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Windows BSOD on boot due to clear plastic tape on motherboard. Would boot and pass memtest86+ with no errors, but would consistently fail boot to Windows until
by aspenmayer 2y ago
Windows BSOD on boot due to clear plastic tape on motherboard. Would boot and pass memtest86+ with no errors, but would consistently fail boot to Windows until tape removed from area opposite lower PCI slots. If I remember correctly, I could also successfully boot Linux while tape was present, but I may be mistaken as it's been a few years.
This issue was also present when booting a completely different hard drive with Windows 10, which usually would work fine on other systems.
Once tape was discovered and removed, normal boot was restored without incident.
BOFH's who want a good prank take note.
- theolivenbaum 2y agoReminds me of the MIT's magic switch story http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/magic-story.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/magic-story.html
- aspenmayer 2y agoI love that story, and I remember it from many moons ago! Thanks for the reminder. A choice quote: > It had two positions, and scrawled in pencil on the metal switch body were the words ‘magic' and ‘more magic'. The switch was in the ‘more magic' position. That reminds me of this post I recently saw a friend post on Twitter, but apparently was popularized on Reddit many years ago: https://twitter.com/lauriewired/status/1801488387272282284 https://twitter.com/lauriewired/status/1801488387272282284 https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupportgore/comments/1xq8h8/everything_stopped_working_after_i_upgraded_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupportgore/comments/1xq8h8/eve... "Everything stopped working after I upgraded the memory" https://imgur.com/everything-stopped-working-after-i-upgraded-memory-msqvqbM https://imgur.com/everything-stopped-working-after-i-upgrade...