Mo's computer problems
because any and all help is so, so appreciated
here are the prior posts on this topic:
here are the prior posts on this topic:
Hey.
My laptop appears to be wrecked. Giving me a "no bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key" on startup, typing this from my mom's.
I may not be around for awhile, and if anyone has any advice on how to fix this i'd be much obliged.
i had this happen once,
turned out that a screw from the bottom of the lappy i had removed is
what was holding the hard drive in.so check if it has come loose or something
^^ Yeah, that sounds about right.
Unless the hard drive itself has burned out, it should be mendable with some manual repair.
I haven't ever tinkered with my computer in any way (especially not hardware) mostly for fear of breaking it.
so the screws do seem to be loose, or at least near the top of what
I'm going to call the screw-well because it sounds techy and I don't
know what it's actually called. They're covered in white crust
(oxidization one assumes) and one is outright rusted, they're really
small and seem to be phillipshead. I have been looking for a philips
head screwdriver for about half an hour and have not found one.
help.
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That said the back of it isn't visibly deformed in any way. So I'm not sure that's the problem.
Wish I could find a screwdriver to check tho :/
like, nothing looks loose or out of place. Not that I'm sure it would.
anyway, the knife thing failed. Can't tell if I'm doing it wrong or if the knife is too big.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
That probably wasn't helpful. Your best bet is generally the knife that looks the smallest and pointiest.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
one "PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM", above that it says "Check cable connection!"?
further, it makes an odd scanning sound when I turn it on.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
^ Oh, too late.
am I unscrewing the screws or screwing them in tighter? Dumbest possible question I know but I want to be 8000000% clear.
anyway, my stepdad agrees with you guys and says we'll head out and get a smaller screwdriver tomorrow, hopefully one that'll work. These are seriously the tiniest screws I've ever seen.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
My old laptop got really slow and overheated constantly during its last months. I tried to open it up to see if some lint had gotten caught in there (or a lot of lint), but no screwdrivers or knives were small enough.
good news: my old laptop now has a fresh Windows 8 install on it
bad news: my harddisk is fried for reasons unknown and unknowable. I am permanently locked out my steam account due to issues I prior discussed in this very thread.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Yeah, it might be a bit difficult without all the information, but I'm sure someone's had this problem before and they probably have a contingency for it.
in any case I really hope this works. I look for all the world like a scammer and there's no way for me to prove that I'm actually me, really. Unless I was smart enough to set up a contingent account on my steam account itself (doubtful).
At this point I don't even want to download anything. I'm going to the college store tomorrow and am probably going to just get a new computer there.
Also, my stepdad gave me his USB keyboard, so I guess that's one problem solved if nothing else.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
also i sent them a message six hours ago and they've not gotten back to me yet
I'd really like to be playing BOI right now.
things continue to get shittier.
sigh
Sorry about all that, Mo.
I might be able to get my steam games back
this time, Windows 8 decided to install some update or another and now whenever I turn on the computer, it signs me in to my user profile, and signs me immediately back out.
restarting, removing the battery, and a fucking system restore have not fixed this problem. as usual, google is useless.
anyone have any ideas?
oddly enough though, the only suggested fix I could find (beyond "get a new computer, you fuckwad"), which was just "turn it off, plug it in, and let it sit for a few hours" seems to have worked, as I'm typing this from it.
All's well that ends well I guess, but I'm wary.
when it rains it pours
Basically it's no longer charging when plugged in (it doesn't lose charge, and it stays on, but it doesn't gain any charge either, it's been at 33% for days). It also gives me an error message any time I plug the charger in, something about not being able to determine the wattage.
What do I need to replace here? (Please don't tell me "the whole laptop")