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Originally Posted by greg
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Originally Posted by pc-clever
Whats the worst computer mis-hap that has happened to you ..
My sister (was 4years old) stuck a pen in my floppy drive which ended up in the pc going bust ...
I spent ages on the phone trying to sort out the problem, then i was told to open the computer ... opened it and he says ...
"Can you see that IDE cable?"
"Whats an IDE cable?"
"Oh thats (description of IDE cable) can you see it yet?"
"You mean the one that looks like a pen?"
"?"
"Why did the manufacturers put a pen in my computer?"
"You mean MS notepad?"
"no no, i mean literally why is there a pen stuck in the wires?"
"HUH - you have got insurance right!???"
So what about you guys???
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um, if you stick a pen in the floppy drive it is not going to go into the computer. the floppy drive has its own independent casing just like everything else does. For that matter the drive is not deep enough to hold a pen in it. The IDE cable is inside the case of the computer, not the floppy, so there is no way in the word that a pen would be stuck between the wires |
exactly. a floppy drive is usually covered in metal. and the ide cable goes in the back and the pen is not going to go in the ide cable.