Re: Hedge Trimmer Post

#1 · July 5, 2016, 10:16 pm

Quote from Forum Archives on July 5, 2016, 10:16 pm
Posted by: ccmag <ccmag@...>

Thanks for digging this up, I would never have been able to read this once again as those hard drives etc have bit the dust years ago.

Probably due to the passing of time this brought back lots of memories from all those that were on this list back in the day.

I actually laughed out loud more than once not having seen it again since it was originally posted.

Thanks for the memories and all your

funny comments.

Best regards,

Buck

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 5, 2016, at 5:39 PM, Norm Fisher <n2fisher@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not going to bother trying to correct the formatting .. here's from my archives.

From: BJAXSON@aol.com
To: "ccmagazine" <ccmagazine@XC.Org>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 13:51:18 EST
Subject: Was Re: Directory problem - Now Sound question

In a message dated 11/27/98 9:39:55AM CSTime, paul@bestweb.net writes:

> On Fri, 27 Nov 1998 09:32:30 EST, you wrote:
>
>> I have never seen this problem on the list before.
>
> Buck, there are several threads on the Win98 newsgroups right now that
> deal with similar issues. Seems to be not too uncommon.
>
> Best wishes,
> Paul
> =-=-=

Thanks, Paul. You know what they say - misery loves company, so it's
nice (?)
to know that I am not the only one on the planet with the problem.
Now, I don't mean to change the subject before it is even solved but when
I
booted up the computer in DOS mode I found something interesting. For
months
I have been without sound and nothing that Gateway or folks here on the
list
suggests seems to work. So I had sort of resigned myself to the fact
that
sound isn't everything <grin>. However, now I see this info on my screen
as I
booted to DOS:

C:>
C:>C: EAPCIAPINIT.COM
ENSONIQ AudioPCI Intialization Driver, Version 2.55
Copyright (c) etc, etc.......................

Self-Configuring PCI Resources....
error: Could not configure AudioPCI Port.
AudioPCI driver NOT loading.

C:WINDOWS>

I have a feeling that somewhere in there is the solution to my long
standing
sound problem. Do you agree? If so, could I have a few suggestions if
this
was your system. Under Device Mgr I had checked and it indicated that
the
driver(s) in question were installed and everything was OK. Guess there
is a
difference in the terms "dirvers installed" and "drivers loaded".

Buck
---

From: BJAXSON@aol.com
Sender: bounce-ccmagazine-93193@XC.Org
To: "ccmagazine" <ccmagazine@XC.Org>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:57:03 EST
Subject: FYI: Update - Directory and Sound problems

Greetings,
Where do I start? You're not going to believe what happened so it
probably
doesn't matter. OK, one of the suggestions to solve my directory problem
involved booting up in DOS mode. When I did you may recall, from an
earlier
post, that this opened up an old wound - my sound problem, actually lack
of
sound, since the info on the DOS screen indicated that "AudioPCI driver
NOT
loading". I was awaiting ideas from the list at point. But please
disregard
the request on ideas on the sound problem, because none you could come up
with
can possibly top this. About noon today I was advised that the hedges in
front of the house were about to get a trimming (the name of the trimee
will
be omitted to protect the innocent). At this point I went back to the
office.
About an hour later a call advised that the trmee had accidentally cut
the
extension cord with the electric trimmers and blew all the breakers in
the
house. He proceeded to the breaker box and turned all the circuits back
on.
He was concerned as to what problems this break in the power would cause
for
my computers, both of which were running at the time. Upon arriving home
I
went to the room were the computers live to survey the damage, if any.
The
old computer was purring along as if there had never been a problem.
However,
the newer computer (read the one with the sound/directory problems) had
the
what I call the DeLete and Skip Scan Disk screen on the monitor. I call
it
that because I always hit L and then S and let it do it's thing. Upon
completion of Scan Disk, the boot up continues and at the Windows splash
screen I heard something that I haven't heard since April. You guessed
it.
My sound is back, just like it came from the factory. Wait until I share
my
solution to sound problems with Gateway - first you need a hedge that
needs
trimming, then get someone to cut into the extension cord with the
trimmers in
order to blow the circuits in your home. Turn all breakers back on. Then
run
Scan Disk and your sound will return. When I think back and remember
that
Gateway sent me a replacement set of speakers and two replacement sound
cards
I have to smile. There the solution was right in front of me all the
while.
Now the bad news - still can't open that Download directory mentioned
earlier
but haven't had time to try the suggestions from several of you on the
list
because I'm having too much fun listening to my music CD's that I haven't
heard since April.

