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Remembering when a simple IDE ribbon cable swap on an old Dell Optiplex 755 gave me a boot loop for a solid hour.
I learned that on those specific boards, you absolutely have to seat the cable before you lock the latch, not after, or it creates a weird short that the BIOS really doesn't like, so has anyone else run into a weird quirk like that on an older system?
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sarah82922d ago
Sounds like the computer was just being picky about its ribbon cable etiquette. I swear older hardware had these hidden rules you only learned after failing for an hour. My old Packard Bell had a similar tantrum if you looked at the RAM slots wrong. It's a special kind of frustration that makes you feel like you're arguing with a very stubborn appliance.
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the_cameron11d ago
Actually those old machines were pretty forgiving once you learned their quirks. The real problem was never reading the manual first.
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