[QUOTE=Batalov;317519]I now got the [I]same[/I] card back. -- It was repaired. So far, passed most of the tests. Maybe one day I will look under the sink.[/QUOTE]

I was a bit slow, but mine is in transit now. My estimate is still that capacitors have blown. Did you get a report of what was repaired?

[COLOR=green]SB: No, nothing. (and no change is easily visible.) I agree that it is either a capacitor or a MOSFET or something else in one of the VRMs. I can believe that they could replace these easily but not the other elements.[/COLOR]

My flash drive can't be formatted by Windows (it fails with an error message). Does anyone know how to format it otherwise? (Linux command line instructions are okay, though I'd be doing it from my phone.)

Edit: Nevermind, found said instructions myself. Now [URL="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2089617"]if only I could get the OS to install[/URL] :/

[QUOTE=kladner;317527]I was a bit slow, but mine is in transit now. My estimate is still that capacitors have blown. Did you get a report of what was repaired?

[COLOR=green]SB: No, nothing. (and no change is easily visible.) I agree that it is either a capacitor or a MOSFET or something else in one of the VRMs. I can believe that they could replace these easily but not the other elements.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]

I have mine back now, but did not check the serial number. I'll have to do that tomorrow. It is running OK, but still won't complete CudaLucas -r at the *stock* memory clock of 1900. I have to turn it down to at least 1800 for CuLu. It does fine on TF at higher settings.

EDIT: No information on what was done here, either.

[QUOTE]A water main inside our wall broke yesterday. We spent far too long trying to find the interior emergency water cutoff valve before we went out to the front yard and decoupled the main feed. Apparently, our house does not have an interior emergency water cutoff valve. (!)

We probably should have gone for the main valve in the first place, but we were a bit frantic and it took a while for the thought to occur to us.

Fortunately, the house is not exactly level, so the bulk of the water sloshed (slowly) to Snake1 and Fish1's room. We rented a water extractor and we think we have most of the water picked up. We are worried about mold and stuff, though. There could be a fungus among us![/QUOTE]Our sewer system backed up this evening, obviously a result of the mystical 12-12-12 curse, and all outgoing water (and, um, stuff) decided to reroute itself through our (unused) bathroom in the mud/laundry room. When we say unused, what we really mean is that our very spiffy high-efficiency top-loading washing machine is so large that it prevents us from opening the door to the bathroom. (In desperation tonight we eventually pulled the pins on the hinges out and removed the door.)

Anyways, the water (and, um, stuff) found various ways of exiting the bathroom but again, the fact that our old house is seriously out of level meant the water (and, um, stuff) conveniently sloshed to one side.

The plumber should be here in the morning.

For fun we dumped red food coloring into one of the sinks on the other side of the house and red colored water (and, um, stuff) came out of the magical toilet so we suspect there is some sort of worm hole between all of the fixtures in the house.

:max:

Um, stuff, hehe, I love your writing style, and I read you with delight every time when you write stories like this, but grrr, man, that's really ugly... Our water tank broke last Saturday too. We called the landlord (did not disturb him too much in the last 2, 3? ho many? 5??!! years, we fix minor things around the house by ourselves and he is happy with us maintaining the house and paying the rent on time, we are happy with him not disturbing us). He came with the bunch of idiots (no joke, we know them from former encounters, I wish you never have something to do with Thai constructors*) which looked around and did nothing else, they said a new water tank will come as a replacement in one-two weeks. The owner is a very good man (he is doctor, like surgeon or so, not in the house-renting business), and those jackals take advantage of his credulity and money. After they left we had to repair the hole by ourselves, using some plastic from an old pipe and some epoxy (and we are sure it will still hold for another 10 years! but let them change it if they like!), because we could not stay for a week or two with the tank leaking (not just drops, it was like someone continuously peeing under the water reservoir, about the same flow), which would cost us dearly, and stopping the water was no question (like no shower, no washing machine, we have a different water supply for drinking, which is less chlorinated and more expensive, this water is not potable, they put a lot of chlorine in it, and other things, to kill bacteria which can easily develop in this hot climate). That is a big 5-tons stuff, and if we stop the water supply, it would still take a week or more for the tank to empty, under normal house consumption, including watering the garden (now is dry season here). I am curious how the guys will take the water out of it when they will replace it, most probably a guy with a big hammer will hit it hard, leaving a big hole, then he and the hammer will be washed away with the water running out from the tank and we will never see them again. We hope.

