When things go wrong-really wrong

摘要

If you've read my previous columns,you will know that I started out servicing planes for Air New Zealand and then later,moved on to computer repair,which mainly involves swapping modules and fiddling with software.While I have repaired plenty of other electronics,especially audio gear(as I'm a bit of a muso),I'm still essentially an amateur serviceman in fields outside of those two.While I have repaired(and sometimes failed to repair)everything from an abacus to a Zimmer frame,my main focus for the past 25 years has been computers,with the odd curly job fired my way.As something of a keen amateur,I am not shackled too tightly to the conventions(and regulations)that real servicemen are legally and technically required to abide by.