On Wed, 25 Dec 2002 10:24:49 -0600 Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> due to circumstances beyond my control, my computer has spend much of > the past four days in the trunk of various cars schlepping 1000 miles > across the frozen Midwest. i've done this lots of times before, but > usually the trip takes half as long, and is much colder. > > i have a couple questions, one of which is rather open-ended. what do > you think could have caused this? was it the cold? do hard drives > poo from being frozen? > > does this one appear to be legitimately dying? do i need to look into > getting a new one now as opposed to the 6 months or more i was going > to wait? > </nori> Is this a desktop or laptop system? If it's a desktop box that's been carried around I would suggest you get a clean shutdown then open the box and remove everything that plugs in (cards, memory, maybe even cpu) then put it all back in. Thermal expansion/contraction has most likely caused a few bad connections. G -- Configure your Email to send TEXT ONLY -- See the following page: http://expita.com/nomime.html gvl2 (Gerald) AirBall the Rolling Basket Case (1969 Standard Beetle) LifeSaver (1974 Bay Window Bus) http://www.phorce1.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
