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by klr » Wed Mar 13, 2013 11:08 pm
Gawdzilla Sama wrote:klr wrote:Never mind the money, what's the current state of the machine?

I am speaking to you through the Zilla-unit.
This?
... or this?

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by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Mar 13, 2013 11:13 pm
The Zilla-unit has been punished for breaking me. This will not be allowed again.
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by pErvinalia » Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:30 am
What did ya get for 175 smackers?
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:31 am
rEvolutionist wrote:What did ya get for 175 smackers?
New power supply and in-home service. The in-home rate was $95/hr cheaper than The Geek Squad.
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by pErvinalia » Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:35 am
What happened to the old drive. Is it dead?
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Mar 14, 2013 12:46 am
rEvolutionist wrote:What happened to the old drive. Is it dead?
Yep.
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by klr » Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:33 am
Gawdzilla Sama wrote:rEvolutionist wrote:What happened to the old drive. Is it dead?
Yep.
It's not dead, it's pining for the hard drive bay.
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:37 am
klr wrote:Gawdzilla Sama wrote:rEvolutionist wrote:What happened to the old drive. Is it dead?
Yep.
It's not dead, it's pining for the hard drive bay.
The repairguy drilled a hole through it with a 1/4" drill bit, then put in in a bucket of salty water. He did this while I was watching him. It's his way of showing that he won't be retrieving anything off it. (I donated the rest of the machine to him, he restores them for charities.)
So, yeah, it's dead.
And I'm only showing 6 gig of memory.

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by klr » Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:38 am
Gawdzilla Sama wrote:klr wrote:Gawdzilla Sama wrote:rEvolutionist wrote:What happened to the old drive. Is it dead?
Yep.
It's not dead, it's pining for the hard drive bay.
The repairguy drilled a hole through it with a 1/4" drill bit, then put in in a bucket of salty water. He did this while I was watching him. It's his way of showing that he won't be retrieving anything off it. (I donated the rest of the machine to him, he restores them for charities.)
So, yeah, it's dead.
And I'm only showing 6 gig of memory. 
Huh? Is this a change from before? And are you getting an error message?
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:42 am
klr wrote:Gawdzilla Sama wrote:klr wrote:Gawdzilla Sama wrote:rEvolutionist wrote:What happened to the old drive. Is it dead?
Yep.
It's not dead, it's pining for the hard drive bay.
The repairguy drilled a hole through it with a 1/4" drill bit, then put in in a bucket of salty water. He did this while I was watching him. It's his way of showing that he won't be retrieving anything off it. (I donated the rest of the machine to him, he restores them for charities.)
So, yeah, it's dead.
And I'm only showing 6 gig of memory. 
Huh? Is this a change from before? And are you getting an error message?
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by klr » Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:47 am
Gawdzilla Sama wrote:klr wrote:Gawdzilla Sama wrote:
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And I'm only showing 6 gig of memory. 
Huh? Is this a change from before? And are you getting an error message?
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What's the BIOS showing at startup?
What's Windows showing? (Right-click the computer icon -> Properties)
Is there an error message anywhere that you can see?
Try a system information tool like PC Wizard
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/pc-wizard.html or HWInfo
http://www.hwinfo.com/. The standard PC Wizard download has 32- an 64-bit versions, but HW Info has separate downloads. You'll need 64-bit versions in each case.
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:51 am
Need more coffee before I do any of that. I do get a warning that a drive is saying it's going to fail. It's my factory image drive so I'm not totally worried about it.
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by klr » Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:53 am
Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Need more coffee before I do any of that. I do get a warning that a drive is saying it's going to fail. It's my factory image drive so I'm not totally worried about it.
Hard drive failures must be like buses ...
Anyway, the RAM issue is completely separate.
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:54 am
klr wrote:Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Need more coffee before I do any of that. I do get a warning that a drive is saying it's going to fail. It's my factory image drive so I'm not totally worried about it.
Hard drive failures must be like buses ...
Anyway, the RAM issue is completely separate.
Yeah, and the system now reports 8 gig. The backup process may be slogging that. I had it set to run all night, but Windows decided to update the system without asking me.
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by cronus » Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:58 am
Salt water won't damage the aluminium surfaces of HD wafers, and a drill bit will punch a clean hole through and only damage a small fragment of the retrievable data - if you can consider the high speed which they spin you can easily envisage how the mechanical properties will lend them selves to a clean drill hole rather than any fragmentation fracture.
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