Time fixing broken things..

Am I just lucky or does this happen everyone? Obviously, within reason.

Last year, my xbox started acting up switching itself on an off but I left it and now it's fine.
Three weeks ago, my kindle started getting phantom button presses making it unusable.. I had a feeling that if I just left it, it'd be fine so I checked it every day and sure enough, it finally fixed itself yesterday.
It has happened with motorbikes, laptops, phones, fans and other things as well.

I might open a cheap repair shop where I just throw things in the basement and wait for them to work again.

Sunnyisland

Sounds like the terminator in real life ...

Cee-Jay-Cee

I usually switch it off and on again and if that doesn't work I buy a new one.

whiskeyman

I see your location is Asia?

Asians have a remarkable broken electronic item homing beacon.
When you're asleep, they will come to your basement and fix the broken item.

whiskeyman

whiskeyman wrote: »

I see your location is Asia?

Asians have a remarkable broken electronic item homing beacon.
When you're asleep, they will come to your basement and fix the broken item.

Old joke but that's why you put your phone in rice if it gets wet.

Banjo String

Deleted User wrote: »

Am I just lucky or does this happen everyone? Obviously, within reason.

Last year, my xbox started acting up switching itself on an off but I left it and now it's fine.
Three weeks ago, my kindle started getting phantom button presses making it unusable.. I had a feeling that if I just left it, it'd be fine so I checked it every day and sure enough, it finally fixed itself yesterday.
It has happened with motorbikes, laptops, phones, fans and other things as well.

I might open a cheap repair shop where I just throw things in the basement and wait for them to work again.

Got home from work on Thurs, walked into the kitchen for a beer, and there was a note stuck to the fridge.

Written in my wife's handwriting was "this isn't working. I've gone to stay with my mother"

I opened the fridge door, the light came on, and my beers were still nice and chilled, so fcuk knows what she's prattling on about.

Anyway, she's still not came back yet, but the fridge ain't broken



Free gaff though

tritium

Banjo String wrote: »

Got home from work on Thurs, walked into the kitchen for a beer, and there was a note stuck to the fridge.

Written in my wife's handwriting was "this isn't working. I've gone to stay with my mother"

I opened the fridge door, the light came on, and my beers were still nice and chilled, so fcuk knows what she's prattling on about.

Anyway, she's still not came back yet, but the fridge ain't broken



Free gaff though

Admit it, you haven't actually told her the fridge is working yet

Banjo String

tritium wrote: »

Admit it, you haven't actually told her the fridge is working yet

Monday week. I'll tell her then.

Menas

I used to love those old repair shops. Most long since gone. But those lads could fix anything - TVs, hoovers, cookers.
But time moves on, things are not made to be fixed any more.

kneemos

Who hasn't opened something ignoring the sticker "no serviceable parts"?

Sir Osis of Liver.

Time's a great healer.

PyeContinental

This is an interesting topic!

Without wanting to ruin the fun of the notion that electronic devices can fix themselves though, it has to be said that these kinds of things will always have a rational explanation.

Most intermittent issues with electronic devices will probably be due to dry or cracked solder joints which will make extra resistance in the circuit or in some cases break a circuit completely, but not necessarily permanently.

Problems caused by imperfect soldering of components to circuit boards will be temperature dependent, so an electronic device is likely to work without exhibiting any issue within certain ambient temperature ranges, as well as under part of the range of its own differing operating temperatures. That may be why leaving it off until it is fully cooled down will allow an electronic device to appear to work normally again for a long enough time to give the impression that the issue has gone away.

I expect that it is also possible for certain electronic components such as capacitors, resistors, relays, logic gates, and lots of types of semiconductors to fail in a certain way where at first they partially work, which causes an intermittent issue, but then eventually fail in a way that might keep a circuit or pathway permanently active which would give the impression that the device overall has "fixed itself".

Because some electronic devices have so many functions, it may be possible that if you don't use all their functions, you'd never discover that part of their functionality was broken.

Day Lewin

If your phone is acting funny, switch it off and put it in the fridge overnight, wrapped in a hanky.
In the morning it will behave itself beautifully: a warning, see?