Buck
---

From: BJAXSON@aol.com
Sender: bounce-ccmagazine-93193@XC.Org
To: "ccmagazine" <ccmagazine@XC.Org>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 13:54:47 EST
Subject: FYI: Get out the hedge trimmer
Message-ID: <LYR93193-715-1998.12.04-10.56.33--dwmartens#juno.com@xc.org>
X-Status: Read

Greetings,
The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away. Looks like I will have to get out
the
hedge trimmer! Can this story (saga) get any more bizarre? You bet.
You
will recall that my long standing sound problem was solved a few days ago
when
a hedge trimmer accidentally cut into the outdoor extension cord. All
the
breakers in the house went down. After running scan disk as part of boot
up,
my sound returned. I have really enjoyed having it back these last few
days.
This morning at about 8:35am there was an explosion about four miles
across
Lavaca Bay at the Formosa Plastics Texas mega industrial plant. I am
reluctant to put too much humor into this post as 26 plant employees went
to
hospitals in the area with was is being reported as mostly minor
injuries.
Our home lost power for only a second and a half, but that was enough for
both
computers to go down (now is the time for an UPS salesperson to call).
Old
reliable (1993 485 DX2-50V Gateway) came right back up. The new
computer,
however, did not fair so well. Scan disk had to be run during bootup
since
"Windows was not properly shut down". When the desk top settled in I did
not
hear the famous Windows theme song. So I opened a couple of MIDI, .wav,
etc.
files and, you guessed it - no sound. Thinking I would try to duplicate
the
hedge trimmer thing, I rebooted into MS-DOS mode and to the C:> prompt
(that's where it was the day of the ht incident). I hit the off switch,
waited a few minutes and turned it back on. Sad to report, no sound. As
Yogi
Berra once said, this is dajanews.com/ all over again.
Thanks for listening.

