Sometimes, you throw parts at a problem...

"Nick Has an Exocet" (nickallain) 05/21/2016 at 20:37 • Filed to: None

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The old adage “don’t just throw parts at the problem” is usually true. Especially when it comes to your car. Today however, I had major PC issues.

For the last couple weeks, my PC would play this game of “will I start or will I not?”. I narrowed it down to a couple things: flaky SSD controller or flaky SATA controller on the motherboard. It basically decided to boot whenever it felt like it - even with a fresh OS install it would sometimes hang for an hour while booting. I had kind of gotten accustomed to playing “will it work roulette” but last night couldn’t get it going at all.

Well, today I said “fuck it”. I went to Fry’s. I bought a new motherboard, new SSD, and you know what? 4x’d my RAM up to 32GB. Why? Because if I’m going to have to rebuild the entire damn machine, I’m not putting the exact same thing back together.

Guess what? I have a working computer again.

I’m still not sure which item was the culprit but frankly, I’m not sure that I care.

Because now I’m fixing the next damn problem.

I have a secondary computer but a few months ago (the last time I booted it up), SMART status had been reading errors so I bought a new drive but never got around to installing it. When I went to turn on my secondary computer this week, I found that the hard drive had deteriorated beyond function. Yay. Time to see if I can rebuilt the Master File Table and recover the data.

Moral of the story? Things break. Cars, computers, and people.

So what are you up to this weekend?

TheHondaBro > Nick Has an Exocet 05/21/2016 at 20:42

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Idk, I’d have just thrown a DVD drive at it.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > TheHondaBro 05/21/2016 at 20:43

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I’d probably thrown a brick at it.

TheHondaBro > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 05/21/2016 at 20:44

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That’s not a PC part though.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Nick Has an Exocet 05/21/2016 at 21:01

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Welcome to the 32GB of RAM club, it’s a fun club.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > TheHondaBro 05/21/2016 at 21:25

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Well shit, circut city sold me a faulty product

TheHondaBro > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 05/21/2016 at 21:26

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Dude, you have to return it.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Nick Has an Exocet 05/21/2016 at 21:38

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Fix boot /mbr

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > TheHondaBro 05/21/2016 at 22:03

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Nick Has an Exocet > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 05/21/2016 at 22:46

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Fails. All the fails.

JGrabowMSt > Nick Has an Exocet 05/21/2016 at 23:14

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bootrec /rebuildbcd

fixboot

fixmbr

chkdsk /r

you may even want to go duke nukem on the MBR. I can post much more detailed instructions if you so desire. I’ve brought some pretty badly corrupted systems back from the dead.

My bird IS the word > Nick Has an Exocet 05/21/2016 at 23:16

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Removing exhaust manifolds. Already had a bolt head snap off on me.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > JGrabowMSt 05/23/2016 at 07:05

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Or take out the drive mount it in a Linux system and then repair.