*A friend and colleague of mine here, German guy, he built few houses and few factory buildings for himself and others in the last years, and when he hears about Thai constructors he goes like an African buffalo when in heat... he is so fed up with those guys... He told me hundreds of funny/tragicomic stories. Once he called a guy to mount a shower heater in his house, then after few days the wall on the room under that bathroom got wet. He called the guy again and told him at the phone "hey, the wall is wet, bla bla", the guy replied "yeah, I know the problem" and later he cam to solve it. When they opened the wall it turned out that the guy, when he drilled the hole for the screws to mount the heater, he drilled directly through the pipe. Of course, he did not bother to change the pipe, just took a handful of plaster and stuck it into the hole and around the pipe. Another time, this friend of mine found his ceiling wet after a big rain. He called the constructors, they said "ok, we will come in the evening, after 5", they were busy, and the problem was not so urgent, the rain was anyhow gone. So my friend went to work. Few minutes before 5pm he struggled to go home saying "I have to go to see if those guys are coming and what are they doing". Next day he told us that when he arrived home, the guys were already there, they already prepared some mortar, and one guy was throwing the mortar on the house [U]with a shovel[/U]. To patch any hole that may exist. I mean the guy was standing in the garden and literally shoveling the mortar from the ground to the roof of the house, few meters above. Of course all the wall and everything on a 5 meters area was full of mortar droplets. We went under the desks with laughing.

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;321533]Our sewer system backed up this evening, obviously a result of the mystical 12-12-12 curse, and all outgoing water (and, um, stuff) decided to reroute itself through our (unused) bathroom in the mud/laundry room.[/QUOTE]The phrase "Oh :poop:!" comes to mind.


I hope you get it sorted out soon. Are you insured against such events?

[QUOTE]I hope you get it sorted out soon. Are you insured against such events?[/QUOTE]We have pretty awesome insurance, but since we rent it only covers what we own.

The floor in the bathroom and mud/laundry room is tile so the only possible damage we will have to look into is where the floorboards got wet.

We scrubbed everything down with bleach cleaner so most likely the area is the cleanest it has been in over thirty years!

:farley:

Portugal’s unemployment up since bailout
 

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[QUOTE=Xyzzy;321550]We have pretty awesome insurance, but since we rent it only covers what we own.

The floor in the bathroom and mud/laundry room is tile so the only possible damage we will have to look into is where the floorboards got wet.

We scrubbed everything down with bleach cleaner so most likely the area is the cleanest it has been in over thirty years!

:farley:[/QUOTE]

I'm afraid that I would be unable to stop anywhere short of boiling the bleach and then distilling the steam and using it. The word (interjection?) EEEWWW!!! comes to mind.

What were/are Mrs. Xyzzy's thoughts on this little debacle?

[QUOTE=pinhodecarlos;321729][URL]http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/portugal-unemployment-up-since-bailout/2012/12/13/238fb07c-4583-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_graphic.html[/URL][/QUOTE]

I wish Iceland were in the graph for comparison.

[QUOTE]I'm afraid that I would be unable to stop anywhere short of boiling the bleach and then distilling the steam and using it. The word (interjection?) EEEWWW!!! comes to mind.[/QUOTE]We have dealt with much worse so perhaps we have developed some sort of psychological tolerance?

[QUOTE]What were/are Mrs. Xyzzy's thoughts on this little debacle?[/QUOTE]First denial, then anger, then bargaining, then depression and then finally acceptance.

:razz: