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I burned up my computer

#1 Postby weatherlover427 » Thu May 06, 2004 6:38 pm

Hi everyone,

Last night when I was trying to install some memory on my computer, I fried something major. So that is why I was not online for almost a full day. I am using a loaner computer right now (thank Goodness for warranties! :D ) and will be with limited Internet access for a few days. So I will still be around but will have much more limited Internet access. :(
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#2 Postby Rainband » Thu May 06, 2004 6:40 pm

Sorry Joshua. I hope you get it fixed soon :P
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#3 Postby Stephanie » Thu May 06, 2004 7:17 pm

Good luck Joshua!
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#4 Postby mf_dolphin » Thu May 06, 2004 8:26 pm

Sorry to hear you fried it. :-( Hope you get it back up and running soon! :-)
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#5 Postby Colin » Thu May 06, 2004 9:09 pm

Good luck on getting the computer back up and running, Joshua! :)
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#6 Postby weatherlover427 » Thu May 06, 2004 9:15 pm

Thanks everyone! The loaner is pretty nice, it has a DVD player and a 2.6 GHz Celeron vs. my 1.1 GHz Celeron. :) Plus it has DDRAM (faster than SDRAM) and in addition it has a 80 gig Hard Drive. :D
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#7 Postby stormraiser » Fri May 07, 2004 5:40 am

Next time you install RAM, turn the computer off first :lol: j/k


Thanks for letting us know, and hope things work out soon.
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#8 Postby weatherlover427 » Fri May 07, 2004 10:49 pm

I will be sure to be ten feet away from the computer when I install RAM next time. :lol:
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#9 Postby coriolis » Fri May 07, 2004 10:57 pm

Wowsers, Josh. When you said you fried it, for a second I thought cookware was involved.

I'll keep my fingers crossed on the warranty. I hope they honor the warranty since you were working on it yourself.
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#10 Postby weatherlover427 » Fri May 07, 2004 11:19 pm

They don't know that. :D I made sure to put the original memory back in before I took it in for repairs, and not once while I was there did I mention the fact that I was working on it. ;)
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#11 Postby coriolis » Fri May 07, 2004 11:31 pm

Like Seargant Schultz would say: "I seee NUUUTHING"
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#12 Postby weatherlover427 » Sun May 09, 2004 6:54 pm

I got a call from the service place today. There is good news from all this. :) The part that burned (my motherboard / CPU thingy) is no longer being made since it's too old (only 1 year and 9 months) but we all know how fast technology evolves these days. They will be getting me a brand new computer FOR FREE (thanks to my warranty :D ); and I will not lose any data all because I made a backup on my other hard drive. That is why you make backups, and that is why you get warranties. :)
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