Drat these computers! They're so naughty and so complex.
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Posted on 04/20/2006 2:10:46 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
What ended up being the trouble?
Very funny.
Well, it turned out the gas station was closed, so I met *them* a little past it. They had the same van. ;-)
Stopped on the way home for a few groceries. There was a familiar hobbit there.
Moving is just so fun, isn't it, Rose?
Ack... I'm now at the two-week point.
The system will not boot with the card in and I can only turn the 'puter off by flicking the power switch on the back....well, pulling the cord would work too, it's just that the power switch on the front of the case won't turn it off.
When I plug the card into one PCI slot, the machine powers up (fans and panel lights come on) but the 'puter will not post. When I put the card in while the computer is running, the computer freezes.
Small world :~D
"them" huh... bummer. Oh well, we'll keep workin' the problem.
Ethernet cards are cheap ... nobody uses 'em anymore ...
June 9th is more likely ...!
That's only a couple days before me... I know it'll happen but I may go insane first.
Is the front switch a rocker, or a push button?
There's always the yard sale dude...
Heh...it's not really a "problem". I gots lots to do right now.
Oh?
I gots lots to do right now.
I know... He'd help you rototill.
Just kiddin'. Though I am probably going back. The main guy doing the sale was apparently a network admin type who likes to tinker with old computer stuff in his spare time - most of what he was selling was old printers and servers and various bits and pieces...cards and cases and fans and old network gear.
There was a little Okidata laser printer that would probably be great for what I need - just want to be able to print off mapquest stuff and the occasional form, and I don't care about color. But I used my cash on the mower and he didn't want to take a check, especially an out of state one. So I said maybe I could pick it up after work one day this week if it didn't sell by the end of the day - he wasn't asking much for it and it was in decent shape. Toner cartridges I'd have to order on-line, but they aren't spendy...and I'd likely only need one or so a year, if that.
So...I have his phone number. Make of that what you will. ;-) He's prolly married too, and even if he wasn't...well, it's not as if any and every single guy is gonna be at all interested, even if I were.
Ungh...I do need to rototill soon, don't I? The grass under the first tarp is dead.
It don't hurt none to keep one's eyes out :~D
Front switch is a push button and works okay when the ethernet card's not around.
I wonder if the ethernet card is fried...I'd try a different one and see.
Guess not.
Heh...speaking of which, I was working on a computer the other day in an office that had a phone list for current interns at the hospital, with pictures for each one. It was tempting to take notes. ;-)
I guessed that. I'm just backing up Rose's advice. ;-) Ethernet cards are dirt cheap these days, especially if you can find a used oen somewhere.
Drat these computers! They're so naughty and so complex.
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