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Come Inside... => The Computer Room => Topic started by: Uncle Mort on September 09, 2009, 10:27:56 AM
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Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
I accidentally cut the power to the ground floor electric sockets last night (don't ask) , the computer restarted and up came the "Blue Screen of Death" Does not load up Windows in any mode. Ran diagnostics from recovery disk which found corrupt blocks.
Looks like a reformat and reinstall tonight.
Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
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SAFE mode?
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SAFE mode?
<cough>
Does not load up Windows in any mode
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Buggered for sure Uncle, you're right not to piss about with it... happy088
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There speaks the Gubber in Chief noooo:
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Laptop or desktop?
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Laptop or desktop?
The only relevance being that a laptop is lighter to throw through the window lol:
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Laptop or desktop?
The only relevance being that a laptop is lighter to throw through the window lol:
Not so, young hound. If it's a laptop, SOMETIMES, taking the battery out, putting it in a plastic bag and lobbing it in the freezer for an hour, then re-installing it can somehow revive it. If a desktop, remove the power lead and hold the on/off button for at least 30 seconds. Then put the lead back in and try also SOMETIMES works.
So there.
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There speaks the Gubber in Chief noooo:
He's right though.
Reinstalling XP from the recovery disk isn't the problem, it's all the updates and the other programs loaded since the original installation that takes the time and that's not even counting the data and my music files from backup.
Desktop - bought March 05. Maybe I should just get a new one. rubschin:
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You fix my internet and I'll fix your puter whistle:
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She has an axe scared2:
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That'll fix it for good. eeek:
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Laptop or desktop?
The only relevance being that a laptop is lighter to throw through the window lol:
Not so, young hound. If it's a laptop, SOMETIMES, taking the battery out, putting it in a plastic bag and lobbing it in the freezer for an hour, then re-installing it can somehow revive it. If a desktop, remove the power lead and hold the on/off button for at least 30 seconds. Then put the lead back in and try also SOMETIMES works.
So there.
surrender: It was a joke surrender:
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There speaks the Gubber in Chief noooo:
He's right though.
Reinstalling XP from the recovery disk isn't the problem, it's all the updates and the other programs loaded since the original installation that takes the time and that's not even counting the data and my music files from backup.
Desktop - bought March 05. Maybe I should just get a new one. rubschin:
cloud9:
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He's wrong! I gave it one last, the recovery disk gave access to c prompt so I ran 'chkdsk /r', took a while but it repaired/recovered the corrupt blocks.
happy088
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eeek:
sad24:
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Cheer up BM, I'm sure it will breakdown again.
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Cheer up BM, I'm sure it will breakdown again.
cloud9:
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All this talk of Windows has just reminded me, my Vista pc crashed with a corrupt HD at the weekend. Eventually I reformated and restored the original Vista. Works fine now but so far I've installed about 90 updates to bring the Vista from it's state 15 months ago to current. Banghead
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I never have these problems with my little lapbook running Linux noooo:
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You don't have a teenage son playing the latest war games on your little laptop though. noooo:
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No ~ I have an eight year old battling penguins ~ don't ask, just DON'T ASK!
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If it's "Club Penquin" my two have been there, done that.
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Tedious innit tunble:
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Yep, and Habbo ::)
Now it's Facebook etc.
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My Vista desktop has been playing up again, running realy slow, crashing and having trouble starting up Windows. I'd had enough so I bought a new hard disk today along with Windows 7. (about ?150 all in)
Fortunately I had a second PC working so that I could look online to see how to access and remove the drive casing so that I could change the drive. Would have been stuffed otherwise. Anyway, turned out to be very simple (as most things are once you know how) I then installed Windows 7, surprisingly easy and a damn sight quicker than Vista. It promptly downloads an update!
I been adding printer drivers and Office, configuring the internet (it comes with explorer) and now I have, to all intents and purposes, a new PC.
cloud9:
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8)
A very productive day Uncle M
Computers must be the biggest cause of stress in the modern world ( not including families of course noooo: )
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I'm right chuffed.
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So you should be cloud9:
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Well done Uncle... happy088
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A new geek is born.............Well done Uncle! happ096
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Banghead Banghead Banghead
Five minutes after my son fired up one of his games the graphics card died.
?130 for a replacement.
At this rate only the case is going to be original.
