On Apr 25, 2005, at 1:31 AM, Mark Cassino wrote:
Remarkably - the processor and memory chips survived. Evertyhing else
was cooked.
The CPU has its own regulator which must have been tough enough to
protect it from the upstream nastiness. I guess the memory must either
run off the CPU supply
On 25 Apr 2005 at 20:47, David Mann wrote:
On Apr 25, 2005, at 1:31 AM, Mark Cassino wrote:
Remarkably - the processor and memory chips survived. Evertyhing else
was cooked.
The CPU has its own regulator which must have been tough enough to
protect it from the upstream nastiness. I
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Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 5:16 PM
Subject: Stupid Computer Week.
Well, I've just been forced to upgrade just about everything.
First my Win2K server bites the big one. Mother board and Processor
fried. No big loss I got both for free, and they were getting long
On 24 Apr 2005 at 9:31, Mark Cassino wrote:
I spent a good three hours on my wife's laptop yesterday trying to figure
why it was totally locked up. Finally found a notice on Trend's page that a
certain combination of Windows updates and PC-Cillin updates would cause this
problem. Once I
On 21/4/05, John Forbes, discombobulated, unleashed:
I trust you didn't let on about the London event. Although between the
DUKW and the Eye, there might be scope for a little accident
After watching the latest Doctor Who, I know *exactly* where Ken Rockwell
comes from.
Cheers,
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/04/22 Fri AM 10:01:49 GMT
To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Stupid Computer Week.
On 21/4/05, John Forbes, discombobulated, unleashed:
I trust you didn't let on about the London event. Although between the
DUKW
On Apr 22, 2005, at 2:11 AM, Rick Womer wrote:
Failing computer hardware must communicate with
working hardware in a diabolical way. Last fall,
failure of the motherboard on our venerable G3 Mac was
followed by failure of the backup external hard drive,
just as the data were being transferred to
I fried an ethernet card on a Mac II once, by connecting it to a
monitor...speaking of stupid...
At 11:08 PM +1200 4/22/05, David Mann wrote:
On Apr 22, 2005, at 2:11 AM, Rick Womer wrote:
Failing computer hardware must communicate with
working hardware in a diabolical way. Last fall,
failure
Godfrey DiGiorgi mused:
On Apr 20, 2005, at 5:44 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
I hate to tell you this, but the peripherals, especially drives and
such like, are all the same, I'm running used Apple equipment in
this PC even now.
Sure. But none of mine have failed. There must be
Thursday, April 21, 2005, 3:20:44 AM, Herb wrote:
HC you haven't had any external power problems recently, have you? separate
HC computers dying like that could be a coincidence, but it might not be. last
HC machine death i had was the IDE controller on the motherboard, probably
HC because of a
On 20/4/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed:
Don't worry, Bill. It won't be so bad at GFM. It's in the mountains,
you see. All that rock tends to reflect the rays away from me.
Speaking of rocks, I sent an invite to Kenny-boy. He might beam in for
the event...
Cheers,
Cotty
On 4/21/05, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Speaking of rocks, I sent an invite to Kenny-boy. He might beam in for
the event...
All he and the little woman will have to do is smile. The beams
eminating from those teeth radiate enough energy to teleport them
anywhere.
But, seriously, it will
On 21/4/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed:
But, seriously, it will be nice to sit down and chew the fat with one
that I've come to consider as a mentor and inspiration. I pattern not
only my photography, but my life after his.
I think our photographic styles are somewhat similar.
Failing computer hardware must communicate with
working hardware in a diabolical way. Last fall,
failure of the motherboard on our venerable G3 Mac was
followed by failure of the backup external hard drive,
just as the data were being transferred to our new G5.
Coincidence? I think not...!
Luck? Random Chance, or my penchant for re-using old equipment if it's
as good as new for it's purpose?
The 85gig drive had been in two previous machines before it died.
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Apr 20, 2005, at 5:44 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
I hate to tell you this, but the peripherals,
--- David Oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've had a good computer week here, actually. I
just got an HP
Photosmart 8450. Plugged it into a network switch
which is in turn
plugged into the router, and presto, it worked just
as expected. The
built-in card reader even acts as an
I wasn't so lucky with my HP7960.
Plugged it in and Windows crashed.
Uninstalled all the printers scanners, re-installed
USB drivers, updated bios. Nothing. Every time I plug
the damn printer to any of the USB ports, windows
crashes.
