Umm.. it was a joke.

So from time to time, I get some weirdo from some other country wanting me to ship some computer part overseas. It’s a scam. But I like to toy with them…

From: Randy Lee (of Singapore)
Dear Seller,

I’m customer from Singapore ,and I would like to purchase some products from
your company,but before we doing business,I need your answers for my
questions below,

1.Do you accept credit card directly for payment?
2.Do you ship overseas via shipment with FedEx or UPS?

Thanks before for the attentions and we are glad to doing more
business with your company.I look forward to hearing back from you as soon.

Best Regards,
Randy Lee

My response:

From: Jason (of the USA)
Randy Lee,

Yes, I will directly take your credit card. Please ship your card to me, and I will run it through my slider. I will also personally deliver your product straight to your door. Please ship me plane tickets. Look forward to doing business with you.

He no get my joke.

Heatsink Hack

Ok, so I am working on this Dell Dimension 8400. The fan goes full power, and no boot. After replacing the fan, still does it. It appears to be a heatsink problem. A very common problem on the Dimension 8400 from what I’ve read. The heatsink doesn’t make great contact with the processor (how it knows that, I don’t know). Anyway, while playing with it, I noticed that the computer will boot if the heatsink is tilted to one side. So I had to make that permanent. This is the ONLY way I have found to get it working without replacing the heatsink and motherboard, and possibly the CPU. I know it has “hack” written all over it, but oh well. It works, and I’d call it “creative” ;-)

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