control over you
when faced with a problem, you should think more than you feel
AT&T is instructing one of my users to find a clear sticker with black writing on a black modem. ^_^ He literally said "You might have to feel around for it."
there was one of those digital marquee signs providing textual status information about the train schedules at the platform at the local commuter train station.... the ticket lady told me those things have been offline for years because Verizon won't fix their T1 line they use for them
they asked them to fix it but Verizon said something like it would be too expensive so they won't do it
I'm trying to upgrade my home network, which involves upgrading to gigabit and 802.11n and adding several APs. But I'd also like to update the security. Currently I have WPA(1) personal with a password because I have a few devices that can't handle WPA2 or even AES. I'd like to split the network ...
@Tanner basically, to sum up that question, he built a castle on top of a swamp, it started sinking into the ground and one of the doors fell off, and now he's trying to add buttresses and crennellations to the top of it to make it more secure and stable.
anything based on wifi is like building a castle on top of a swamp. fundamentally flawed
I'm not even going to attempt to help him because I would end up ranting about how awful everything wifi is.
@Tanner No! He's already a mod in like a million sites and is spread too thin as-is. Plus, if he gets elected over at SO, he'll spend less time on SU. I consider this highly unacceptable.
@Tanner he already does that here, by sending them back to SO
@Tanner I think so
but the problem with crap migrations is that they happen so fast (and so often), and often by users with low-ish rep (high enough to vote but not much else), that mods don't even have a chance to deal with them until after they've already been punted
there are a ton of users with a goodly amount of rep on SO who really have no idea about the rules or topicality politics of any SE site, let alone SuperUser
when you make a system that only requires 5 votes by non-mods to punt it over to us, and you have that many clueless users who've gained rep by answering "plz send me the codes" questions, expect this kind of thing to happen
When I insert my USB Flash Drive into my computer, I always get this little autostart popup:
I was wondering, how to add elements to that list using the autorun.inf file? I know it's possible, because I've seen some programs do that before.
Q: <generic question that could be a million things>
comment: is it bla? response: nope comment: well is it bla2? response: nope ...
no idea why 2 people would favorite it without up/downvoting
Sounds like you need to inject a lot of sanity into management and convince them to use git everywhere, and eliminate this sneakernet of Git upstart rebels. If there's a high-up guy called Darth Subvertus who insists on using Subversion, then you need to become Luke Gitwalker and cut off his arm (after he cuts off yours). — allquixotic20 secs ago
@Luke I spent hours trying to figure out a lack of Internet connectivity at one of our locations. Was guiding the user over the phone to run ipconfig and read off stuff, only to find out it was "herp derp wrong DNS in the DHCP." Then I realized only DNS was down and my remote support was working just fine. :| All I had to do was open it up, remote in, and switch the DNS.
Never had my eye literally start twitching before.
He coulnd't tell me, he had to pass it up to a Level 2 tech!
And because the Cx INSISTED on using their server as a router... I had to walk them through on the phone how to release and renew their IP on their server
Problem as well, they are an hour on the other side of town
So doing an onsite for something that I had little control over anyways would have been stupid
The longer I spend on Stack Exchange, the harder it is for me to get information on other Q&A or forums. Makes my head hurt to pick through that crap...
The ones that bug me most are forums with people asking stuff like "Why isn't blablabla working with FTP?" and somebody explains to them how to use a Windows share...
Then they start debugging their problems with Windows XP to Windows 7 shares.
I care more about a topic with a high voted question or answer, where I can trust on its quality and use it as a starting point (or final word, or compilation) on something I need.
@Tanner Yeah, but in the long run it's more useful to the community than to yourself. Sure, in the longer run a great community provides more valuable answers to you, it's a win/win situation. But on a shorter, personal scale, reputation isn't much useful apart as a validation of your expertise in said area.
This is the image of the laptop that I own [HP Pavilion DV4-2126tx].
Towards the left of the laptop is a RJ-45 socket where I connect the internet cable and close to it is the graphics card, hard drive and the slot for remote control.
For the past couple of days I have observed that the are...
When I insert my USB Flash Drive into my computer, I always get this little autostart popup:
I was wondering, how to add elements to that list using the autorun.inf file? I know it's possible, because I've seen some programs do that before.
