What's upsetting you today? - Page 99

Aliantha · 02-06-2008, 04:57 PM

Always remember, colour is your friend unless you want to look like a funeral director.

bbro · 02-07-2008, 09:39 AM

I'm still sick and I want to be at home in bed, but can't afford to miss another day of work

HungLikeJesus · 02-07-2008, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigV

...My loss is Las Vegas' gain

Isn't that always the case with Las Vegas?

Shawnee123 · 02-07-2008, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Isn't that always the case with Las Vegas?

No one really knows for sure, because what happens there, stays there.

HungLikeJesus · 02-07-2008, 10:51 AM

That's not true; my friend's wife got pregnant in Las Vegas. They had to keep the baby.

Shawnee123 · 02-07-2008, 10:52 AM

Unfair laws.

kerosene · 02-07-2008, 10:54 AM

Or misleading advertisements.

BigV · 02-07-2008, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Unfair laws.

Quote:

Originally Posted by case

Or misleading advertisements.

Youse guys are still talking about HLJ's remark, aren't you?

DucksNuts · 02-10-2008, 06:27 PM

I have thrush AND an UTI.

TMI?

deal with it

monster · 02-10-2008, 07:20 PM

OUCH

Aliantha · 02-10-2008, 07:29 PM

So you'll be making your acquaintance with the chemist then ducks?

Poor girlie. Hope you get it all cleared up nice and quickly.

binky · 02-10-2008, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cicero

I was a flamingo pink once. (my hair) Not good and not cool. What a nightmare! That only works if you are an e-surance animation. I feel your pain sundae...I do.

I had to show up to work in a hat. Then I had to fight to keep it on.

If you aren't naturally red, just stay away from the red box. It's full of demons.

I naturally have mousy brown hair, and dyed it dark auburn for years, until last year, when I said fuck it, and started letting the grey streaks come in

Clodfobble · 02-11-2008, 10:31 AM

What a weekend. So a fan in the computer has been noisy for awhile, and finally started rattling too much to deal with.

Quick examination proved it to be the fan contained within the power supply. No problem: we run to Fry's, get a little $15 fan, and put it in. It does not spin. During the process of trying to figure out if it could really be dead right out of the box, we start moving bits and pieces about, connecting and disconnecting--and suddenly there's a little arc, and the computer goes off.

Turns out this is a rare breed of AC-powered fan, that looks exactly like its DC counterparts and is not clearly designated as such on the box at all. (When we eventually went back to Fry's to get the right fan, the salesguy argued with us that there was no such thing as an AC internal-component computer fan until we showed him the product right on his shelf.) Long story short, we fried the motherboard, and possibly more. We have now replaced it--hell of an expensive fan repair--but we can still only boot up into safemode, and our next move is to reinstall Windows. There's no reason to think this won't be the end of our problems, but cynicism has me by the throat at this point. (Did I mention the minivan's back in the shop? They really think they've figured it out for sure, this time.) Everything important is backed up--but it's backed up to a second drive within the same machine, so for all we know it got fried by Mr. Tiny Electrical Arc too. That'll teach me to procrastinate about getting the family photos printed for two years...

Undertoad · 02-11-2008, 10:37 AM

I would not attempt a fan replacement within the power supply.

So you replaced the motherboard with a different motherboard eh?

Clodfobble · 02-11-2008, 10:46 AM

Yeah, actually I've now remembered we used an older one we had in the house because we couldn't find a decent AGP (I think that's right?) old-style motherboard for sale, and if we got a different kind we'd just have to buy a new video card and/or CPU... so it wasn't actually expensive to replace. But the other one's definitely fried-alicious, it goes into a neverending reboot cycle when it's hooked up.

Edit: I'm a poor relayer of information, not to mention way out of my league on the technology here. Mr. Clod, who was up working on it long after I went to bed last night, says it's behaving the same way with the new motherboard, so the new theory is the C: drive is what's damaged. Old motherboard is going back in, then Windows is getting reinstalled, possibly on a new drive. But I'm told the new power supply fan is working great!

02-06-2008, 04:57 PM	#1471
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Always remember, colour is your friend unless you want to look like a funeral director. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-07-2008, 10:51 AM	#1475
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	That's not true; my friend's wife got pregnant in Las Vegas. They had to keep the baby. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

02-10-2008, 07:20 PM	#1480
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	OUCH __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-10-2008, 07:29 PM	#1481
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	So you'll be making your acquaintance with the chemist then ducks? Poor girlie. Hope you get it all cleared up nice and quickly. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-11-2008, 10:46 AM	#1485
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Yeah, actually I've now remembered we used an older one we had in the house because we couldn't find a decent AGP (I think that's right?) old-style motherboard for sale, and if we got a different kind we'd just have to buy a new video card and/or CPU... so it wasn't actually expensive to replace. But the other one's definitely fried-alicious, it goes into a neverending reboot cycle when it's hooked up. Edit: I'm a poor relayer of information, not to mention way out of my league on the technology here. Mr. Clod, who was up working on it long after I went to bed last night, says it's behaving the same way with the new motherboard, so the new theory is the C: drive is what's damaged. Old motherboard is going back in, then Windows is getting reinstalled, possibly on a new drive. But I'm told the new power supply fan is working great! Last edited by Clodfobble; 02-11-2008 at 11:20 AM.

02-07-2008, 09:39 AM	#1472
bbro Insert witty comment here Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,182	I'm still sick and I want to be at home in bed, but can't afford to miss another day of work

02-07-2008, 10:52 AM	#1476
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Unfair laws.

02-07-2008, 10:54 AM	#1477
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Or misleading advertisements.

02-10-2008, 06:27 PM	#1479
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	I have thrush AND an UTI. TMI? deal with it

02-11-2008, 10:31 AM	#1483
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	What a weekend. So a fan in the computer has been noisy for awhile, and finally started rattling too much to deal with. Quick examination proved it to be the fan contained within the power supply. No problem: we run to Fry's, get a little $15 fan, and put it in. It does not spin. During the process of trying to figure out if it could really be dead right out of the box, we start moving bits and pieces about, connecting and disconnecting--and suddenly there's a little arc, and the computer goes off. Turns out this is a rare breed of AC-powered fan, that looks exactly like its DC counterparts and is not clearly designated as such on the box at all. (When we eventually went back to Fry's to get the right fan, the salesguy argued with us that there was no such thing as an AC internal-component computer fan until we showed him the product right on his shelf.) Long story short, we fried the motherboard, and possibly more. We have now replaced it--hell of an expensive fan repair--but we can still only boot up into safemode, and our next move is to reinstall Windows. There's no reason to think this won't be the end of our problems, but cynicism has me by the throat at this point. (Did I mention the minivan's back in the shop? They really think they've figured it out for sure, this time.) Everything important is backed up--but it's backed up to a second drive within the same machine, so for all we know it got fried by Mr. Tiny Electrical Arc too. That'll teach me to procrastinate about getting the family photos printed for two years...

02-11-2008, 10:37 AM	#1484
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I would not attempt a fan replacement within the power supply. So you replaced the motherboard with a different motherboard eh?

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