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Thread:  Join "MyOnlineTeam" Today - Chapter 21 |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
You know they think you're altruistic when they offer to pay your electrical bill since you run WCG. If anyone needs free power, let me know and I'll run an extension cord from my apartment in Boston. Soon to be Beacon Hill. That's great! Will they pay mine too?  And come to think of it, could they send me a quad to replace the duo that died on T-Day?   Cheers!  Hello Dataman--did you check the power supply?--I had one go out two weeks ago and took it to Comp USA they fixed it in one hour---- they will check it out for freeThe problem sounded similar to yours--it couldnt hurt to have them check it out--Good Luck [Edit 1 times, last edit by Former Member at Nov 24, 2007 2:23:18 PM] |
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Dataman
Ace Cruncher Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 4865 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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[Hello Dataman--did you check the power supply?--I had one go out two weeks ago and took it to Comp USA they fixed it in one hour---- they will check it out for free. The problem sounded similar to yours--it couldnt hurt to have them check it out--Good Luck Thanks Gerald. No, not yet. I am going to dig through the spare parts boxes (Yuk!) today and see if I can find a compatible drive and power supply. I'm sure I have a drive but not sure about the power supply. That should elimate everything but the motherboard and CPU. Currently, I can't get myself motivated to work on it.  I called Santa Claus last night and he is looking for a refurbished quad for me. He said I have not been a good enough boy this year to deserve a new one.  I promised I would be better this new year.  Cheers!  |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Wow, Ady!! Adywebb@BC 50,998 I'll lend you two points and we'll call it a 51K day.    Now I am the slacker. Thanks for those 2 points DM - I shall treasure them forever Now stop slacking and start digging into those spares and get that rig back up and running, otherwise Santa won't visit at all this year |
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Dataman
Ace Cruncher Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 4865 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Now stop slacking and start digging into those spares and get that rig back up and running, otherwise Santa won't visit at all this year SIR! YES, SIR!! Now I am motivated. |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Is it fixed yet?
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Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
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Dataman
Ace Cruncher Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 4865 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Is it fixed yet? You would make a good Sergeant Major, Ady! Yes, I am “finished” but it’s not “fixed”. Finished as in it is not the hard drive I spent the morning replacing and I do not have a compatible power supply. So I put it back together and will have the PS tested sometime when I go down the hill to visit the “flatlanders”. It’s a 70 mile (113 kilometer) round trip to the nearest Fry’s, Comp USA, Circuit City, etc. from here. I only go down among the flatlanders when the need to do so reaches critical mass. The day was not a total waste. In digging through box after box of “stuff”, I cleaned house! You want a 80 meg hard drive? I am not sure what dinosaur that came out of. Remember even before flatbed scanners they had the hand held ones (convenient serial port connector)? I’ll make you a deal on that! Found enough SCSI and SCSI II cable to cable a 1980’s data center. I could go on and on. I don’t know why I kept all that *c*r*a*p*. So I filled several boxes and will take it to recycling so it can be turned into something useful again. I now have three empty shelves on the rack that I can fill with “new” *c*r*a*p*. So ... not a total loss. “Santa” found one of these refurbished HP m7760n for $399.99 USD + shipping. I may order one. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDoc...amp;jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN Introduced in January ’07, it is 10-month-old technology (archaic) but it fits my now depleted budget. Any comments? I hate seeing that un-lit light on the KVM switch where 7 of 9 use to be. |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Hey if it'll crunch and fits the budget - go for it.
Re: the parts bin............ I know what you mean, I've still got, 8.5 floppy drives, 2 Compaq 386, 1 Compaq 486, 1 Atari 1200 ( with games ) all in working order. Saving the best for last, an fully functional DEC PDP-11, with tty, and rk05 disk drive a 4 platters........... Not that I'm a pack rat or anyhing like that - you just never know when you may need something |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
“Santa” found one of these refurbished HP m7760n for $399.99 USD + shipping. I may order one. It looks pretty good to me, especially for a Core 2 Duo. I did some checking at Tiger Direct and any in that price range were single processors. |
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Dataman
Ace Cruncher Joined: Nov 16, 2004 Post Count: 4865 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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“Santa” found one of these refurbished HP m7760n for $399.99 USD + shipping. I may order one. It looks pretty good to me, especially for a Core 2 Duo. I did some checking at Tiger Direct and any in that price range were single processors. OK ... ordering now. It's one of those T-Day weekend only specials. |
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