vForums Support :: General :: General :: More problems - View Topic Topic Rating: Printable View Nick Very Senior Member Posts: 3,013 Status: Offline Gender: Male Location: vForums Age: 35 Joined:   Reputation: 62%   pmwww More problems (7th May 10 at 6:50pm UTC) Well so my last and only working hard drive has failed on me. So I do not hav a computer anymore. I have so many issues with my laptop it's not even funny. Back to Top - Link to Post Graham Support Administrator Posts: 1,642 Status: Offline Gender: Male Location: Sussex, UK Age: 40 Joined:   Additional Groups: Support Team Reputation: 57%   pmwww Re: More problems (8th May 10 at 9:24am UTC) I dont think ive seen anyone with such a shoddy machine as yours is Back to Top - Link to Post webmaren New Member "Don't try to be original, just try to be good." - Paul Rand Posts: 34 Status: Offline Gender: Male Location: Maryland, USA Age: 33 Joined:   Reputation: 0%   pmwwwtwittermsnaimvForum Re: More problems (8th May 10 at 3:46pm UTC) If you've got the budget (~$75, maybe $115 w/ RAID controller) Seagate Barracuda 160GB get two of these and set them up in RAID 1. A lot of motherboards have some standard RAID set up now; if not, you'll have to spend about $25-40 on a RAID controller card. Back to Top - Link to Post Nick Very Senior Member Posts: 3,013 Status: Offline Gender: Male Location: vForums Age: 35 Joined:   Reputation: 62%   pmwww Re: More problems (8th May 10 at 7:46pm UTC) All I need is 6 or more dollars to send out my 250GB hdd to western digital. Then they will send me a new one. I have 3 years of warranty. I got an I/O error. Don't really know how it happened all I know is that my RCT moniter blew out and my laptop shut down with it. Think it shut the breaker off on the circuit strip. And when I put my computer to s-video to my tv I had problem Starting it up and it said that I had an I/O error. Back to Top - Link to Post Michael Moderator Recoding the future Posts: 4,043 Status: Offline Gender: Male Location: UK Joined:   Additional Groups: Coding Team Reputation: 58%   pmtwittervForum Re: More problems (8th May 10 at 9:46pm UTC) I'm with Graham on this, you seem to be having more problems than anyone that I know of... :/ Back to Top - Link to Post webmaren New Member "Don't try to be original, just try to be good." - Paul Rand Posts: 34 Status: Offline Gender: Male Location: Maryland, USA Age: 33 Joined:   Reputation: 0%   pmwwwtwittermsnaimvForum Re: More problems (8th May 10 at 11:35pm UTC) You might want to make sure it's an error with the HDD. From the description you're giving me, it could easily be a problem with the motherboard. Back to Top - Link to Post Tim Senior Member banned. The only easy day was yesterday. Posts: 698 Status: Offline Gender: Male Location: Under your bed..in your closet..in your head Age: 34 Joined:   Reputation: 4%   pmmsn Re: More problems (9th May 10 at 6:32pm UTC) Good god, Nick. Just get a new laptop. Back to Top - Link to Post My Playlist | Ask Me Anything Nick Very Senior Member Posts: 3,013 Status: Offline Gender: Male Location: vForums Age: 35 Joined:   Reputation: 62%   pmwww Re: More problems (9th May 10 at 11:49pm UTC) Michael - yeah. I Blame the house I live in. If you knew the things we experianced you'd be shocked. maren - I do have a problem with the mobo. Ubuntu and windows freeze up when ever I shut windows down improperly, the boot screen with safe mode comes up and the counter freezes if I press any button internal and external keyboard. On ubuntu, when trying to select a language on the first start it freezes like windows does on new and old hard drive. So I beleive it's the mobo. Tim - haha. I wish. But don't have money. and I will be getting a Linux machine instead of a windows one. I'll probably have a dual boot with winxp for iTunes. Back to Top - Link to Post dog199200 Guest Re: More problems (10th May 10 at 4:52am UTC) Buddy, honestly it does come down to getting a new computer. I've told you before when you were explaining the problem to me that your motherboard is going out. Its a matter of time before it goes out completely. In the mean time, it is going to just keep shorting out your hardware Back to Top - Link to Post webmaren New Member "Don't try to be original, just try to be good." - Paul Rand Posts: 34 Status: Offline Gender: Male Location: Maryland, USA Age: 33 Joined:   Reputation: 0%   pmwwwtwittermsnaimvForum Re: More problems (10th May 10 at 7:38pm UTC) I suggest you have a look at Laptop Magazine's Best Laptops of 2009 when considering your next purchase. When the motherboard is messed up, you should not be using the machine because, as Broken said, it will just screw up your other hardware. In a desktop, you have it a little better because you only need to replace the motherboard and possibly the processor. Choosing carefully, you can even save the RAM. No such luck with a laptop. I would, however, try to do something useful with the parts of the laptop you have left, instead of junking it all. Maybe you can find something cool to do with the keyboard. I wouldn't be surprised if you could hawk the battery on eBay. You might be able to salvage the DVD drive and fashion an enclosure around it with a SATA to USB converter. Otherwise it'll probably all end up burned in a field in China, deplorable as that reality is. Back to Top - Link to Post Nick Very Senior Member Posts: 3,013 Status: Offline Gender: Male Location: vForums Age: 35 Joined:   Reputation: 62%   pmwww Re: More problems (11th May 10 at 4:41am UTC) DVD drive is broke too. xD broke the day after my warranty expired. Actually ALL my problems happened after warrenty. Funny thing us, is that my phone, mp3 players, DVD players tape players and TV's break after the warranty. All our electronics break. my moms 79 dollar surround sound for her laptop blew out for no reason. Back to Top - Link to Post webmaren New Member "Don't try to be original, just try to be good." - Paul Rand Posts: 34 Status: Offline Gender: Male Location: Maryland, USA Age: 33 Joined:   Reputation: 0%   pmwwwtwittermsnaimvForum Re: More problems (11th May 10 at 7:05pm UTC) I think your only solution might be to stop buying technology. It is clearly self-destructing by your very presence. Back to Top - Link to Post Nick Very Senior Member Posts: 3,013 Status: Offline Gender: Male Location: vForums Age: 35 Joined:   Reputation: 62%   pmwww Re: More problems (12th May 10 at 2:31pm UTC) Haha. Well, knock-on-wood for my iPod touch, PS3, and my HDTV are working 100% good. Back to Top - Link to Post ashkir Full Member Posts: 1,159 Status: Offline Gender: Male Location: Cali! Age: 36 Joined:   Reputation: 42%   pmtwitterskypemsnyahoo Re: More problems (12th May 10 at 9:49pm UTC) Surprising. iPod touch and PS3 and HDTVs cost more then decent laptops that can last a few years. We got my little brother one of those 250 buck laptops, and he's been using it since he was like nine. He's twelve now. Back to Top - Link to Post   Printable View Choose SkinOriginalslip.wr.blu

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