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Club fooking Penguin Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead Banghead
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Not for a long time. It's more like "Call to Armoured Mayhem IV" these days.
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Banghead Banghead Banghead
Five minutes after my son fired up one of his games the graphics card died.
?130 for a replacement.
At this rate only the case is going to be original.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbha4XclSMU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbha4XclSMU)
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Banghead Banghead Banghead
Five minutes after my son fired up one of his games the graphics card died.
?130 for a replacement.
At this rate only the case is going to be original.
I did a broadband installation for a customer once - the very moment I plugged the LAN cable into her PC the graphics card died. Banghead
Of course, she wouldn't believe that it wasn't my fault and I had to replace it... noooo:
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Gubbed it whistle:
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Gubbed it whistle:
It wasn't me you silly gerl! evil:
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Gubbed it whistle:
It wasn't me you silly gerl! evil:
It was the man on the grassy knoll whistle:
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My son is reloading his game. scared2:
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Never had it before, now twice in 2 days rubschin: Only thing I have done is install the newer version of AVG Free...and no, I haven't spilled Young's on it....
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Never had it before, now twice in 2 days rubschin: Only thing I have done is install the newer version of AVG Free...and no, I haven't spilled Young's on it....
The mods! scared2:
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Never had it before, now twice in 2 days rubschin: Only thing I have done is install the newer version of AVG Free...and no, I haven't spilled Young's on it....
The mods! scared2:
We rockers ain't scared...
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I had a BSOD on Saturday and a crash yesterday morning (blank screen) I've rolled it back to Friday, just before AVG ran an update. rubschin:
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I made the mistake of calling it by name when one of the agents had BSOD on their machine. Now when I go past them they jump into martial arts poses and cry 'BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH' as if it is a move from a Bruse Lee film.
Bunch of pi$$ taking buggers.
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Been getting crashes and BSOD last few days. This morning another BSOD then nothing. Even the BIOS wouldn't start up. eeek:
Finally decided to the KES.* It worked!
* KES = Kinetic Energy Solution
aka giving it a wack.
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Excellent! It is knowing where to whack it which is the skill! ;)
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Sounds like a loose liver.
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Corrupted Graphics Driver. Have now updated to latest version and all seems OK (for the moment)
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Corrupted Graphics Driver. Have now updated to latest version and all seems OK (for the moment)
noooo:
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Wot?
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Wot?
Gubbed... noooo:
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Wot?
Gubbed... noooo:
It seems you are correct. cry:
Still crashing (though not so often) even though I've reinstalled Windows and updated the BIOS. I've even reseated all the hardware and cleaned out all the dust and fluff!
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Wot?
Gubbed... noooo:
It seems you are correct. cry:
Still crashing (though not so often) even though I've reinstalled Windows and updated the BIOS. I've even reseated all the hardware and cleaned out all the dust and fluff!
Get a new one while you still have something to transfer files from.... whistle:
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Don't be daft, I keep good backups.
Anyway, all seems ok ~ have restored my files, computer behaving itself.
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Don't be daft, I keep good backups.
Anyway, all seems ok ~ have restored my files, computer behaving itself.
That is always the last stage like... noooo:
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Don't be daft, I keep good backups.
Anyway, all seems ok ~ have restored my files, computer behaving itself.
That is always the last stage like... noooo:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rubbishremoval.org.uk%2Fimages%2Fskip.jpg&hash=261208276675a933578023c0780e6a589238ccc7)
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Don't be daft, I keep good backups.
Anyway, all seems ok ~ have restored my files, computer behaving itself.
That is always the last stage like... noooo:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rubbishremoval.org.uk%2Fimages%2Fskip.jpg&hash=261208276675a933578023c0780e6a589238ccc7)
Indeed....
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'';\4 \\,鈅''[9464-'''';';\;\; Banghead
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'';\4 \\,鈅''[9464-'''';';\;\; Banghead
Zakly...
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Two in 3 days... noooo:
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Two in 3 days... noooo:
pathead:
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Just reading through this thread again. Where does the time go? Also it seems about time for my PC to act up again. scared2:
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Just reading through this thread again. Where does the time go? Also it seems about time for my PC to act up again. scared2:
eeek:
You've done it now Uncle.... noooo:
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I know doh:
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I know doh:
Was it your fault?
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I know doh:
Was it your fault?
yes, it was Uncle Mort's fault! cussing: