Computer update

mood: frustrated

No, really. It's fucked. It boots up, then locks up. Reboots, then locks up. Reboots, starts to load Windows, starts to run the CHKDSK, locks up. Reboot, try to get it to run the CD I got from Dell, locks up. Reboot, won't give me the option to boot from CD, tries to load Windows, locks up, reboots...

With the thing I bought last weekend, I can turn the 80GB hard drive into an external backup. I can maybe do something with the two 1GB sticks of RAM. But other than that, it's useless.

I've got a Sam's Club credit card that I've had for years for emergencies. I think this counts.
Tags: , ,

Posted on Aug. 30th, 2008 at 06:13 pm | | Leave a comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

Comments


[info]placeholder

Man, that sucks. I hope you can do something to salvage the HD, and get a new comp soon. *hugs*

-R.
Posted on Aug. 30th, 2008 11:27 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

[info]jlsigman

Annoying as hell, this whole experience has been. :-p

But yeah, the hard drive itself seems to be OK, which leads me to believe it's the motherboard that's got a problem somewhere, but I sure do not have the time and patience to let Dell charge me obscene amounts of money to figure out what it is.
Posted on Aug. 31st, 2008 06:04 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply