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ted wrote:

i have a compaq 6027us and the power on password is on and
has locked me out how do i unlock the pc. i need the hp
secret password to reset it.

If this is a laptop, you can't change it without the co-operation
of the manufacturer, which will also involve convincing them that
you own it.

When I worked at Compaq - had to SEND IT IN - they would wipe it - OS to
factory ( or maybe just tossed the old drive ?).
So if you NEED the data, remove the disk, install into a desktop pc as
second drive and backup before sending back ( ASK them while on the phone)

 

[CBFalconer]

ted wrote:

i have a compaq 6027us and the power on password is on and
has locked me out how do i unlock the pc. i need the hp
secret password to reset it.

If this is a laptop, you can't change it without the co-operation
of the manufacturer, which will also involve convincing them that
you own it.

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[JosephKK]

Oh my gosh, the little forger posts again.

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:19:25 -0800, "Dave Platt" <dplatt@radagast.org>
wrote:

"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message news:gq0ht316k7nc0ghfqml71lp3e8o1s0joog@4ax.com...

From The Associated Press, 3/12/08:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080312/ap_on_go_ot/us_iraq_poll_1

Fewer know number of US deaths in Iraq

WASHINGTON -

Fewer people know how many U.S. troops have died in the war in Iraq,
even as public attention to the conflict has gradually diminished, a
poll showed Wednesday.

Only 28 percent correctly said that about 4,000 Americans have died in
the war, according to a survey by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center.

That's down from last August, when 54 percent gave the accurate
casualty figure, which was about 3,500 dead at the time.

___________________________________________________

3,987 American troops are dead, 29,328 are wounded
1.2 million Iraquis are dead, 3.5-millions are wounded reported by Red Crosss.


Harry



Thanks for your post, and this is what our DumbAss Michael Terrell says he did for the world and the country?

Yeah, for the falling of the dollar too, I bet.

 

[Donna Ohl]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:54:18 GMT, John wrote:

Hello Donna, you seem to have learnt quite a surprsing amount.

Hello John,
I wonder why intelligence bothers you so very much.

 

[Donna Ohl]

You were right! It was the crud in the solonoid (plus a frozen motor)!

Thanks to everyone here, I was able to fix the dishwasher clog caused by
all the debris that came out of the water heater repair. Complete pictures,
as always, are posted.

For example, so the next person benefits, please see the updated pictures
of the tremendous amount of dishwasher sand in the mesh filter cup inside
the blue "solonoid" at the bottom left of the GE Nautilus dishwasher.See
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl

At first, I checked and cleaned the "air gap" as many recommended (this
caused a flood as the airgap had a plug of its own that I forgot to put
back once I got the dishwasher working). Without that cap on the air gap,
water shoots up six inches all over the countertop as shown in the photos I
uploaded so the next person benefits.

As for teh solonoid, I unplugged the power and removed the four 8mm screws
holding the blue solonoid together and water splashed all over the place,
this time on the floor as the water supply must be turned off. I got the
camera all wet trying to take a shot of THAT fiasco for you boys!

Nonetheless, I did take a good shot of the horribly clogged mesh filter
that was inside the solonoid. This wasn't the only culprit though. The
motor in the middle on the bottom wouldn't start. I guess it has been
turned off for so long it froze shut. I had to oil it and cajole it into
spinning with a screwdriver but it finally worked and now the dishwasher
has gone through two cycles and it seems to be repaired.

Thank God 'cuz I can't figure out how to remove it from the kitchen (see
the photos of the screws that were holding it in that are tiled over on the
top so they will never come out). Who builds these things that way anyway?

Donna

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Donna Ohl wrote:

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:54:18 GMT, John wrote:
Hello Donna, you seem to have learnt quite a surprsing amount.

Hello John,
I wonder why intelligence bothers you so very much.

Donna, some people would bitch if you hung them with a new rope.


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[Donna Ohl]

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:13:01 -0400, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Donna, some people would bitch if you hung them with a new rope.

Thanks for the kind words Michael.
I think it bothers them that anyone could learn as much as I did from you
guys and that we could solve the problem together, even though it took a
while.

Here, for example, is my picture today where I finally got the courage to
take the blue dishwasher solonoid apart and you guys were right! The filter
was completely clogged with sand!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2269/2336387621_7655ae468a_m.jpg

Without your advice, I would never have been able to know what to take
apart to find the problem!

I hope, by posting the pictures and describing what we've learned together,
that the next person reading this who has a clogged dishwasher after doing
a water heater repair, will know exactly what to do!

