OK .. no sappy stories tonight .. I'm just pissed! So I get my shiney new system and it's rockin'. Running Win 2k Advanced Server with a whole bunch of goodies installed. I'm playing Jedi Knight II at 1024x768 with everything on high .. nice and fast. I have a few minor issues with the video card drivers, but no big deal. I work on getting the driver situation taken care of. I'm in the middle of a shutting down windows for a reboot to apply a new driver install for the video card when I notice my temp guage for my CPU jump up at least 8 degress F in less than 2 seconds, right before the temp guage gets shut down by Windows. I can't stop the reboot at this point. Computer screen blanks at the end of the shutdown as normal. System starts the POST ... a single beep, floppy light lights up and stays lit, CDROM light lights up and stays lit, monitor switches to "no video input", and the system hangs. I look at the back of the case and I have 4 red LEDs on my MB status indicator. Look that up in the user manual ..... Processor failure, SON .. OF .. A .. MOTHER FUDRUCKER ...... DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!
Now I'm back on a backup system running an AMD K6-2 300Mghz processor with 256 megs of plain SDRAM, that I had 2 1/2 years ago, trying to set up NAT again so my roomate will have access to the Internet tomorrow. It's really sad that my 2 1/2 year old system has outlasted everything since then. Unfortunately, It has been stripped of everything but the basics. So much for relaxing with JK II on the first night I have had a chance to really play since I got my new system in. I'm so dissapointed .. and annoyed. Damn computers .. talk about a love/hate relationship. I've lost 2 in less than 2 weeks. Why God .. Why?????????? How much suffering can one man take? I don't even have any muffins to make it all better :( Todd ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
