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Will it ever boot again?


 
15.4 %
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YES!
 
53.8 %
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...disgusting. But yeah, just clean it.
 
7.7 %
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No.
 
23.1 %
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Omg just incinerate it!

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morga   04-07-2008 at 03:27:36 PM
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Well, that would explain the smell.

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rodney_ws   04-07-2008 at 03:39:35 PM
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That's blocked at work... wow... I'm curious now. Someone that's clicked the link give an idea of what it was.

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jitpublisher   04-07-2008 at 03:46:17 PM
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rodney_ws wrote :

That's blocked at work... wow... I'm curious now. Someone that's clicked the link give an idea of what it was.

 

Dried -up dead mouse laying across the bottom slot of a mother board, inside a very dirty and dusty case.
Looks like an old PC with no side panel, that has been laying on it's side somewhere in a warehouse for about 10 years.

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thuan   04-07-2008 at 03:47:01 PM
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Well, it's a fossilized dinosaur sticking on the main board.
Just clean it, it might work lol.

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boonality   04-07-2008 at 04:01:16 PM
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blocked for me too, melted PC? Or I have seen before where roaches were living out of a PC, maybe it's something like that?

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boonality   04-07-2008 at 04:09:51 PM
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ahh... replied at the same time.

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techgeek   04-07-2008 at 04:49:57 PM
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That would give new meaning to say "the mouse just died" :D

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overclockingrocks   04-07-2008 at 05:56:45 PM
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oh man that's disgusting good lord.

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Shadow703793   04-07-2008 at 06:19:43 PM
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:lol: Pretty funny.

You get the post of the Day Award!
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deuce271   04-07-2008 at 06:47:18 PM
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Man... that's terrible.

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rickzor   04-07-2008 at 10:29:19 PM
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Another "disgusting" thing is that im unable to see the results from this poll, or any poll from this forum, it doesnt matter which button i click, Vote or See Results, i always get

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And im having other annoying problems like, i cant edit or delect a thread or post i do, i only can edit it via Quick edit..

And sometimes i get "This thread doesnt exit" message when im trying to reply a thread, quick reply never fails though.

What's going on? :o

Is someone else experiencing these problems?

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Shadow703793   04-09-2008 at 12:22:11 AM
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Yeah, I some times have the same problems.

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story4ever   04-09-2008 at 12:50:42 AM
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Good one, I think you should put in ebay for sell. People will buy it. Yes, it will post once you clean it.

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sepayne21   04-09-2008 at 01:00:34 AM
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rodney_ws wrote :

That's blocked at work... wow... I'm curious now. Someone that's clicked the link give an idea of what it was.



you should try using logmein.com it's what I use while at work. this was pic was blocked for me too, but thanks to logmein.com, I was able to log into my home pc and look at the pic with my remote connection to my home pc.

it's free also w00t

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Zorg   04-09-2008 at 01:10:08 AM
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That thing is a POS throw it away, it's not worth salvaging even not considering the mouse.

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radnor   04-10-2008 at 03:28:38 PM
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Probably will work, a bit oxydated the mobo from what i see in the pics. Will probably post....then will burn in flames !!! Film it when you turn it on and then show us :)

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L1qu1d   04-10-2008 at 04:02:28 PM
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that's some f*cked up **** right there!

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iluvgillgill   04-10-2008 at 05:37:22 PM
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i wouldnt keep it any longer myself!and one thing i noticed no one ever vote in this forum.i put up a few votes before and there are replies but no votes.

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Zorg   04-10-2008 at 08:16:41 PM
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I suspect it depends on what the vote is about. I will vote on this really dumb vote. Happy?

 

See, now I voted wrong. I said no. What I meant is don't bother. It probably will post, but it is complete junk so why bother spending a second dealing with it. Come to think of it this thread has wasted some of my life.

 

Later


Message edited by Zorg on 04-10-2008 at 08:19:22 PM
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rodney_ws   04-10-2008 at 09:02:08 PM
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sepayne21 wrote :

you should try using logmein.com it's what I use while at work. this was pic was blocked for me too, but thanks to logmein.com, I was able to log into my home pc and look at the pic with my remote connection to my home pc.

it's free also w00t


I work in the IT department at a medium sized healthcare organization and in fact I'm the one that maintains our content filter... if I REALLY wanted to see it at work, I'd just unblock it. However, I try not to be a hypocrite about things like this.

I was familiar with the type of setup you were referring to. Back in 2000 I was working at some internet startup that was way-too-proud about its network security and some guy at the help desk had used Netmeeting to connect back to his home PC to bypass any restrictions placed on him at work.

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Zorg   04-11-2008 at 04:53:26 AM
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First of all, you didn't miss anything, as I'm sure you know by now. Isn't getting clever (not) and bypassing the company firewall cause for dismissal?

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EXT64   04-11-2008 at 05:01:52 AM
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If they caught you I'm sure they wouldn't be happy.

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Zorg   04-11-2008 at 02:19:46 PM
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Yup. It's a major breach. In case you are listening sepayne21, STOP the practice.


Message edited by Zorg on 04-11-2008 at 02:23:10 PM
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Thurin   04-11-2008 at 03:12:07 PM
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*And mommy told me my best friend nippy the hamster ran away to join the circus*

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Bronze Home Brew badge jsc   04-11-2008 at 04:33:00 PM
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Is that a bus mouse or serial mouse?

eBay it. Advertise it as "as is, mouse included".

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RetiredChief   04-11-2008 at 05:35:21 PM
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Here's one for the books. This women I knew at work had a house fire, totaled the house. She had a Acer 386, or 486 can not remember. Any way she gave me her PC. The FDD faceplate was melted, the Plastic on the case was melted and warped. Keyboard and Mouse were warped. Forget the CRT monitor, it look grotesque. You get the picture.

Had to cut the case to get the MB and PSU out.

Washed the MB and the PSU with detergent (NOT RECOMMENDED) followed with distilled H20, then 100% Isopropanol. Reassembled PSU, MB, GPU and HDD

- IT Booted up

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Zorg   04-11-2008 at 05:41:40 PM
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Was it worth the effort?

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RetiredChief   04-11-2008 at 06:04:26 PM
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Nope, Never really used it much Don't remember what I did with it. It was more a question/challenge. There was smoke residue all over the MB and the PSU boards.

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Zorg   04-11-2008 at 06:47:49 PM
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If you had fun then it was worth it.

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