Mint Aero

Simple case of you masturbating within close vicinity of your electronic devices OP. Your ejaculate is obviously getting into the components causing malfunction. Thus, leaving said devices is allowing time for your ejaculate to dry and the device to begin working properly again.

kneemos

Mint Aero wrote: »

Simple case of you masturbating within close vicinity of your electronic devices OP. Your ejaculate is obviously getting into the components causing malfunction. Thus, leaving said devices is allowing time for your ejaculate to dry and the device to begin working properly again.

Stop saying "ejaculate".

The_Valeyard

This was a weird one,

In my teenage days the odd time the lads and I would have a nerd weekend and connect the pc's together via lan cables. It never worked at first, NEVER. Then for some magic reason at 11.30-12.00 at night, the computers would 'see' each other and gaming could begin. Was weird, could never figure it out. Or see sunlight for next two days.

Mint Aero

kneemos wrote: »

Stop saying "ejaculate".

but it's my favourite word

Day Lewin

With a name like @Mint Aero, why would you even need to Ajakulate?
It's an entire sensual fantasy in two words.

Birneybau

PyeContinental wrote: »

This is an interesting topic!

Without wanting to ruin the fun of the notion that electronic devices can fix themselves though, it has to be said that these kinds of things will always have a rational explanation.

Most intermittent issues with electronic devices will probably be due to dry or cracked solder joints which will make extra resistance in the circuit or in some cases break a circuit completely, but not necessarily permanently.

Problems caused by imperfect soldering of components to circuit boards will be temperature dependent, so an electronic device is likely to work without exhibiting any issue within certain ambient temperature ranges, as well as under part of the range of its own differing operating temperatures. That may be why leaving it off until it is fully cooled down will allow an electronic device to appear to work normally again for a long enough time to give the impression that the issue has gone away.

I expect that it is also possible for certain electronic components such as capacitors, resistors, relays, logic gates, and lots of types of semiconductors to fail in a certain way where at first they partially work, which causes an intermittent issue, but then eventually fail in a way that might keep a circuit or pathway permanently active which would give the impression that the device overall has "fixed itself".

Because some electronic devices have so many functions, it may be possible that if you don't use all their functions, you'd never discover that part of their functionality was broken.

Captain Buzzkill.

Joeface

Similar to this , I don't know how many times I have been handed stuff at work that's "broken" , I touch it and it works.....so very strange

StewartGriffin

If Board.ie was around 2000 years ago, JesusHChrist would start a thread: "Anyone else notice that when you touch a Leper they get cured?"

The_Valeyard

StewartGriffin wrote: »

If Board.ie was around 2000 years ago, JesusHChrist would start a thread: "Anyone else notice that when you touch a Leper they get cured?"

Hey, this water tastes like grapes.

StewartGriffin

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Hey, this water tastes like grapes.

I went to this guys funeral, sorry for your troubles and all that, said I wished he could be alive again, - Hashtag Zombie! - well, everyone just freaked the f#ck out!

The_Valeyard

StewartGriffin wrote: »

I went to this guys funeral, sorry for your troubles and all that, said I wished he could be alive again, - Hashtag Zombie! - well, everyone just freaked the f#ck out!

Yeah and a mate of mine owned a bread and fish shop, along comes this guy with some magic baskets, and *poof* infinite loaves and fishes. Put him out of business.

I work in IT.

I call everyone back in 10 minutes, the issue is usually resolved and they think I'm great for fixing it.

The_Valeyard

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I work in IT.

I call everyone back in 10 minutes, the issue is usually resolved and they think I'm great for fixing it.

*giggles*

I've never heard anyone in an office or company think the IT department were great :P

Calibos

2008 Dell laptop died in 2010. Online research indicated a dead motherboard. I am handy enough with electronics and took the laptop apart into its constituent parts, checked all connections, put new thermal paste on the CPU and GPU etc No joy. Mothballed it to the bottom of a wardrobe but tried to switch it on every few months.

It came back to life in 2013 and has worked ever since.

Littlekittylou

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Time's a great healer.

It's what you do with that time.

Littlekittylou

StewartGriffin wrote: »

If Board.ie was around 2000 years ago, JesusHChrist would start a thread: "Anyone else notice that when you touch a Leper they get cured?"

Hi Stewie !:):)

bnt

I have a rechargeable electric shaver, but its nickel-cadmium battery developed the dreaded memory effect, so I stopped using it for a year. When I tried it again, the memory effect was mostly gone, though it came back later. I conclude that time allows the battery chemistry to revert to normal, at least partly.