Thanks TechIMO !

[Brainchild]

I went to buy my new mobo today, from a friend th truns a small shop nearby. He gives me good deals when he gets them, and so on. So I walk in, he's sitting at the workbench, working on this older IBM windoze 98 machine.
Look it works in safe mode, but when i boot it into windows all I get are lines all across the screen.
I said why don't you open device manager, and delete everything, and reboot, and let windows find it all, and install it. You won't have to format, save you money,(it was a warrany job),and time.
Will it work, he asked
If it does will you give me this MOBO, I asked, (had to try)
NO! he said, but he did delete everything, and let windows finds the drivers for it, and Viola, it runs like new.

This is a little trick I learned from the place called TechIMO, and many others I haven't mentioned. So thanx TechIMO, knowledge is power, plus I bet I get a little more respect from him from now on

Hey Scott, can we have little arm patches that say TechIMO+ Certified, or a diploma or something? I mean he's got a plaque that says A+Certified I would buy an arm patch

[vass0922]

TIMO+ would sound more sofistikatud

Yep definately a huge source of knowledge around here

Originally posted by brainchild
Hey Scott, can we have little arm patches that say TechIMO+ Certified, or a diploma or something? I mean he's got a plaque that says A+Certified I would buy an arm patch

I think we need tattoos on our foreheads or the back of our hands or something.

Sort of like TechIMO Member No. 666 (for the D000g, anyway!)



Cheers
Mick

PS His name wouldn't happen to be James Willamor would it? I think vass will know what I mean!

[OuTpaTienT]

So you didn't get the motherboard? Or even a deal on something? Geeez.

[sven222]

you should've hit him for 20 bucks, labour fee

[howste]

Originally posted by mickwish
PS His name wouldn't happen to be James Willamor would it?

Ahahahahahhhahahaaaaaaa! If I'd been drinking something it would have come out my nose when I read that!!

[originel]

TIMO+, that'd be awesome!!!!!

(p.s., would i qualify? )

[Brainchild]

So you didn't get the motherboard? Or even a deal on something?

Well I got it for cost,he said it was 10 bucks higher than I could have gotten it online, but I didn't have to wait a week

[originel]

or pay shipping. so i'd say you got a good deal. besides, you got the satisfaction out of knowing you knew how to fix something easily that he didn't..err uhmm, you helped out a fellow computer expert correct a technical problem in a timely and efficient manner.