My cable box wouldn't work post "updates". So I unplugged it, waited one minute ish, and then plugged it back in. It worked.
There has to be a nerdy term for this?
There has to be a nerdy term for this?
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Is there a law for this?
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Power-Cycling.
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 (April 12, 2023 at 7:59 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: My cable box wouldn't work post "updates". So I unplugged it, waited one minute ish, and then plugged it back in. It worked. You do something similar with an xbox if you want to hard reset it... ie you have to physically disconnect the plug and wait a short time; I'm assuming that basically clears RAM, the data in which it presumably retains whilst it's powered, even if the machine is off (that's just my theory though). 
I always wear pants, guys lose their girlfriends if I don't.
Electronics and computers are like people.
If they stop working, you hit them with a hammer. Either they'll start working again or they never will. Either way, your problem is solved with that particular piece of equipment. Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
...and my bank account.
(April 12, 2023 at 9:26 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: I always wear pants, guys lose their girlfriends if I don't. It's true. My avatar is me throwing my clothes at him. Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???" 
Around here it's called a Japanese reset, power off and on and all the nasty stuff goes away (except when it doesn't)
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