Buck
---

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~~ End of great old story~~

On Tue,17Aug04 16:25:01-0500 "Gene Eshleman" <eshleman@ucom.net> writes:
>That was my recollection as well.
>--
>Seeking to serve,
>Gene D. Eshleman
>--- Original Message ---
>From: "Skip Reed" <sreed53@yahoo.com>
>To: <ccmag@welovegod.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 3:31 PM
>Subject: Re: [CCMag] Hedge trimmer - very short version
>>
>>Hmmmm Ok - Maybe I am getting older than I want to admit ... I
>>remember the explosion part of the story but I thought that the
>>hedge trimmer either both started & corrected the problem or just
>>ended the problem ??? I tried to find my records for back on xc &
~~~~~ condensed above and snipped from here ~~~~~
--
D W & P J Martens

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8/26/04

to ccmag

In a message dated 8/26/2004 5:45:05 PM Central Standard Time,
dwmartens@juno.com writes:
Hey, folks, look what I found!!

There a couple more messages relating to this, though
some were lost from my OLD Zipped files not wanting
to extract anymore, but this does a pretty good job of
clarifying the story.

~~ Start of great old story ~~

I can't believe you found that thread. Maybe I should offer money or
something since I won't have to ever again try to explain a story who's details I
forgotten. Naw, forget the money offer.

I guess I could offer a short update to the "lost sound" saga of this
particular computer which I still own but rarely use. Over time, with lots of trial
and error, I found one solution to getting the sound back on this machine was
to unplug the AC adapter power supply for about 30 minutes. Upon plugging it
back in, on the next reboot the sound was there. Believe it or not, probably
more than a year ago, the sound stopped once again and the unplug solution no
longer worked. So as I write this that computer still is without sound and
I've pretty much lost interest in trying to find a lasting solution. Thanks again
for digging this thing up. As I said, it was probably funnier at the time
and falls into that "you had to be there" bin.

Buck

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Posted by: ccmag <ccmag@...>

Thanks for digging this up, I would never have been able to read this once again as those hard drives etc have bit the dust years ago.

Probably due to the passing of time this brought back lots of memories from all those that were on this list back in the day.

I actually laughed out loud more than once not having seen it again since it was originally posted.

Thanks for the memories and all your

funny comments.

Best regards,

Buck

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 5, 2016, at 5:39 PM, Norm Fisher <n2fisher@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not going to bother trying to correct the formatting .. here's from my archives.

From: BJAXSON@aol.com
To: "ccmagazine" <ccmagazine@XC.Org>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 13:51:18 EST
Subject: Was Re: Directory problem - Now Sound question

In a message dated 11/27/98 9:39:55AM CSTime, paul@bestweb.net writes:

> On Fri, 27 Nov 1998 09:32:30 EST, you wrote:
>
>> I have never seen this problem on the list before.
>
> Buck, there are several threads on the Win98 newsgroups right now that
> deal with similar issues. Seems to be not too uncommon.
>
> Best wishes,
> Paul
> =-=-=

Thanks, Paul. You know what they say - misery loves company, so it's
nice (?)
to know that I am not the only one on the planet with the problem.
Now, I don't mean to change the subject before it is even solved but when
I
booted up the computer in DOS mode I found something interesting. For
months
I have been without sound and nothing that Gateway or folks here on the
list
suggests seems to work. So I had sort of resigned myself to the fact
that
sound isn't everything <grin>. However, now I see this info on my screen
as I
booted to DOS:

C:>
C:>C: EAPCIAPINIT.COM
ENSONIQ AudioPCI Intialization Driver, Version 2.55
Copyright (c) etc, etc.......................

Self-Configuring PCI Resources....
error: Could not configure AudioPCI Port.
AudioPCI driver NOT loading.

C:WINDOWS>

I have a feeling that somewhere in there is the solution to my long
standing
sound problem. Do you agree? If so, could I have a few suggestions if
this
was your system. Under Device Mgr I had checked and it indicated that
the
driver(s) in question were installed and everything was OK. Guess there
is a
difference in the terms "dirvers installed" and "drivers loaded".

Buck
---

From: BJAXSON@aol.com
Sender: bounce-ccmagazine-93193@XC.Org
To: "ccmagazine" <ccmagazine@XC.Org>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:57:03 EST
Subject: FYI: Update - Directory and Sound problems

Greetings,
Where do I start? You're not going to believe what happened so it
probably
doesn't matter. OK, one of the suggestions to solve my directory problem
involved booting up in DOS mode. When I did you may recall, from an
earlier
post, that this opened up an old wound - my sound problem, actually lack
of
sound, since the info on the DOS screen indicated that "AudioPCI driver
NOT
loading". I was awaiting ideas from the list at point. But please
disregard
the request on ideas on the sound problem, because none you could come up
with
can possibly top this. About noon today I was advised that the hedges in
front of the house were about to get a trimming (the name of the trimee
will
be omitted to protect the innocent). At this point I went back to the
office.
About an hour later a call advised that the trmee had accidentally cut
the
extension cord with the electric trimmers and blew all the breakers in
the
house. He proceeded to the breaker box and turned all the circuits back
on.
He was concerned as to what problems this break in the power would cause
