O
Onideus Mad Hatter
I thought my primary system was perma-****ed. I had to do a hard
power off the other day because this one ATI proggie crashed and then
locked up to the point where Windows couldn't even shut it down. So
then when I turned it back on, when it got to the point where it
SHOULD have started booting up off the drive...it jumped directly into
the BIOS setup...and then if you saved and exited or just
exited...it'd just reset and do the same thing.
So I took the whole stupid bastard apart, cleaned everything, reseated
everything, cursed at the sum'bitch, called upon the powers of Satan
and invoked the wrath of Walter Brimely, tried more BIOS
configurations that I even care to try and remember at this point and
nada, nothin.
So at that point I was pretty much convinced that the BIOS was history
and at best I might be able to reflash it and at worst I'd wind up
having to buy a new $300 ****in dollar dual Xeon board. So, finally
as a last resort before I tried that I unplugged the damn thing and
pulled out the CMOS battery and then let it sit for a day and then
BOOM, magically it works again.
*shrugs*
So I dunno what could have caused it. I'm guessing somehow the BIOS
got flashed from the OS...other than the effects of maybe a virus...I
dunno...like I said, this was a first in over 15 years of experience
working on computers. Of course it's pretty rare for me to actually
turn off or reset my systems, in fact yesterday was the first time I
had reset/turned off my machine in like...8 months...so maybe it's a
problem that's more common if you turn off and on your systems more
often.
--
Onideus Mad Hatter
mhm ¹ x ¹
http://www.backwater-productions.net
http://www.backwater-productions.net/hatter-blog
Hatter Quotes
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"You're only one of the best if you're striving to become one of the
best."
"I didn't make reality, Sunshine, I just verbally bitch slapped you
with it."
"I'm not a professional, I'm an artist."
"Your Usenet blinders are my best friend."
"Usenet Filters - Learn to shut yourself the **** up!"
"Drugs killed Jesus you know...oh wait, no, that was the Jews, my
bad."
"There are clingy things in the grass...burrs 'n such...mmmm..."
"The more I learn the more I'm killing my idols."
"Is it wrong to incur and then use the hate ridden, vengeful stupidity
of complete strangers in random Usenet froups to further my art?"
"Freedom is only a concept, like race it's merely a social construct
that doesn't really exist outside of your ability to convince others
of its relevancy."
"Next time slow up a lil, then maybe you won't jump the gun and start
creamin yer panties before it's time to pop the champagne proper."
"Reality is directly proportionate to how creative you are."
"People are pretty ****ing high on themselves if they think that
they're just born with a soul. *snicker*...yeah, like they're just
givin em out for free."
"Quible, quible said the Hare. Quite a lot of quibling...everywhere.
So the Hare took a long stare and decided at best, to leave the rest,
to their merry little mess."
"There's a difference between 'bad' and 'so earth shatteringly
horrible it makes the angels scream in terror as they violently rip
their heads off, their blood spraying into the faces of a thousand
sweet innocent horrified children, who will forever have the terrible
images burned into their tiny little minds'."
"How sad that you're such a poor judge of style that you can't even
properly gauge the artistic worth of your own efforts."
"Those who record history are those who control history."
"I am the living embodiment of hell itself in all its tormentive rage,
endless suffering, unfathomable pain and unending horror...but you
don't get sent to me...I come for you."
"Ideally in a fight I'd want a BGM-109A with a W80 250 kiloton
tactical thermonuclear fusion based war head."
"Tell me, would you describe yourself more as a process or a
function?"
"Apparently this group has got the market cornered on stupid.
Intelligence is down 137 points across the board and the forecast
indicates an increase in Webtv users."
"Is my .sig delimiter broken? Really? You're sure? Awww,
gee...that's too bad...for YOU!" `, )
power off the other day because this one ATI proggie crashed and then
locked up to the point where Windows couldn't even shut it down. So
then when I turned it back on, when it got to the point where it
SHOULD have started booting up off the drive...it jumped directly into
the BIOS setup...and then if you saved and exited or just
exited...it'd just reset and do the same thing.
So I took the whole stupid bastard apart, cleaned everything, reseated
everything, cursed at the sum'bitch, called upon the powers of Satan
and invoked the wrath of Walter Brimely, tried more BIOS
configurations that I even care to try and remember at this point and
nada, nothin.
So at that point I was pretty much convinced that the BIOS was history
and at best I might be able to reflash it and at worst I'd wind up
having to buy a new $300 ****in dollar dual Xeon board. So, finally
as a last resort before I tried that I unplugged the damn thing and
pulled out the CMOS battery and then let it sit for a day and then
BOOM, magically it works again.
*shrugs*
So I dunno what could have caused it. I'm guessing somehow the BIOS
got flashed from the OS...other than the effects of maybe a virus...I
dunno...like I said, this was a first in over 15 years of experience
working on computers. Of course it's pretty rare for me to actually
turn off or reset my systems, in fact yesterday was the first time I
had reset/turned off my machine in like...8 months...so maybe it's a
problem that's more common if you turn off and on your systems more
often.
--
Onideus Mad Hatter
mhm ¹ x ¹
http://www.backwater-productions.net
http://www.backwater-productions.net/hatter-blog
Hatter Quotes
-------------
"You're only one of the best if you're striving to become one of the
best."
"I didn't make reality, Sunshine, I just verbally bitch slapped you
with it."
"I'm not a professional, I'm an artist."
"Your Usenet blinders are my best friend."
"Usenet Filters - Learn to shut yourself the **** up!"
"Drugs killed Jesus you know...oh wait, no, that was the Jews, my
bad."
"There are clingy things in the grass...burrs 'n such...mmmm..."
"The more I learn the more I'm killing my idols."
"Is it wrong to incur and then use the hate ridden, vengeful stupidity
of complete strangers in random Usenet froups to further my art?"
"Freedom is only a concept, like race it's merely a social construct
that doesn't really exist outside of your ability to convince others
of its relevancy."
"Next time slow up a lil, then maybe you won't jump the gun and start
creamin yer panties before it's time to pop the champagne proper."
"Reality is directly proportionate to how creative you are."
"People are pretty ****ing high on themselves if they think that
they're just born with a soul. *snicker*...yeah, like they're just
givin em out for free."
"Quible, quible said the Hare. Quite a lot of quibling...everywhere.
So the Hare took a long stare and decided at best, to leave the rest,
to their merry little mess."
"There's a difference between 'bad' and 'so earth shatteringly
horrible it makes the angels scream in terror as they violently rip
their heads off, their blood spraying into the faces of a thousand
sweet innocent horrified children, who will forever have the terrible
images burned into their tiny little minds'."
"How sad that you're such a poor judge of style that you can't even
properly gauge the artistic worth of your own efforts."
"Those who record history are those who control history."
"I am the living embodiment of hell itself in all its tormentive rage,
endless suffering, unfathomable pain and unending horror...but you
don't get sent to me...I come for you."
"Ideally in a fight I'd want a BGM-109A with a W80 250 kiloton
tactical thermonuclear fusion based war head."
"Tell me, would you describe yourself more as a process or a
function?"
"Apparently this group has got the market cornered on stupid.
Intelligence is down 137 points across the board and the forecast
indicates an increase in Webtv users."
"Is my .sig delimiter broken? Really? You're sure? Awww,
gee...that's too bad...for YOU!" `, )