Donna

 

[Donna Ohl]

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:10:45 -0700, Donna Ohl wrote:

Only after a long while did the water finally run clear through the
solonoid.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl/2337214306/

That was the wrong reference number.
The reference number of the water running clearly is
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl/2337241506/

The whole set of dishwasher repair pictures is at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl

I hope someone searching for why their dishwasher suddenly stops working
can find this solution here, thanks to all of you!

 

[James Sweet]

Given how corroded the steel pipes were (I can't believe my kids drank
water from those pipes!), maybe we'll try to replace all our plumbing when
the weather warms up (Bill is on the roof right now doing the shingles
which blew off in the last storm).

It seems like an easy job for the piping under the crawl space.

But it seems difficult for the piping hidden in the wall.
(Do we have to rip the walls apart?)

And the pipes under the driveway to the main water meter.
(Do we have to break open the driveway?)

Is replacing the galvanized pipes with copper a do-it-yourself job Billa
nd
I can do together?

Don't forget that all that crud in the pipes was in the water to begin with,
it's gross looking, but not harmful.

Replacing the pipes is not difficult in itself, however depending on the
design and layout of the house it can be a major project to get to all the
pipes. I hate crawling around in crawl spaces, and you'll almost certainly
have to cut open some walls. If you have a full basement it will be
considerably easier.

 

[James Sweet]

"Donna Ohl" <donna.ohl@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:8E4Dj.20010$Ch6.2951@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net...

You were right! It was the crud in the solonoid (plus a frozen motor)!

Thanks to everyone here, I was able to fix the dishwasher clog caused by
all the debris that came out of the water heater repair. Complete
pictures,
as always, are posted.

For example, so the next person benefits, please see the updated pictures
of the tremendous amount of dishwasher sand in the mesh filter cup inside
the blue "solonoid" at the bottom left of the GE Nautilus dishwasher.See
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl

At first, I checked and cleaned the "air gap" as many recommended (this
caused a flood as the airgap had a plug of its own that I forgot to put
back once I got the dishwasher working). Without that cap on the air gap,
water shoots up six inches all over the countertop as shown in the photos
I
uploaded so the next person benefits.

As for teh solonoid, I unplugged the power and removed the four 8mm screws
holding the blue solonoid together and water splashed all over the place,
this time on the floor as the water supply must be turned off. I got the
camera all wet trying to take a shot of THAT fiasco for you boys!

Nonetheless, I did take a good shot of the horribly clogged mesh filter
that was inside the solonoid. This wasn't the only culprit though. The
motor in the middle on the bottom wouldn't start. I guess it has been
turned off for so long it froze shut. I had to oil it and cajole it into
spinning with a screwdriver but it finally worked and now the dishwasher
has gone through two cycles and it seems to be repaired.

Thank God 'cuz I can't figure out how to remove it from the kitchen (see
the photos of the screws that were holding it in that are tiled over on
the
top so they will never come out). Who builds these things that way anyway?

Donna

It's always nice when someone can figure this stuff out and posted advice is
useful. It's a change from the common response of "I'll just buy a new one".

 

[Allodoxaphobia]

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:05:36 GMT, James Sweet wrote:

It's always nice when someone can figure this stuff out and posted
advice is useful. It's a change from the common response of "I'll
just buy a new one".

Or, all too often, there's no response at all. Then none of the
advisors know how it turned out, and the archives offer nothing for the
next feller that comes along with the same or nearly identical problem.

Jonesy
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[Yukio YANO]

Donna Ohl wrote:

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:10:45 -0700, Donna Ohl wrote:
Only after a long while did the water finally run clear through the
solonoid.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl/2337214306/

That was the wrong reference number.
The reference number of the water running clearly is
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl/2337241506/

The whole set of dishwasher repair pictures is at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl

I hope someone searching for why their dishwasher suddenly stops working
can find this solution here, thanks to all of you!

If there is a sudden build-up of Sediment in your Hot-water line,
Replace the Dip-Tube in your Hot-Water Tank !!

Yukio YANO

 

[James Sweet]

If there is a sudden build-up of Sediment in your Hot-water line, Replace
the Dip-Tube in your Hot-Water Tank !!

Yukio YANO

She already replaced the whole water heater, that's why the sediment got
knocked out of the pipes.

 

[James Sweet]

Looking at the nicely packaged yellow gas lines, we asked EVERYONE in the
stores if we should replace and they all (multiple stores) said nobody
replaces the gas line. They said leave it so we don't introduce a leak.

So, purely for safety reasons, we didn't replace the gas line (using the
store logic).

You don't replace the black iron gas line, but you want to replace the
stainless flex whenever you replace the appliance.

