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Posted by CricketBeautiful on 30-03-2007 at 17:48:
Cricket out of commission, partly
Just letting you know I'll might (or might not) be off the machine for a while, or at least slowing down.
Main computer died two days ago. Under warranty, but,....
so far: take apart, vacuum, worked for a day or two then flakey again, call Intel.
Go down to basement Monday night and discover some areas had 1/2inch water. Fortunately, we'd seen evidence of water damage and put everything on 1/2inch plywood when we moved in last spring; lots of moving boxes and mopping, but the water only got through the corners of one box. And we weren't sure if the towels would last the night, so wake at 2am to check. Took Tuesday off to tear out the drywall and insulation off one wall; not as bad as it could have been, we'd already torn out the musty carpet and half the drywall before moving
in. Good news is there's a very obvious crack that will be injected next week. And the other cracks were fine, so the regrading and patching we did last summer may have worked. It's another 15 years before we'll have the money to finish the basement, by then we'll know how dry it really is.
Tues night, in a fit of being nice to me, with brain lacking sleep, ignore me saying come to bed, he follows Intel's instructions: take apart again, disconnect all inside bits, let sit twenty minutes to reset BIOS, reconnect and count beeps to get diagnostic code, eventually gave up 'cause there weren't no beeps.
Wednesday take it into work to check if something's grounding wrong and make yet another backup. Call Intel, they are sending "shipping package".
Wed night through Fri morning, connect backup drive to ancient backup machine, -- the old one, soooo slow, and, while I've got all the data and email profiles, it's not worth the time to get them all restored here, then re-restore them to the better machine when it returns.
Would like a working printer, though. If not for being contact for the storytellers, and having some bills in email, I'd ignore the computer and unpack the china from the move, or do the taxes.
To do eventually: use above-mentioned shipping package to ship motherboard to the States, wait while they look at it and decide whether to send cheque or exact (or similar) replacement, install what they send us, call MicroSoft and convince them it's the same computer
despite new serial number of motherboard, and then restore the backup.
And I was just thinking I had a dozen hours this month for computer projects, sigh.
Cricket
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Posted by Metaliant on 30-03-2007 at 23:26:
Good grief. Sounds like you need to lie down somwhere for a short time.
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Posted by Springie on 31-03-2007 at 00:31:
Wow, Cricket! *hugs*
Hope things calm down for you a bit, and you finally get your computer time...
we'll miss you while you're out of commission...
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Posted by Metaliant on 31-03-2007 at 07:41:
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Posted by gatchgirl on 31-03-2007 at 08:55:
Hope things work out for the better Cricket... won't be the same here without ya!!!
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Posted by Metaliant on 01-04-2007 at 19:32:
At least Cricket didn't get logged out and freaked out like I just did.
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Posted by meridianday on 01-04-2007 at 20:54:
We had to replace a motherboard in one of our PCs recently, and Microsoft were fine about believing it was the same computer.
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Mallanox : "My mother was Irish and my father was an alien. I was an only child and I dress funny." Posted by gatchgirl on 02-04-2007 at 02:30:
your here with us now Metalliant...
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Posted by Metaliant on 05-04-2007 at 08:57:
Only in body Gatchgirl, only in body but never in mind.
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Posted by Metaliant on 05-04-2007 at 08:58:
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What about the fatherboard, sonboard, daughterboard, etc boards?
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Posted by gatchgirl on 06-04-2007 at 08:33:
Haha ha Metalliant... if there were all them other boards on a computer the world would really be a scary place....
Also why are you only here in body... afraid we would corrupt whats left of your mind..... 
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Posted by Metaliant on 07-04-2007 at 06:51:
What mind. I need the room for beer.
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Posted by imaqtz on 08-04-2007 at 14:47:
*smirkgrinchuckle*
I am so enjoying the rapport between you Metaliant and Gatchgirl ! thumbs up to both of you! Grin.
As for cricket, yes weve ALL been in computerhell. Im sure where there's a will there WILL be a way.
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Posted by Metaliant on 09-04-2007 at 10:34:
IMAQTZ. where have you been. We missed you. The rubber room hasn't been the same without you, yeer know.
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Posted by gatchgirl on 09-04-2007 at 13:59:
Thats true Metalliant... It has not been the same... So Metalliant are you ready to be 
by Imi and I.... muwawawawa!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by imaqtz on 10-04-2007 at 14:40:
cute evil chuckle G girl.
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Posted by gatchgirl on 11-04-2007 at 13:18:
I think Metalliant is scared and hiding Imi!!!
Not sure why could it be the threat of 
or 
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Posted by imaqtz on 11-04-2007 at 13:44:
No probs Ggirl, get the drinks out, This guy cant resist anything alcoholic, he'll follow the fumes..nothing Scares our studly Metal Man, well nothing but Ceps seafaring Chicken....
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Posted by Cep on 11-04-2007 at 16:42:
Fear the chicken! 
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Posted by Metaliant on 11-04-2007 at 18:58:
and beare of my 
army ladies.
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