Fwd: there is smoke coming out of the power supply

[Jens Schilling]

Exsist there a patch for the kernel?

Am Sam, 22 Jan 2000 schrieben Sie / On Sam, 22 Jan 2000 you wrote:
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> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 20:16:46 +0100
> From: Ajax <ajax at gmx.net>
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> A guy rings tech support to report that his computer is faulty.
> 
>   Tech: What's the problem?
>   User: There is smoke coming out of the power supply.
>   Tech: You'll need a new power supply.
>   User: No, I don't! I just need to change the startup files.
>   Tech: Sir, the power supply is faulty. You'll need to replace it.
>   User: No way! Someone told me that I just needed to change the startup files
>   and it will fix the problem! All I need is for you to tell me the command.
>   Ten minutes later, the user is still persistent that he is right. The tech is
>   frustrated and give up.
>   Tech: Sorry, Sir. We don't normally tell our customers this, but there is an
>   undocumented DOS command that will fix the problem.
>   User: I knew it!
>   Tech: Just add the line LOAD NOSMOKE.COM at the end of the
>   CONFIG.SYS. Let me know how it goes.
>   Ten minutes later.
>   User: It didn't work. The power supply is still smoking.
>   Tech: Well, what version of DOS are you using?
>   User: MS-DOS 6.22.
>   Tech: That's your problem there. That version of DOS didn't come with
>   NOSMOKE. Contact Microsoft and ask them for a patch that will give you the
>   file. Let me know how it goes.
>   One hour later.
>   User: I need a new power supply.
>   Tech: How did you come to that conclusion?
>   User: Well, I rang Microsoft and told him about what you said, and he started
>   asking questions about the make of power supply.
>   Tech: Then what did he say?
>   User: He told me that my power supply isn't compatible with NOSMOKE.
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