Years ago a buddy of mine fixed my dying computer by hugging it. The thing had become increasingly unreliable and would mysteriously shut itself down and give strange beep sequences during startup. After fiddling with it for a while and eventually puching the machine in frustration, my friend tells me to take it easy and says the machine just needed some love and mockingly hugged it, at which point it beeped and returned to life.
After some more prodding, we discovered that the problem was a curved motherboard which resulted in the video card not seating properly. After some very careful bending and wedging some paper underneath the proper spots in the case, all was well again.
