NE Iowa couple's computer mystery stumps experts (weird)

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier ^ | May 16, 2009 | Erik Hogstrom

[xjcsa]

ASBURY (AP)

[jeffc]

The story that I read did not say if another PC exhibits the same symptoms, but I would suspect it is a combination of the PC settings and outside interference. Do they have cordless phones running 5.8Ghz? Try changing the "channel" on which they run, or try changing the PC's "channel" to the router. Does the PC run ad hoc (bad) or is it set to infrastructure (more secure). My guess is ad hoc for Wi-Fi.

It could also be that their home is right between two MAN connection cell towers. They should try another PC.

[Brilliant]

I guess the transmitter will have to be under the tinfoil too.

[bgill]

Who ya gonna call? The ghostbusters from TAPS who can scout out any ghosts, point an EMF device around, and fix any plumbing problems all in one visit.

[Perdogg]

I was thinking along those lines.

[tet68]

Former NSA safe house?

[tet68]

Hah, time dilation field offsetting grid.
It only works in the sunroom because of the ZPM under the floor.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“They should try another PC. “

They should get a Mac!

[Swordmaker]

I had a client who’s computer would not work in one room of his apartment but would work everywhere else. After doing some investigation, I found that the apartment complex’s electric panel with meters for about 200 apartments was just on the other side of that room’s wall.

[Toki]

LOL!!!

[mikrofon]

{From the article} They soon learned there was only one spot in the house the laptop would work. "There is one place in the sun room," Mary LaMour said, "but you had to be on your hands and knees."

There's the place to worship Gaia...

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

“They should get a Mac!”

Mac’s are unhealthy - especially the Big Mac!

[tophat9000]

Give me a break it a RF source ...since it a laptop on battery.. kill the main power to the house for a test

[Chode]

will any other machines work there???

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

There is visible evidence for such a phenomenon on a MUCH grander scale.

Look to Sol. Sunspots are a symptom/effect of just such a thing. These spots are exactly where magnetic field lines intersect the surface of that body. Why should it not be thus for our home?

[Tolkien]

Who ya gonna call? The ghostbusters from TAPS who can scout out any ghosts, point an EMF device around, bore you to death, and fix any plumbing problems all in one visit.

[Oztrich Boy]

Earth has a magnetic field. A big one. Magnetic lines of flux enter and exit the planet's crust at many points on the surface. Their house may just reside on one such point.

Magnetic lines of flux only enter and exit the planet's crust at the points of weakness where lines of longitude and latitude intersect.

[SunkenCiv]

Ooo-weeeeee-ooo...

Teens panic as they’re forced to unplug at camp
AP/reporternews.com | Friday, May 15, 2009 | Megan K. Scott
Posted on 05/16/2009 7:09:29 PM PDT by martin_fierro
Edited on 05/16/2009 7:11:58 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
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[FrogBurger]

"A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed."

That's an error message from a buggy driver. The fact that she doesn't plug in anything proves it's a wireless problem. There is an errand wireless device inside the house that is crashing the Windows driver. It could be wifi or Bluetooth.

[Slings and Arrows]

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[roamer_1]

This is stupid. It is a faulty wireless card, or interference from other wireless transmissions trying to ad-hoc to the wireless card. Disable wireless and it will fire right up.