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[dolari]

Sure enough, my PC is really dead. It boots to bluescreens and randomly reboots in real mode.

Comics are on hold until I can afford a new PC. Thank you for offering pc parts, but I'd raher save up for a new pc. at this point.

Updates as I can.

(Erin, I won't be abke to make lunch this Su nday, sorry)

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[kisai.livejournal.com]

I assume at least the monitor still works, see if you can acquire a secondhand MacMini or an iBook for 300$ if you're desparate.

"boots to bluescreens and randomly reboots in real mode"

At this point I'm going to say electrical damage based on your previous messages. Unless you really did swap out the mobo, in which case XP(or even 2K, 98 or ME) does not install the right ACPI HAL if the core chipset changed.

Or you might have 'powerspike ate my drive', I came home one day (blamed the homicidal roommate, I don't know if she was responsible, but it fit her MO) where my computer was rebooting BSOD's over and over (had probably been doing it for hours.) I had to salvage the data on another computer, but reformatting and fresh installing the OS fixed that.

If it was, say a power spike that shot the power supply, chances are -ALL- the parts are ruined, even if you replaced it part by part. From experience, anything that destroys the power supply, destroys the cpu, ram, motherboard, and video card. which is basically everything except the cd-rom. The hard drive is usually salvageable, but requires a reformat due to whereever it was got scrambled when it shut down improperly. I've ruined 386's and 486's from bad power. (Before I knew that pulling wires while running was a bad idea)

So at this point, try installing the OS to a blank drive. Since both machines have been damaged, I'm saying blame the power company. Remember, if it's plugged in, it can be damaged from power spikes. Even if it's OFF.

[kisai.livejournal.com]

Just an addendum in case anyone wants to say 'thats impossible' to the 'it can be damaged from power spikes. Even if it is off' part. Power supplies in PC's switched to ATX style sometime in like 1996/1997, so these are constantly running with some of the power pins hot for standby power. Prior to the ATX PSU's, the AT style power supplies had a mechanical connection that physically removed the power from the computer when off. Some ATX power supplies retain this as the switch physically on it, but most do not. You can also see this on old style PS2 game consoles.

Anyway just based on experience from working at futureshop and from when ATX first came out and people who killed their systems. Using to high air pressure to clean the fan also ruins a power supply, but so few people actually use a vehicle air compressor on PC's.

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

>Just an addendum in case anyone wants to say 'thats impossible' to the 'it
>can be damaged from power spikes. Even if it is off' part. Power supplies in
>PC's switched to ATX style sometime in like 1996/1997, so these are
>constantly running with some of the power pins hot for standby power.

Yup! I actually blew out a motherboard by shorting it out before I ever attempted to turn it on back in 1997. And when my Pentium got old and it was out of it's case, I started it by touching two leads on the board with a screwdriver. :D

[erinlefey.livejournal.com]

Awww. It seems you are having a bit of a rough time. Dim sum soon, though?

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

::nods:: NExt paycheck is a rent paycheck, so those are always tight. May 20th? A full month away, but a paycheck I don't have to worry about torpedoing.