computer woes, once again

[cloudy]

I fried the motherboard on my desktop. Everything's on that harddrive, too, damn it.

I'm pissed.

Thanks to one who wants to remain anonymous, I have a laptop, but....damn.

 

[Nirvanadragones]

Did you have some fried green tomatos and grits with your fried motherboard?

 

[cloudy]

Did you have some fried green tomatos and grits with your fried motherboard?

I could, I suppose, but it's too fucking hot to cook....salad for supper tonight.

I worked with the damn thing - taking it apart, putting it back together, repeat - until I was mad enough to chuck the whole thing in the garbage. Now I'm just upset.

 

[starrkers]

Damn.

That's not the first motherboard you've cooked, is it? Or am I think ing of someone else? (scuse my typing - keyboard batteries low)

 

[cloudy]

Damn.

That's not the first motherboard you've cooked, is it? Or am I think ing of someone else? (scuse my typing - keyboard batteries low)

I've killed the networking card, and THOUGHT I'd killed the video card, but this is the first motherboard I've managed to destroy.

***not counting the computer that just blew up a few years ago.

 

[Nirvanadragones]

I could, I suppose, but it's too fucking hot to cook....salad for supper tonight.

I worked with the damn thing - taking it apart, putting it back together, repeat - until I was mad enough to chuck the whole thing in the garbage. Now I'm just upset.

I'll make dinner. Omelette du fromage?

 

[cloudy]

I'll make dinner. Omelette du fromage?

I'm not a picky eater, darlin'. If someone else cooks it, it's my favorite.

(did you hear about how shitty my day has been? The wasp nest in the suburban that I disturbed, and how they paid me back? My day has sucked)

 

[Guest]

I've killed the networking card, and THOUGHT I'd killed the video card, but this is the first motherboard I've managed to destroy.

***not counting the computer that just blew up a few years ago.

You're just too hot, love.

You fry all the circuits.

Must be your tits.



(I'm so sorry.)

 

[Nirvanadragones]

I'm not a picky eater, darlin'. If someone else cooks it, it's my favorite.

(did you hear about how shitty my day has been? The wasp nest in the suburban that I disturbed, and how they paid me back? My day has sucked)

Well, there's lots of left over spaghetti bolognaise, if you want. It's really really good. And I have some beers left chilling in the fridge, that no one will drink, so you're welcome to have them.

And I'm in a listening mood. So come on over and tell me about your wasps.

 

[cloudy]

You're just too hot, love.

You fry all the circuits.

Must be your tits.



(I'm so sorry.)

thank you.

Well, there's lots of left over spaghetti bolognaise, if you want. It's really really good. And I have some beers left chilling in the fridge, that no one will drink, so you're welcome to have them.

And I'm in a listening mood. So come on over and tell me about your wasps.

The door is fucked up, and you have to roll it down and reach out to open it from the outside. When I stopped to put gas in it, they flew in, and rested on the driver's seat. I got in, and ZAP! way up high on my inner left thigh.

It hurts.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

The disk may not be unrecoverable...I fried a laptop and thought the disk had gone as well...I went down to the local computer store - MicroCenter - and purchased a cheap external enclosure for my 3.5 in. drive.

Plugged it in and was able to recover all the data from it. Now I use that disk as an external backup to the new laptop.

I have you thought about getting one of those cooling stands for the laptop? It raises the laptop up off the table and blows cool air against the bottom and a cool bottom is a happy bottom.

Just a thought.

 

[cloudy]

The disk may not be unrecoverable...I fried a laptop and thought the disk had gone as well...I went down to the local computer store - MicroCenter - and purchased a cheap external enclosure for my 3.5 in. drive.

Plugged it in and was able to recover all the data from it. Now I use that disk as an external backup to the new laptop.

I have you thought about getting one of those cooling stands for the laptop? It raises the laptop up off the table and blows cool air against the bottom and a cool bottom is a happy bottom.

Just a thought.

Thanks, Zeb...yeah, I'll either get one of those or improvise something along those lines until I can get another desktop.

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

If you just fried the motherboard and not the hard drive, you can buy a cable that plugs into the hard drive and into the usb drive of your laptop and you can get into the drive to get files from it. I found this out when I fried something on my desktop last year, though I have yet to buy one and attempt to use it on the hard drive.

 

[cloudy]

If you just fried the motherboard and not the hard drive, you can buy a cable that plugs into the hard drive and into the usb drive of your laptop and you can get into the drive to get files from it. I found this out when I fried something on my desktop last year, though I have yet to buy one and attempt to use it on the hard drive.

here's hoping, huh? I thought I might could get something like that to move the stuff off it.

I'm still ready to chuck it all in the garbage though.

 

[rgraham666]

*HUGS*

Can't offer anything else.

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

here's hoping, huh? I thought I might could get something like that to move the stuff off it.

I'm still ready to chuck it all in the garbage though.

Hang on, and I'll get you a link to the cable. linky

 

[cloudy]

*HUGS*

Can't offer anything else.

want some red wasps? I have extras....mean little mothers, though.

 

[cloudy]

Hang on, and I'll get you a link to the cable.

thanks, Crim.

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

thanks, Crim.

It's up there. I edited the post and added the link. You're welcome.

 

[rgraham666]

want some red wasps? I have extras....mean little mothers, though.

The sort of fluffy ones known as Cow Killers or velvet ants? Sure. Interesting insects.

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

I know what you mean about wanting to chuck it in the garbage. I've got two towers sitting upstairs, and we aren't 100% what's wrong with either one of them. If we could fix one of them, it would give us an extra computer because we have the monitor and such to go with it.

 

[cloudy]

The sort of fluffy ones known as Cow Killers or velvet ants? Sure. Interesting insects.

no, these look just like black ones, only they're red...ask Crim, they're vicious:

http://home.att.net/~larvalbugbio/beast/bbeast3-05.jpg

 

[rgraham666]

no, these look just like black ones, only they're red...ask Crim, they're vicious:

http://home.att.net/~larvalbugbio/beast/bbeast3-05.jpg

Almost all the wasps up here are yellow and black. Essentially large non-fuzzy, bad-tempered bees. On occasion you'll see the parasitic ones, usually carrying around a caterpillar they've just paralyzed.

I did have one of the former get sucked into the arm of a shirt I had resting out a car window, so I can relate. My arm swelled up like I couldn't believe.

More *HUGS* going gentle on your arm.

 

[jomar]

Yes, you should be able to easily get the data files off of the hard drive. More complicated is the email, addresses and bookmarks if you need them.

Sucks. Went through it pretty recently myself.

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

great big tight hugs darling


I so wish I were closer so I could help better.