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Does anyone here perform exorcisms on electrical goods? I'm only half kidding. I'm coming to the conclusion every device in my house hates me :P
My brand new digibox, installed by Sky after weeks of pain and signal problems, has decided it doesn't like being switched on so it switches itself off. Then on again. Then off. Then occasionally, by way of variety, it shuts itself down completely (i.e. it's not on standby, it's OFF off...). I have, at the moment, having spent the first half of this week beating the snot out of the power cable and all the other connections, finally got it to stay switched on for 3 days. However I'm terrified to sneeze within 3 feet of the thing in case it goes off again. And on again. And off again...*wibbles*
I will ring Sky and wail at them and with a bit of luck it'll still be under warranty from the last visit so there should be no call out charge. Again. And I can get a new box. Can't have the call out until at least a week on Friday though, so I can accrue some hours towards the time off I'll need.
Then there's my oh so shiny new PC. The one that's a week old. The one that's decided it hates DVDs and videos and will have a hissy fit by rebooting itself. Sadly, the error report doesn't have enough detail for PC World to determine the cause, so having spent 30 minutes on hold to the 24 hour support line (at least this time around, I HAVE support for any PC issues), the nice man at the end of the phone showed me how to turn off the "reboot when there's an error" problem, so that next time, I'll get a Blue Screen of Death with an error message that will actually tell them what the problem is. Happily, thanks to the support package I bought, they will just fix anything at no cost to me, beyond possibly needing yet another day off work. *sighs* Maybe I can get them and Sky to visit on the same day.
So yes. Old priest, young priest, whatever - I have a small job for you :P
My brand new digibox, installed by Sky after weeks of pain and signal problems, has decided it doesn't like being switched on so it switches itself off. Then on again. Then off. Then occasionally, by way of variety, it shuts itself down completely (i.e. it's not on standby, it's OFF off...). I have, at the moment, having spent the first half of this week beating the snot out of the power cable and all the other connections, finally got it to stay switched on for 3 days. However I'm terrified to sneeze within 3 feet of the thing in case it goes off again. And on again. And off again...*wibbles*
I will ring Sky and wail at them and with a bit of luck it'll still be under warranty from the last visit so there should be no call out charge. Again. And I can get a new box. Can't have the call out until at least a week on Friday though, so I can accrue some hours towards the time off I'll need.
Then there's my oh so shiny new PC. The one that's a week old. The one that's decided it hates DVDs and videos and will have a hissy fit by rebooting itself. Sadly, the error report doesn't have enough detail for PC World to determine the cause, so having spent 30 minutes on hold to the 24 hour support line (at least this time around, I HAVE support for any PC issues), the nice man at the end of the phone showed me how to turn off the "reboot when there's an error" problem, so that next time, I'll get a Blue Screen of Death with an error message that will actually tell them what the problem is. Happily, thanks to the support package I bought, they will just fix anything at no cost to me, beyond possibly needing yet another day off work. *sighs* Maybe I can get them and Sky to visit on the same day.
So yes. Old priest, young priest, whatever - I have a small job for you :P
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