Oh NO! My computer has gone psycho

[Paddy]

That has happened to be twice now.
My PC only *soft* powers off, perhaps a surge in the power supply could bump the PC back online?

I'd put it down to crap electrics!

[The PIT]

I've studied this for many years and I think it's due to demonic possession. What you need to do get a few drops of holy water and sprinkle it in a circle round the pc. If this doesn't work there maybe no other choice but to get a stake and drive it through the harddisk.
As a last resort call your local bible thumper and ask for a excorsism.
Or it might be due to intense solar activity?

[The PIT]

Yup I reckon it's demonic influance since it my reply disappeared for a while before suddenly reappearing.

[Jorden]

It could be that your cat or other pets walked over the keyboard.

But I go with the Pit's theory. It must be demonic possession !! Sprinkle some holy water in the inner sanctum of your PC while its on

I have a lamp that goes off all the time...


Jord.

[Paddy]

[font size=6]Burn the PC![/font]

[Jorden]

HTML is difficult

Check the code, Pat. <font size=6>Burn the PC!</font>

[Thundrchez]

Oh NO! My computer has gone psycho

OK, my computer has decided to go psycho. Last night, 5 minutes after shutting down I was getting ready to go to bed when suddenly my computer decided to turn itself back on.

Hmmm... This was most spookey because it has never done this before. Why did it do this? My suspicions can only point towards one thing. Looking at my caller-id box, I noticed that somebody had tried to call me at that time. (I turn the phone ringer off at night because the braintrust in this town does not know how to punch in the right number. Yes, it was ANOTHER wrong number.)

I know that several ATX mobo BIOSes, mine included, have an option to power on when the phone rings. I do have this turned off, though. I know this because 2 people tried to call me while I was at work yesterday, yet my computer was not powered on when I came home.

Why did it decide to turn itself on this time? Anybody else had similar experiences? Maybe I should not have watched that Alfred Hitchcock movie last night.

[Thundrchez]

Dang! I forgot to pay my exorcist, and my computer got repossessed.

I have a dog, but he is not allowed in the computer room, and I know that he was not in the computer room when it turned itself on.

Maybe it's past time to reinstall Win9X. I didn't mention that it failed to completely bootup w9x when it turned itself on. I had to use the reset switch...

Over 10 years ago at my folk's house, we had a microwave that was possessed. It would spontaneously type "6"s across the microwave display, and every so often it will just beep as if it finished cookin something. A few years ago we talked with the previous owners, and they said that they sold the house because it was haunted. I've seen some weird stuff at that house, but not as weird as they have said. They heard footsteps walking up the stairway at night when nobody else was there, etc.

[Jorden]

Their ghost prolly haunted your PC

But footsteps on stairs... I hear that all the time, but it's neighbors banging up the stairs

We have an oven that will beep in the middle of the night, even though we didn't use the timer for 2 weeks... so it might be just shortcicuited

[fds]

Although the idea of a haunted computer seems plausible, I had this happening to me once. I too tracked it down to waking up on a phone call.

Turned out upgrading my motherboard's BIOS was necessary for the wake on ring feature to work reliably. That is, turning it off in BIOS setup really disabling it.

As a workound, you might pull either the power cable or the phone jack out of your PC at night. (Or simply turn it off using the switch at the back if you have one.)

[Jorden]

[ALBPM]

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[Paddy]

<font size=6>DOH!</font>
cheers Jord!

[Dilitante1]

look familiar?

[This message has been edited by Dilitante1 (edited 24 April 2000).]
cant get it to auto load.......dammit.....

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[Jord]

hmm, let's see...