Dumb stuff people do on their computers
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thebaronjocelin
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Got somebody in a mom-and-pop joint I was working in that came in with his whole computer and told me his "pointer" wouldn't move. Turned out his mouse was a ball mouse, and it had no ball in it. Now, we kept a supply of 'em on reserve, and I wanted to get get fired anyways so I could enjoy the rest of summer break so I turned to the guy and said "Now, as much as I like using company money to give you something for free that you should have brought yourself- next time you bring this computer in for this stupid crap, bring a ball or two"
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captaincranky
Posts: 19,667 +8,802
You're Being Too Hard on Yourself......
Like wouldn't that give the RAM and HDD chance to catch up?
Dabears said:About 1 year ago I was having problems with my computer being slow and I went in BIOS and underclocked my processor
Like wouldn't that give the RAM and HDD chance to catch up?
Ididmyc600
Posts: 1,309 +5
Dabears said:About 1 year ago I was having problems with my computer being slow and I went in BIOS and underclocked my processor
Im still puzzling this one out...
captaincranky said:
captaincranky
Posts: 19,667 +8,802
The pathway to mental health is arduous indeed.....
Again, here's an example of a proactive, worthwhile effort at reducing stress and thereby redirecting ones attention, focus if you will, at giving the surviving part of the system the attention it deserves. Especially after the monitor gave it's last full measure of devotion.Dabears said:I remember a few years back my friends and I took a bat to a CRT monitor. It was stupid but fun
kitty500cat
Posts: 1,391 +6
Ow.
But it would be fun to take a shotgun to a CRT monitor. Of course, I'd leave the glass cleanup for somebody else.
But it would be fun to take a shotgun to a CRT monitor. Of course, I'd leave the glass cleanup for somebody else.
AlbertLionheart
Posts: 1,997 +3
Like the 3 year girl who posted all Daddy's credit cards into the floppy drive slot. Daddy then reported them all lost. I found them a week later when they asked me to fix the floppy. Moral - don't let 3 year old wimmin near computers or credit cards!
RedVision_350
Posts: 7 +0
I summoned the awesome power of ESD to obliterate my motherboard. Grounding is for the weak.
...And the smart :dead:
...And the smart :dead:
captaincranky
Posts: 19,667 +8,802
It's like a movie......
Sparks fly out of your Fingers? Zowie, you're like the emperor in Star Wars.
Sparks fly out of your Fingers? Zowie, you're like the emperor in Star Wars.
TimeParadoX
Posts: 2,222 +4
Ididmyc600 said:
My neighbor's computer did the same thing!
It took literally 2 hours to boot up and let all the programs load everything, I installed all the anti virus / anti spyware stuff howard told me to and found over 3800+ viruses and spyware, then I looked into the Add / remove section and the little scoll bar was so small that it took about 5 minutes to go from the top of the list to the bottom. ( It was a 800gig hard drive
)Took about 4 hours to uninstall most of the unneeded crap like MSN, AIM, LimeWire and BearShare, only got paid $15
captaincranky
Posts: 19,667 +8,802
Tales of Treachery and Deceit
The optimist would say, "Oh, well at least I got paid". Where I live people think a handshake is an overcharge.
In any event this post seems slightly misplaced, but then again, we don't have a thread for "Rude things a******* do to computer technicians
TimeParadoX said:My neighbor's computer did the same thing!
It took literally 2 hours to boot up and let all the programs load everything, I installed all the anti virus / anti spyware stuff howard told me to and found over 3800+ viruses and spyware, then I looked into the Add / remove section and the little scoll bar was so small that it took about 5 minutes to go from the top of the list to the bottom. ( It was a 800gig hard drive
Took about 4 hours to uninstall most of the unneeded crap like MSN, AIM, LimeWire and BearShare, only got paid $15
The optimist would say, "Oh, well at least I got paid". Where I live people think a handshake is an overcharge.
In any event this post seems slightly misplaced, but then again, we don't have a thread for "Rude things a******* do to computer technicians
captaincranky
Posts: 19,667 +8,802
Not That I'm Speaking from Experience.....
There may be other pschycotropic compounds which might enhance your viewing enjoyment even further. (than beer)
There may be other pschycotropic compounds which might enhance your viewing enjoyment even further. (than beer)
Obi-Wan Jerkobi
Posts: 478 +0
*Super Bump*
Maybe you should add this:
Perfect...:evil: and it's true too!
Maybe you should add this:
OhMehGoBbqSauce said:
Perfect...:evil: and it's true too!
ebolamonkey3
Posts: 57 +0
"I took my hard disk out from another computer and installed it in my new computer and I can't understand why it won't work"
I really don't want to sound dumb, but why can't you do that? And how do you quote something so it's in its own little box?
I really don't want to sound dumb, but why can't you do that? And how do you quote something so it's in its own little box?
AlbertLionheart
Posts: 1,997 +3
If you really want to know, it is because Windows installs to the motherboard and processor and it you take it out and connect it to a different board and processor it does not recognise them and refuses to run. There are ways to deal with this, however!
A long time ago I had a 3.5" floppy drive that had a broken spring in it so the read head would not lift back up after you took the floppy out..
I tried forcing it and it knocked the read head off of the circuit board that it was soldered to..
I then tried to super glue the read head back on to the circuit board....It didnt work.. So then I went and bought another one for $75..
Wow, thats like 2 stupid things put together..
I tried forcing it and it knocked the read head off of the circuit board that it was soldered to..
I then tried to super glue the read head back on to the circuit board....It didnt work.. So then I went and bought another one for $75..
Wow, thats like 2 stupid things put together..
TimeParadoX
Posts: 2,222 +4
Well if you didn't uninstall the previous stuff on that HDD ( Windows and other programs you might have ) and try and put it into RAID or something similar with multiple hard drives it could corrupt previous Windows installations.
To answer the second question you have to type quote with brackets ( [] ) and end it with /quote with brackets ( [] )
So like
acidosmosis
Posts: 1,310 +0
They'll tell you otherwise, but I feel your pain. In college (I went to an art college in Tampa Bay) we had to draw animations on paper and transfer that to a digital with a Mac.
It worked about 1/5 times. I remember several times I tried, I would have to start all over again. It was seriously sorry. That was my first real experience with a Mac. I remember one guy flipping out when I was waiting for my turn to use the computer. He got up pitching a fit and I remember him showing up throwing stuff later on when I was in the break room.
Lesson: Don't use a Mac. It makes students very angry.
ebolamonkey3
Posts: 57 +0
Thanks TimeParadox, but if you erased everything on the old hard drive you could then put it in another computer right?
