On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 03:16:52 -0500, Wink Wink Nudge Nudge
<Wink@Nudgenot.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 21:03:50 -0500, Old Geek
><eldergeekenator@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 04:56:44 -0500, Wink Wink Nudge Nudge
>><Wink@Nudgenot.com> wrote:
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>>>On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 04:27:06 -0500, Winkwink Nudgenudge
>>><Winkwink@Nudgenudge.net> wrote:
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>>>>Well, fired up the lead computer only to be facing the blank screen of
>>>>death. After two hours see don't know what;s wrong, but have a vague
>>>>memory of having been here before.
>>>>
>>>>But it's been so long I've paid no attention to back ups and the
>>>>like. Poor laptop hadn't been out of the bag in a year or more, and
>>>>the other two even longer.
>>>>
>>>>Be dead for a bit, hour - day - week, what ever. Have fun
>>>>
>>>>WwNn
>>>
>>>
>>>Well, doing a work around. Don't know for how long, as I still haven't
>>>found the problem.
>>>
>>>WwNn
>>
>>Is your drive dead or will the system just not boot?
>>If the drive is spinning and not making ticking noises it probably is
>>still ok. It can be removed and the data pulled off. Chances are good
>>the data can be pulled off even if the drive is making odd noises.
>>Any additional information might be of use as well.
>>
>>EG.
>
>Had a message before shutting down saying that due to power surge bios
>needed to reset. Well due to a few problems in the past, the operating
>system for this machine does not reside on any of the phyiscal drives
>(6) of this machine. No problem until you wipe the bios and I don't
>remember where I put the bios backup. Found it just after posting. Now
>the problem is what caused the power surge message. Last time it
>happened it was a failing power supply to the os system drive. But I
>beefed that up big time. Batteries should hold it for a couple of
>hours, and surge protection is pretty good. Got to keep digging
>before it all goes boom.
>
>WwNn
Sounds like you got things pretty well in hand except for the power
issue.
Power supplies and add in boards tend to be the most common causes
from my experience.
If I can help, shout.
EG.
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