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Originally Posted by bitor
There were no simple obvious solutions to this problem. You are nuts. It's called trouble shooting. It's only an "obvious solutions" to those who know or experienced the problem.
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Oh my goodness, THANK YOU BITOR!
No, I am not kidding. As much as I don't like you, I have to thank you for that one. That was as funny as reading the humor sections of the readers digest. I loved it!
Okay, okay, I am sure you don't get it, so I will explain it to you. But only because you tickled my funny bone...
1. You are right, there are no simple or obvious solutions to a technical problem for those who are not properly trained (which is what I have been saying about you for a long time now). i.e. Most automotive problems these days are not obvious to a person not trained as a mechanic. There are always exceptions, but you have proven not to be one of them over and over.
2. Nuts? Well, that remains to be seen, but is always possible I suppose. I do see a VA (Veterans Affairs) psychiatrist regularly for my PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder), but in their highly trained opinions, they don't think I am nuts. But you obviously know more than they do, right?
3. Troubleshooting? Well, yes. Troubleshooting is how a problem is found, but there is a proper order to doing that. You have a tendancy to just jump in the middle and search in a random order, rather than a methodical and logical process from beginningto end.
Okay, okay, so you still don't get it. Let me try this simple example to see if you will understand that.
A lady is driving down the road. Her car starts sputtering, then after a little while dies on the side of the road.
a) She calls a friend who thinks he kows about cars (like you and the subjects on this forum). He (you) says, "You need to have your car towed, then have the fuel pump tested, along with the injection system, and a full set of diagnostics on the engine via its computer chip". i.e. Kind of like checking the power supply and pulling drives etc for the problem described in this message thread.
b) She calls a real mechanic who knows proper troubleshooting and common problems related to general auto mechanics. He says, "Ma'am, is it out of gas?" which it is.
While it could have been the fuel pump, injection system or some other deep rooted problem in the engine, it was proper troubleshooting procedure to check the obvious and/or simple things first. i.e. Mechanical switches are a simple and very common failure point in electronics and in this case, would be a standard starting point for troubleshoting by a trained technician.
Get it yet Bitor? Dumb ass... Learn what you yourself are doing before you try to teach others. Listen to those who are far better trained and educated on the subject than you and maybe you will improve yourself and learn something.
And pleeeeeaaase do not try to compare your pitiful knowledge level about electronic hardware to many of those like myself here on the forum. I have many years (near doctorate level) of formal education, training, and in the field experience in electronics engineering. And many others here have similar levels of formal knowledge. Call me or others megalomaniacs or whatever else you want, but it doesn't change you are out gunned and out classed in this field here.
BUT!
I was dead serious before. It was funny as hell to read your response and I enjoyed it very much. Thank you. In afterthought, maybe I should just let you make a fool of yourself and just enjoy it.