1) He's a great guy
2) He's also a great guy
3) He's still a great guy
So, we got the parts and we built the computer. We connected everything, and plugged in the switch. LO-and-BEHOLD! No power. Hold your breath. Now picture two guys smacking their foreheads and then rolling and pounding their fists on the floor. Ha. Ok, no, we didn't to that.
We had spent hours...from travelling to buying, to building, and then trouble-shooting. Time-Out! We decided to try again next time - buy more tokens first. I was gonna bring the computer down to Sim Lim for the "pros" to have a check, and maybe get a change of parts within 7 days of purchase.
I brought the blardy...I meant bulky computer to Sim Lim on Thursday. Told the guys my problem. Was explained to me that if there wasn't any problem with the hardware, I had to pay $10 service charge. Yar whatever. I bought the entire chunk of metal from you guys, and it was only 5 days prior...and now you guys wana charge me.
I said ok, but I whispered to Casper (my invisible friend), "Yeah right, $10...like I'm gonna pay. No way Jose. I'll think of something. We'll use this $10 and go buy ice cream later k?"
Now, as I handed over the computer to one of the "pros", a thought came to mind. "What if there really isn't anything wrong? Wah liew...then so pai seh!"
The guys plugged it in. Turned on the switch.
I imagined I had heard a distinct voice saying, "Let there be light!". Because...KAOZ!! Instantaneously the pc came to life with the screen being illuminated, and at that same moment I almost had a cardiac arrest. WAH really PROS siah!! Lidat oso can!
Cursed thought! Why? Why??! Why must I geh kaing and go think such a thought and used my magic to make it come true?? Dumb me..!
All this while, as I was smacking myself on my forehead inside my head, my eyes locked onto the screen that had been illuminated by the presence of "life" from the pc. Then my eyes shifted rather unwillingly to the technician.
(points at the screen...looks at me with a "What? Ok leh"-bewildered-expecting-some-big-challenge-but-got-a-perfectly-working-computer look)
(I looked at him, I looked at the screen...I looked at my shoes trying to my best to find a that gum that seemed to have gotten my feet stuck there. NOT. Ha. I didn't do that lar. I was cool...cooler than cool...I was ICE COLD)
I swaggered over. No lar. Where have so hao lian. Ha. I just described to him my troubleshooting process and he said that there could be various reasons why the pc might not have powered up.
Maybe it was asleep...or maybe it just needed a special touch from a pro.
Anyway, thank God they were gracious enough to not charge me. Also thank God that I came up with a legit reason that the pc might not have powered up...
"Erm...hmmm...maybe it's the power cable you think? Maybe the power cable you guys gave me was faulty...erm...you know? Like, wire's loose? No connection?" (trying my bes to sound like I TOTALLY KNEW what I had done and what I was saying. I was way cool).
"Aiyar, just give him a new power cable."
"Thanks." (I'm still COOL like that).
"No, thank you. Ok now ar? No problem. You go home and check again. Anything just bring back. Please come again."
Got into my car and laughed at myself for coming up with such a lame "reason"...but thank God my mind was working mar. The technician said before there were MANY reasons why it didn't power up, so I had ONE GOOD REASON...
Ha. Like the pros are dumb pros lor...I'm sure they had a chuckle themselves that I had managed to save that $10.
Well, Casper didn't have his ice cream. I kept that $10. Ha.
Last night, found out for myself while trouble-shooting and trying to figure out where went wrong...that it was actually a short circuit on the motherboard. I just had to remove ONE wire.
Just say NARF!!
*DoH!!*
Oh, and that new power cable? It's still unopened. A brand-new power cable, FOC.
posted by HanQiang @ 8:53 am
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