When shutting down my computer last night I forgot to close the CD door. The computer shutdown but left the door open. When I tried to reboot it wouldn't start up. By pushing the door I managed to get the door closed. At this point (or before when the computer shut down) there was a sound like a motor, likely the CD drive motor. This sound wouldn't stop even though the computer was shutdown. The computer would not turn on at this point so I unplugged it. I tried several times to reboot after plugging in the computer but without success. The motor sound restarted but the computer otherwise remained completely off. After several tries the motor sound stopped. The only thing I see now is to bring it to a repair shop. Can anyone suggest where I should get it repaired that I can reach by C-train and if necessary bus? My computer is over 5 years old (2.7G celeron, 768M memory, cost 600$ in 2004) but is fast enough for me for the moment. At what repair cost point does it make sense to just buy a new computer?
By the way if anybody is considering upgrading (as opposed to an install) from ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10, DON'T! I upgraded 9 days ago. Since then my computer freezes a dozen or more times a day. Everything freezes except the mouse. Even ctrl-alt F-6 is ignored. I tried to find a pattern as to where it freezes but to no avail. The only way I found to avoid freezing was to not log in although it seemed pretty safe when only in the shell. I finally gave up and decided to do a fresh install. But I ran into problems burning a backup DVD. I have my backups from 9 days ago though. Then my computer died. Thanks for any advice. I can read emails (rpbol...@gmail.com) at the library or I can be phoned at 403-764-3681 Ralph Boland _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
