funny day....or maybe not...

Stream · **Posted:** Mon Apr 28, 2003 8:58 pm

well...actually it started last night....i was about to check some mails before going to bed...but my computer was not online...i checked the connection and cables and all and couldn't find any errors at first...then i realized that my router didn't show a green light for my computer (the other computers at home seemed fine)....so i messed about for a couple of hours to find out what was wrong....but no luck....

then i got to work this morning....and turned on my computer screen...and it showed the bios-screen Confused

very strange i thought...since i left the computer on when i left it on friday....i exited from bios and expected the computer to start up...but no...."hard disk not present" was the message i got... Sad

i rebooted many times....got the same message....then i took out the hd and put it back in (it's a laptop)...and it started up Smile

but it took looooooong for windows to start up...when it finally came up it acted really strange....worked fine for 1 minute...then just stopped for a minute (cpu usage still at 1%)...i did some checks to see if i had any intruders or viruses on it...but no luck....so i decided to restart...

well...that was the last time i did that...because the computer would never restart after that...just said no harddisk...or went to the "loading windows" screen...but no further...
since my harddisk is pretty new (only 4 months old) i thought it was something wrong with the computer...so i tried it in another laptop at work...still nothing...it was all dead....the other laptop didn't even recognize the harddisk Sad

so in the end i had to order a new pc....and had to get a server out from our server-room to use at my desk until the new one arrives Undecided

luckily it worked putting my 2.5" laptop-harddrive into the server to rescue my files for work Smile

then my wife calls...she says the tv isn't working anymore....it's only 3-4 weeks since we bought it so it was a bit unexpected....but we had a warranty so it was ok....

later on i placed an order in a webshop to get myself a new network card at home....along with it i ordered a new cpu-fan (current one is really noisy)...chose to pay by visa....but it wasn't accepted Sad

had to pay on arrival instead (more expencive)...

ok....then i got home....and the tv was working fine again (phew)...

then i had a look at my computer....and the network was working fine again....weird...

so at the end of the day it didn't turn out that bad afterall...just that i didn't to ANYTHING AT ALL at work....and i've ordered a network card i don't need...(it's only $10 so it's no big deal)...

any of you had any strange experiences lately?

Viceroy · **Posted:** Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:29 pm

That's weird. Very weird.

davehart · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2003 12:49 am

The modern age of computers, sure they have a mind of there own.

On the subject of strange things, the other day I check my account balance online and it registered a very nice sum indeed. Went to work, finioshed, needed a £10 to buy something from the shop. Went to the cash machine.

Put me card in, pin number, selected £10 to wqithdraw and got a message saying "Insufficiant funds Account Balence £0", kept trying but the same message kept coming up.

Got home, went to check me balence and it displayed the same amount as it did when I checked it earlier on.

Bizarre.

White_Lightning · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2003 8:37 am

my computer just does what it wants...is pure shit...sometimes it just goes off on one for no reason...its deeing me head in.....

Spherix · **Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2003 1:27 pm

öhmmm

Stream · **Posted:** Wed May 07, 2003 10:30 am

just to continue this one....on monday the hd on my computer at home stopped working....this one is also only 4 months old....

been running lots of checks and diagnostics on it now....and seems to have saved it by re-dividing the partitions on it...will run a full check on it tonight before i decide wether to send it in for repairs or keep it...

anyway...i've gotten the new pc at work now....and it's running fine so far Smile

Here are the specs if you're interested:
Q-Tec Midi Tower, black
AMD Athlon XP2500+ Barton (overclocked a little bit Razz

)
MSI KT4 ULTRA-FISR Mainboard (S-ATA, IEEE1394, RAID, GbLAN)
TwinMOS PC2700 cas2 512Mb RAM
Seagate 80GB harddisk
MSI Geforce4 MX440se 64MB
NEC DVD-rom, black
CNET 10/100 Network card (yes, i do need to network cards Smile

)

hopefully i won't experience any problems with this one....

(i wanted 1GB ram, but our tech-guy said i didn't really need it....bah)

Yoji · **Posted:** Tue May 13, 2003 11:11 am

hmmmm nice specs there on the last PC, i hate computers sometimes i tell ya i got a 2GHz under the case and yet it runs like i got Boothy 433 Razz

prolly gettin an NForce 2 when me EMA starts coming back through, loadsa songs atm wish i had 20gig like me mate Wink

Asus A7A266
256MbDDR266
40Gb WD HDD 7.2rpm
128Mb Rad9kPro
2400XP Athlon TB
.....mmmmmmmmm yeah dats bout it

Rolling Eyes

Tiestarian · **Posted:** Sun May 25, 2003 7:41 pm

My PC is absolutely shite! Has a mind of its own! Sometimes just wont connect for no reason! lol getting a new one soon anyway! YAY! Got any advise on what to get??? Very Happy