Bought a new motherboard processor (another tale).
I trust you didn't let on about the London event. Although between the
DUKW and the Eye, there might be scope for a little accident
John
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:23:13 +0100, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 20/4/05, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed:
Don't worry, Bill. It won't
- Original Message -
From: luben
Subject: Re: Stupid Computer Week.
Or try linux...
Nah, just buy hardware that actually works.
Wendy had the right idea.
William Robb
Well, I've just been forced to upgrade just about everything.
First my Win2K server bites the big one. Mother board and Processor
fried.
No big loss I got both for free, and they were getting long in the
tooth, I can re-use just about everything else in the case. I then
discover that no
Yeah it was stupid computer week here too.
Last night the computer just rebooted, and when it got back up, poof, F:
was missing.
Windows said it wasn't formatted.
Ofcourse that was where I had all my pics, none were backupped.
Thank god a program called 'GetDataBack' saved my ass, and I got all
Henri Toivonen wrote:
Yeah it was stupid computer week here too.
Last night the computer just rebooted, and when it got back up, poof, F:
was missing.
Windows said it wasn't formatted.
Ofcourse that was where I had all my pics, none were backupped.
Thank god a program called 'GetDataBack' saved
I think I hate you...
David Oswald wrote:
Henri Toivonen wrote:
Yeah it was stupid computer week here too.
Last night the computer just rebooted, and when it got back up, poof,
F: was missing.
Windows said it wasn't formatted.
Ofcourse that was where I had all my pics, none were backupped
At the risk of starting the usual flame war, I have to say I haven't
had a stupid computer week in about 4 years ... that was the week
that my hard drive failed suddenly, two months from my last backup.
That was my first system failure since 1985 too. Um ... Apple equipment
running Mac OS
I hate to tell you this, but the peripherals, especially drives and such
like, are all the same, I'm running used Apple equipment in this PC
even now.
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
At the risk of starting the usual flame war, I have to say I haven't
had a stupid computer week in about 4 years
Quoting P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
(long sad story snipped)
Sympathies from here.
the same, I'm running used Apple equipment in this PC
even now.
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
At the risk of starting the usual flame war, I have to say I haven't
had a stupid computer week in about 4 years ... that was the week
that my hard drive failed suddenly, two months from my last
drives.
Herb
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From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 5:16 PM
Subject: Stupid Computer Week.
Well, I've just been forced to upgrade just about everything.
First my Win2K server bites the big one. Mother
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To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: Stupid Computer Week.
Hey, Pete. Most of the old Apple units had SCSI drives, which are
arguably among the most reliable of disk drives. Ironically, the only
disk drive I've owned that's ever failed me was a 4
On 20 Apr 2005 at 21:19, Scott Loveless wrote:
Hey, Pete. Most of the old Apple units had SCSI drives, which are
arguably among the most reliable of disk drives. Ironically, the only
disk drive I've owned that's ever failed me was a 4 gig Seagate SCSI
paired with an identical drive in a
Ouch!
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
- Original Message -
From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 7:16 AM
Subject: Stupid Computer Week.
Well, I've just been forced to upgrade just about everything.
First my Win2K server bites
On 4/20/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At the risk of starting the usual flame war,SNIP
Usual flame war, Godfrey?
We never had a flame war until you came around...
LOL
cheers,
frank
--
Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Original Message -
From: frank theriault
Subject: Re: Stupid Computer Week.
On 4/20/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At the risk of starting the usual flame war,SNIP
Usual flame war, Godfrey?
We never had a flame war until you came around...
I spent a lot of money trying
, April 20, 2005 5:16 PM
Subject: Stupid Computer Week.
Well, I've just been forced to upgrade just about everything.
First my Win2K server bites the big one. Mother board and Processor
fried. No big loss I got both for free, and they were getting long in
the tooth, I can re-use just about
On 4/20/05, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I spent a lot of money trying to do to my brain that which you have done to
yours.
How much does it cost?
It's not drugs, it's the aliens and the government, bombarding me with
communications rays. It's not so bad when I go downstairs, into
On Apr 20, 2005, at 5:44 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
I hate to tell you this, but the peripherals, especially drives and
such like, are all the same, I'm running used Apple equipment in
this PC even now.
Sure. But none of mine have failed. There must be something that's
different. ;-)
Godfrey
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