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hacking the registers....

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ok we have very obsolete registers at work...

I am currently reading the big black book (tm) that explains everyting about the registers and IT really doesn't want you to read it.

I have found out just how out of tune these puppies are, and they need cleaning, chip replacements (bad ram), and other bits..

oh and their all based on 386 motherboards. :twisted:

so what's the practical, ethical, and legal thing for me to do?

suffer the slings and arrows of angry coustomers because the bad ram keeps loosing orders when the chips over heat?

do a little constructive cooling

replace the bad ram chips (do they still sell those?)

See if I can find some new 386 CPU chips that can be popped in and out, given how crappy the registers are acting lately?


oh, and I have just set up my own admin account and trainee accounts for the managers, as the managers don't know how to reprogram the master register, or the computer programs that run them....
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You could try cooling them down more but I doubt you'll find new RAM or 386s that you could put in.
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could try the opposite of cooling them down... if the register goes up in smoke, you won't have to deal with them... :wink:
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yes, pissed at IT for saying that there's nothing wrong with our registers when only half of the SDRAM isn't currupted.
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The Yosemite Bear wrote:yes, pissed at IT for saying that there's nothing wrong with our registers when only half of the SDRAM isn't currupted.
It's called high voltage... got a camera flash handy? that should fry the CPU rather well...
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Reseat the memory chips, they may have backed out of the contacts after prolonged use. (due to heat)
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Next time there is a thunderstorm, overload the sucker and say woops the thunder must have struk it.

Problem solved.
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