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xoder ([personal profile] xoder) wrote2005-04-13 12:19 pm

The best-laid plans of mice and men...

So I found out the reason for the crashes of doom... The Question is what do I do about it?

When I touch the shield of my thumbdrive to the shield of the front ports of my computer, it reboots. Therefore, its a severe grounding problem. Any suggestions outside of running a wire from my case to the nearest cold water pipe?

[identity profile] farandthefair.livejournal.com 2005-04-13 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Do simple grounding tests on them. I'm sure you have a tester of some kind... or at the very least, could rig one up. Check the pin layouts and try to find the short. Maybe it'll be easy to fix.