Have tried the following just now:
Unplugged and plugged in various combinations of my 3 hard drives
Unplugged and plugged in either or of my CD-ROM/CD-RW Drives
Unplugged and plugged in various combinations of my 3 sticks of ram
Unplugged my network and sound card
Set bios to various settings, including "fail-safe" settings
It wont take a windows install at all. It is really and truly dead.
It was a great system while it lasted *sniffle*
But...must move on.
Looking at Alienware systems, and it seems that Best Buy carries em. (I know, I could just rebuild mine, but, well, I think I want some tech support this time. Im sick of shit breaking simply because I built the system. Hehe)
Looking at this one and this one:
http://www.bestbuy.com/ComputersPeripherals/Specials/Alienware20.asp
http://www.bestbuy.com/ComputersPeripherals/Specials/AlienwareAurora.asp
I know thats more expensive than what it would cost me to build the same thing...
But...well..opinions? suggestions as to other systems to look at? Suggestions on parts that are quite a bit cheaper than either of those systems?
Fal
Because I'd build it myself, and it'd be one fast computer.
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How.... The Black Mage....... uughhhhhh:
I wish I had 2k to blow on a computer.Because I'd build it myself, and it'd be one fast computer.
Well, waiting on the insurance company to call.
Since my system IS covered, they may reimburse for a new system.
If they are, im gonna go all out. MAYBe I will take 2k and build an uber system...who knows?
OOH thats a fun game.
You have 2k to spend. show me the system you would build!
Seriously...any help would be appreciated
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RPC had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
I still don't think your system is dead...
Doesn't sound like it is to me, either... but since the insurance company won't confiscate your "dead" computer...
You can have a spiffy second computer after you figure out what's wrong with it.
[ 07-09-2002: Message edited by: Kegwen 2.0 ]
Edit: looking around for UBER TOP OF THE LINE stuff to put together a system for ya.
My advice in your case is to salvage what you can from yours and build from there.
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Falaanla Marr had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
I think Ill go steal Ryuujin's computer after I get out of work.Seriously...any help would be appreciated
Not my baby! 
She has a special way of booting up, only my touch can do it.
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RPC thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
I still don't think your system is dead...
proposal on what to try next, then?
Just an FYI on what I have tried so far, as suggested by various people:
plain install
copy files to hd then install
fdisk /mbr
unplug/plug in 3 different HDs
unplug/plug in 2 different CD drives
Unplug/plug in 3 different sticks of ram
Unplug sound/network card
changing various bios settings, trying fail safe in bios
Underclocking processor as low as 1050 MhZ
PS Swap
Nothing has worked. [ 07-09-2002: Message edited by: Falaanla Marr ]
quote:Power supply.
Falaanla Marr thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
proposal on what to try next, then?
quote:Power supply.[/QB][/QUOTE]
The Black Mage... enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
[QUOTE]Falaanla Marr thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
[qb]proposal on what to try next, then?
tried. no workie there either.
Had a 350 sitting around from before i moved up to a 400.
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From the book of Falaanla Marr, chapter 3, verse 16:
It wont take a windows install at all. It is really and truly dead.
what do you mean it "won't take it"???
Edit: took at statement about HD, was already covered. [ 07-09-2002: Message edited by: Dredije ]
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Dredije's fortune cookie read:
what do you mean it "won't take it"???there could be various reasons. the easiest fix may be just getting a new hard drive.....
Wont take it as in wont even let me install it.
Stops on the Windows setup screen where it says "Setup is starting windows" in a grey bar at the bottom of the screen. The screen itself is blue. stops before it displays the EULA or whatnot and you hit F8 to agree.
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Falaanla Marr wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
Wont take it as in wont even let me install it.Stops on the Windows setup screen where it says "Setup is starting windows" in a grey bar at the bottom of the screen. The screen itself is blue. stops before it displays the EULA or whatnot and you hit F8 to agree.
problem detecting some hardware....try leaving all cards out accept the graphics card? and maybe swapping out cables on some stuff? (such as cd-rom and hard drive)
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Falaanla Marr obviously shouldn't have said:
Wont take it as in wont even let me install it.Stops on the Windows setup screen where it says "Setup is starting windows" in a grey bar at the bottom of the screen. The screen itself is blue. stops before it displays the EULA or whatnot and you hit F8 to agree.
Sounds like the kind of excuse I would use to get a new Computer. Dont' know if the Insurance company would consider that Dead though.
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Azizza had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
Sounds like the kind of excuse I would use to get a new Computer. Dont' know if the Insurance company would consider that Dead though.
hey, thanks for telling me im making up shit.
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Tier the Genius™ impressed everyone with:
Can it boot off DOS? No, it's not dead, and I believe it's the same per the insurance policy.
So im just fucked then? I have a 1400 mhz machine that can run linux and dos. yippee.
No idea, they should know. If you omit to mention linux boots on it... 
(2) BEFORE YOU START INSTALL, run the 'lock' command.
(3) Start your install.
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RPC had this to say about Tron:
(1) Boot off of a Win98 Floppy.(2) BEFORE YOU START INSTALL, run the 'lock' command.
(3) Start your install.
So Im supposed to install windows 98 on this system?
Tried that off a CD rom. no workie.
Dont have a Win98 floppy. [ 07-09-2002: Message edited by: Falaanla Marr ]
get a win98 boot disk.
boot
run the install off your WinXP CD.
I do this for 98, NT, NTAS, 2k, and 2kAS... I assume it still works for XP.
Also, make sure the Virus protection shit in your BIOS is turned off. That caught me a couple of times.
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ACES! Another post by Falaanla Marr:
So Im supposed to install windows 98 on this system?Tried that off a CD rom. no workie.
Dont have a Win98 floppy.
you can install XP even if you boot with a win98 floppy. the floppy is just to get you to DOS so you can do the lock command, i believe.
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Kegwen 2.0 thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
Damnit, I'm drooling over that system Kegwin designed for Fal.
No luck going that route
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Kermitov had this to say about Punky Brewster:
it's getting so hard these days to find a board that doesn't have onboard audo onboard video onboard LAN.... I *hate* those things. and I usually end up paying $250 - $300 just so I can get a board that DOESN'T have them. I accepted onboard IDE... even though I've had to replace two boards because of bad IDE controllers... but I can't stand onboard audio and video especially if it's crap.
you can turn it off at the BIOS level usually, then it's like u don't even have it...(the audio and video atleast).
plug in your video card and sound card and off you go!
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Dredije had this to say about (_|_):
you can turn it off at the BIOS level usually, then it's like u don't even have it...(the audio and video atleast).plug in your video card and sound card and off you go!
<Sarcasm>Really? I didn't know that</sarcasm>
that's not my point. It's needlessly complex and sure, it's not there but it's still getting power which measn it still might melt down or short out and still taking up space.
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This one time, at RPC camp:
I tried to sneak something past the filter. Aren't I clever?
What the fuck is this shit?!?
Someone needs to take the stick outta their fucking ass and quit doing the lameass fucktard shit.
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Hrm...Random insanity talking.... Have you tried slapping the HD in another system (friends, grandparents, whoever) and tried installing there to see if it will get further?
I'm having a real hard time believing that your system is just barfing out on installing windows but handles running Linux and XWin just fine...
It seriously is.
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This one time, at Falaanla Marr camp:
yer more than welcome to come up here to NC and watch it repeatedly barf.It seriously is.
Hey, you've got a camera.
I ain't goin' nowhere. 