 

[Donna Ohl]

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:37:47 GMT, James Sweet wrote:

She already replaced the whole water heater, that's why the sediment got
knocked out of the pipes.

Thanks James Sweet,

Yes, when I replaced the water heater, not only did the dishwasher stop
working, but, every single faucet in the house stopped working, as did the
shower and the tub.

The only one left is the tub because I can't figure out WHERE the screen
would be on the tub (the output is a full inch in diameter!).

Where would the tub filter be?

 

[Donna Ohl]

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:05:36 GMT, James Sweet wrote:

It's always nice when someone can figure this stuff out and posted advice is
useful. It's a change from the common response of "I'll just buy a new one".

Hi James,

Thanks. I go to a lot of trouble to respond and to take pictures and to
post what happened, even with my mistakes (like not knowing the water would
shoot all over the place in the air gap or solonoid!).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl/2337210324/

The amount of sand in the water was astoundingly large!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl/2337210334/

I would think we should probably clean these things out every year or so if
it weren't such a pain to put the solonoid back together. The six bolts to
remove it are easy enough to remove but to put it all back together with
the rubber gasket and wire mesh screen is a pain. I accidentally let the
screen fall out and ended up having to remove it a second time after
testing that it worked.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl/2337214312/

I would never have had the courage to try this unless you guys had advised
me so I really hope that this will help the next person who reads this.

The two things I have left are:
- How to repair the rusted white wires inside the dishwasher that got
rusted while it sat with bleach in it (to kill the mold) for the past few
weeks. http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl/2337210340/

- How to unclog the bathtub where I can't figure out WHERE the filter is!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl/2279157295/

Donna

 

[Donna Ohl]

On 16 Mar 2008 19:05:38 GMT, Allodoxaphobia wrote:

Or, all too often, there's no response at all. Then none of the
advisors know how it turned out, and the archives offer nothing for the
next feller that comes along with the same or nearly identical problem.

Hi Jonesy,

You just wait! A coworker of mine said he was gonna fill his welding tanks
with oxyaceteline and cut apart my old water heater so we could see exactly
what it looked like inside!

I can't wait to snap the pictures.

Right now, all we have are the anode and safety valve autopsies
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl/2274079124/in/set-72157603933515835/
but it's gonna be great to see inside the water heater for the first time!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl/2276890146/in/set-72157603933515835/

Donna

 

[Donna Ohl]

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:58:20 GMT, Donna Ohl, Grady Volunteer Coordinator
wrote:

That brings up a good question. All the literature I read said to set the
temperature to 120 degrees unless you needed it for dishes in which case
they suggested 140 degrees (or was it 130 degrees).

One thing I learned is it's MUCH better to set the temperature lower rather
than higher (as long as it's hot enough).

Why?

Because then there is less mixing with cold water so when someone flushes,
it doesn't change the temperature of the shower water at all!

I learned this accidentally and I've never seen this hint (for this reason)
anywhere, so, I'm proposing if, for no other reason, you can set the water
temperature to EXACTLY the heat you want in the shower, you'll have more
REGULAR temperatures because there is less mixing and therefore less
perturbation when someone flushes.

BTW, we just found out today that, with this 98 gallon first-hour-rating
water heater, Bill (who is disabled and has to take a bath instead of a
shower) and I can run the newly unclogged dishwasher, new washer, shower,
and tub at the same time, all with no loss of hot water for the two of us!

Thanks everyone for being so wonderful (well, almost everyone),
Donna

 

[James Sweet]

"Donna Ohl" <donna.ohl@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:ZrhDj.23699$R84.18477@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net...

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:37:47 GMT, James Sweet wrote:
She already replaced the whole water heater, that's why the sediment got
knocked out of the pipes.

Thanks James Sweet,

Yes, when I replaced the water heater, not only did the dishwasher stop
working, but, every single faucet in the house stopped working, as did the
shower and the tub.

The only one left is the tub because I can't figure out WHERE the screen
would be on the tub (the output is a full inch in diameter!).

Where would the tub filter be?

Usually there isn't a filter. Is it a single or three knob? Usually you can
remove the whole cartridge from the valve and clean it out.

 

[Donna Ohl]

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:21:38 GMT, James Sweet wrote:

Where would the tub filter be?

Usually there isn't a filter. Is it a single or three knob? Usually you can
remove the whole cartridge from the valve and clean it out.

Hi James,
Here is a picture of the tub.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl

It is a "single".
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl/2279157295/

Are you saying the filter is behind the hot/cold selector knob?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donnaohl/2279157299/

Donna