for
my computers, both of which were running at the time. Upon arriving home
I
went to the room were the computers live to survey the damage, if any.
The
old computer was purring along as if there had never been a problem.
However,
the newer computer (read the one with the sound/directory problems) had
the
what I call the DeLete and Skip Scan Disk screen on the monitor. I call
it
that because I always hit L and then S and let it do it's thing. Upon
completion of Scan Disk, the boot up continues and at the Windows splash
screen I heard something that I haven't heard since April. You guessed
it.
My sound is back, just like it came from the factory. Wait until I share
my
solution to sound problems with Gateway - first you need a hedge that
needs
trimming, then get someone to cut into the extension cord with the
trimmers in
order to blow the circuits in your home. Turn all breakers back on. Then
run
Scan Disk and your sound will return. When I think back and remember
that
Gateway sent me a replacement set of speakers and two replacement sound
cards
I have to smile. There the solution was right in front of me all the
while.
Now the bad news - still can't open that Download directory mentioned
earlier
but haven't had time to try the suggestions from several of you on the
list
because I'm having too much fun listening to my music CD's that I haven't
heard since April.

Buck
---

From: BJAXSON@aol.com
Sender: bounce-ccmagazine-93193@XC.Org
To: "ccmagazine" <ccmagazine@XC.Org>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 13:54:47 EST
Subject: FYI: Get out the hedge trimmer
Message-ID: <LYR93193-715-1998.12.04-10.56.33--dwmartens#juno.com@xc.org>
X-Status: Read

Greetings,
The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away. Looks like I will have to get out
the
hedge trimmer! Can this story (saga) get any more bizarre? You bet.
You
will recall that my long standing sound problem was solved a few days ago
when
a hedge trimmer accidentally cut into the outdoor extension cord. All
the
breakers in the house went down. After running scan disk as part of boot
up,
my sound returned. I have really enjoyed having it back these last few
days.
This morning at about 8:35am there was an explosion about four miles
across
Lavaca Bay at the Formosa Plastics Texas mega industrial plant. I am
reluctant to put too much humor into this post as 26 plant employees went
to
hospitals in the area with was is being reported as mostly minor
injuries.
Our home lost power for only a second and a half, but that was enough for
both
computers to go down (now is the time for an UPS salesperson to call).
Old
reliable (1993 485 DX2-50V Gateway) came right back up. The new
computer,
however, did not fair so well. Scan disk had to be run during bootup
since
"Windows was not properly shut down". When the desk top settled in I did
not
hear the famous Windows theme song. So I opened a couple of MIDI, .wav,
etc.
files and, you guessed it - no sound. Thinking I would try to duplicate
the
hedge trimmer thing, I rebooted into MS-DOS mode and to the C:> prompt
(that's where it was the day of the ht incident). I hit the off switch,
waited a few minutes and turned it back on. Sad to report, no sound. As
Yogi
Berra once said, this is dajanews.com/ all over again.
Thanks for listening.

Buck
---

You are currently subscribed to ccmagazine as: [dwmartens@juno.com]
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~~ End of great old story~~

On Tue,17Aug04 16:25:01-0500 "Gene Eshleman" <eshleman@ucom.net> writes:
>That was my recollection as well.
>--
>Seeking to serve,
>Gene D. Eshleman
>--- Original Message ---
>From: "Skip Reed" <sreed53@yahoo.com>
>To: <ccmag@welovegod.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 3:31 PM
>Subject: Re: [CCMag] Hedge trimmer - very short version
>>
>>Hmmmm Ok - Maybe I am getting older than I want to admit ... I
>>remember the explosion part of the story but I thought that the
>>hedge trimmer either both started & corrected the problem or just
>>ended the problem ??? I tried to find my records for back on xc &
~~~~~ condensed above and snipped from here ~~~~~
--
D W & P J Martens

________________________________________________________________
The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand!
Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER!
Only $14.95/ month - visit http://www.juno.com to sign up today!

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8/26/04

to ccmag

In a message dated 8/26/2004 5:45:05 PM Central Standard Time,
dwmartens@juno.com writes:
Hey, folks, look what I found!!

There a couple more messages relating to this, though
some were lost from my OLD Zipped files not wanting
to extract anymore, but this does a pretty good job of
clarifying the story.

~~ Start of great old story ~~

I can't believe you found that thread. Maybe I should offer money or
something since I won't have to ever again try to explain a story who's details I
forgotten. Naw, forget the money offer.

I guess I could offer a short update to the "lost sound" saga of this
particular computer which I still own but rarely use. Over time, with lots of trial
and error, I found one solution to getting the sound back on this machine was
to unplug the AC adapter power supply for about 30 minutes. Upon plugging it
back in, on the next reboot the sound was there. Believe it or not, probably
more than a year ago, the sound stopped once again and the unplug solution no
longer worked. So as I write this that computer still is without sound and
I've pretty much lost interest in trying to find a lasting solution. Thanks again
for digging this thing up. As I said, it was probably funnier at the time
and falls into that "you had to be there" bin.

Buck

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