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wellard · 07-04-2006, 11:50 PM

Yep, Z !

Just a few days ago, while putting a couple of new DVD drives in my PC I messed around with the ribbons trying to get things to fit nice in the case only to find the PC would not reboot.... (mentioned in clouds cafe) The problem was with the ribbon which was the only original item left in my PC from about 5 years ago! The heat makes them brittle I guess.

Moral of my story is when you get a new component/ motherboard etc use the new ribbons provided [img]smile.gif[/img]

07-04-2006, 11:50 PM	#7
wellard Dracolisk Join Date: November 1, 2002 Location: Australia ..... G\'day! Posts: 6,123	Yep, Z ! Just a few days ago, while putting a couple of new DVD drives in my PC I messed around with the ribbons trying to get things to fit nice in the case only to find the PC would not reboot.... (mentioned in clouds cafe) The problem was with the ribbon which was the only original item left in my PC from about 5 years ago! The heat makes them brittle I guess. Moral of my story is when you get a new component/ motherboard etc use the new ribbons provided [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ fossils - natures way of laughing at creationists for over 3 billion years