Todd, Were both failures due to CPU failure?
Dan > -----Original Message----- > From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 09 April 2002 02:56 > To: CF-Community > Subject: son of a #%@$!!%&* > > > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
