It dead

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland) 10/11/2019 at 15:39 • Filed to: None

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I just sent these to my IT department.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/11/2019 at 15:43

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Have them call Nibby.

Tripper > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/11/2019 at 15:44

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L8r hard drive

facw > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/11/2019 at 15:49

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Yay! Hope a decent backup plan was in place. Otherwise, you can hope that the connector just came loose or something, but that seems unlikely on a modern laptop.

benjrblant > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/11/2019 at 15:56

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Press F1 to retry reboot
Press F2 to reboot into setup
Press F3 to run onboard diagnostics

Press F to pay respects

Thomas Donohue > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/11/2019 at 16:03

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That’s got  “Happy Hour” written all over it.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > benjrblant 10/11/2019 at 16:03

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It actually rebooted!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > facw 10/11/2019 at 16:03

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Got the nerds on it.

smobgirl > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/11/2019 at 16:06

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Did you try turning it off and then on again?

user314 > benjrblant 10/11/2019 at 16:08

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F

user314 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/11/2019 at 16:09

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“Hit it!”

“Wiggle the plug! ”

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > facw 10/11/2019 at 16:13

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It IS funny that the “redundant boot sector” thing Microsquish used to brag about never seems to prevent these types of failures.

Here either the cable’s off, the controller chip died (unlikely) or the disk has gone all UAW-on-Strike.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/11/2019 at 16:13

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BACKUP!

BACKUP!

BACKUP!

BACKUP!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 10/11/2019 at 16:22

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I don’t save anything locally.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > smobgirl 10/11/2019 at 16:23

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Like three times.

lone_liberal > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/11/2019 at 16:25

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Obligatory :

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > lone_liberal 10/11/2019 at 16:41

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I did like three times, it didn’t reboot until the IT guy called me and I did it a 4th time. My trust in this machine is diminished. 

facw > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 10/11/2019 at 16:42

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Regardless of redundant boot sectors, I’m glad we have redundant BIOSs these days, let me tell you, swapping a bricked BIOS chip into a running computer to flash it is no fun.

user314 > Tripper 10/11/2019 at 16:45

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‘E’s just pinnin’ for the fjords...

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > facw 10/11/2019 at 16:46

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I’ve spent too much time dealing with the UEFI Bios lately.

I’ve been basically converting all my machines to Linux, but every time I have to trick the BIOS into letting me re-write the disk. Clever. but annoying.

I think the only Windows machine I have left has my copy of HP Tuners (and licenses on it).

lone_liberal > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/11/2019 at 16:47

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Sounds like it would be a good time to clone your hard drive over to a replacement.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > lone_liberal 10/11/2019 at 16:56

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I don’t save anything work related on this computer so if it takes a shit it’s not a big deal. It would really suck to be on a trip tho and have it die on me. 

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 10/11/2019 at 20:51

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Keyboard not connected. Press F1 to continue.