Resurrection Evening
Jul. 2nd, 2003 11:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sharplittleteethAbout two months ago, my computer stopped being a hyper-powerful 2001-style black monolith, and became a tombstone with a power cord.
My fault. Tried to re-install Windows XP.
Fool.
So, for two months I have tweaked BIOS settings, swapped hard drive cables, harassed tech support and trawled Google. And every solution seemed perfect. And every solution failed.
Darkness enveloped me, the utter despair that only comatose tech can bring. I would stare at the motherboard, eyes bloodshot and tear-ridden, and fight down the urge to just reach out, to just caress the motherboard with my fingers... and thus melt all its circuits with static.
I tweaked. I harassed. I googled. Every solution seemed perfect. Every solution failed.
Until last night.
The disks spun. The stars aligned. The morphogenic fields coalesced.
And Windows XP reinstalled.
And I would sing and dance and sacrifice fattened calves to the gods in thanks. Except reinstalling XP wasn't even the problem I was trying to solve.
I'm just trying to get my new soundcard to work properly. And the manufacturers suggested reinstalling my OS would help.
My fault. Tried to re-install Windows XP.
Fool.
So, for two months I have tweaked BIOS settings, swapped hard drive cables, harassed tech support and trawled Google. And every solution seemed perfect. And every solution failed.
Darkness enveloped me, the utter despair that only comatose tech can bring. I would stare at the motherboard, eyes bloodshot and tear-ridden, and fight down the urge to just reach out, to just caress the motherboard with my fingers... and thus melt all its circuits with static.
I tweaked. I harassed. I googled. Every solution seemed perfect. Every solution failed.
Until last night.
The disks spun. The stars aligned. The morphogenic fields coalesced.
And Windows XP reinstalled.
And I would sing and dance and sacrifice fattened calves to the gods in thanks. Except reinstalling XP wasn't even the problem I was trying to solve.
I'm just trying to get my new soundcard to work properly. And the manufacturers suggested reinstalling my OS would help.
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Date: 2003-07-01 06:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-01 07:07 pm (UTC)I'm hoping the third step is not necessary, since ACPI was what was causing my soundcard problems in the first place (it assigns all the PCI slots to the same IRQ, causing hideous delays in sound playback.)
So... do you like it when the boys talk geeky to you?
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Date: 2003-07-01 07:09 pm (UTC)Oh baby! oh baby! OH BABY!!!
*giggles* Does it for me every time! :P
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Date: 2003-07-01 07:17 pm (UTC)Shh! Stop that!.
I have a girlfriend, you know. You're gonna get me in trouble.
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Date: 2003-07-01 07:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-01 08:15 pm (UTC)I mean, what do you expect from a girl who wears a mullet dress?
:P
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Date: 2003-07-01 08:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-01 09:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-01 10:24 pm (UTC):P
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Date: 2003-07-01 10:26 pm (UTC)Once again, you did amaze me by your ability to shove both feet in your mouth at the same time you know... :P
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Date: 2003-07-01 10:30 pm (UTC)(He says, hastily rewriting history.)
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Date: 2003-07-01 10:34 pm (UTC)*giggles*
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Date: 2003-07-01 08:41 pm (UTC)I'll try to restrain myself here from now on! :P