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<blockquote data-quote="QuinnEskimo" data-source="post: 177379"><p><strong>YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED!!!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's was scary, but also kind of a big relief. I took my machine (powerbook G4 15") back in after it completely crashed... I'm talkin' BLINKY QUESTION MARK FOLDER OF DEATH when trying to boot. </p><p></p><p>Well, it turns out all these glitches I've been experiencing (see all my previous threads) were due to a hardware problem, not a system problem! And that problem was....</p><p></p><p><em>ta daaaaa...</em></p><p></p><p>The physical wired connections to the hard drive were coming un-connected! The tech said he'd never seen anything like it before. So, by the time my computer crashed, it wasn't detecting the hard drive at all. Crazy...</p><p></p><p>bill for tech work..... $0</p><p>knowing it wasn't my fault.... priceless</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuinnEskimo, post: 177379"] [b]YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED!!![/b] It's was scary, but also kind of a big relief. I took my machine (powerbook G4 15") back in after it completely crashed... I'm talkin' BLINKY QUESTION MARK FOLDER OF DEATH when trying to boot. Well, it turns out all these glitches I've been experiencing (see all my previous threads) were due to a hardware problem, not a system problem! And that problem was.... [i]ta daaaaa...[/i] The physical wired connections to the hard drive were coming un-connected! The tech said he'd never seen anything like it before. So, by the time my computer crashed, it wasn't detecting the hard drive at all. Crazy... bill for tech work..... $0 knowing it wasn't my fault.... priceless [/QUOTE]
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