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dragonoflife
05 June 2005 @ 05:57 pm
A question for you computer geeks out there:

When my computer tells me "This machine was not properly shut down and is now running at safe speed, please DEL to BIOS setup to set correct CPU speed"... What am I supposed to do?

(Aside from the obvious, of course, since I have no idea what the hell that MEANS.)
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[identity profile] dragonoflife.livejournal.com on June 6th, 2005 08:16 pm (UTC)
Err.. [livejournal.com profile] siliconrose, a little help?

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[identity profile] siliconrose.livejournal.com on June 7th, 2005 02:11 am (UTC)
I don't remember what speed your processor was, I'm really sorry.

You can try this page, the hardware method? I believe you've prodded around in your system before.

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000046.htm
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[identity profile] siliconrose.livejournal.com on June 7th, 2005 02:12 am (UTC)
Don't touch the heat sink.
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[identity profile] dragonoflife.livejournal.com on June 7th, 2005 04:47 am (UTC)
Oh boy, a project for my day off. Learn to mess with the guts of my computer.

Well, I've taught myself everything I've needed to know about software so far, hardware shouldn't be so hard, right?

Right?

Epilogue: It was. Dragon died horribly.
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[identity profile] siliconrose.livejournal.com on June 7th, 2005 05:39 am (UTC)
Eep?
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[identity profile] tigerphoenix.livejournal.com on June 7th, 2005 05:55 am (UTC)
I think he's being silly, so far as I know he's still at work.

Though if I write a panic post tomorrow, there'll be a lot less laughter.
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[identity profile] dragonoflife.livejournal.com on June 7th, 2005 06:56 am (UTC)
But if I could post from beyond the grave, that would be awesome.
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[identity profile] tigerphoenix.livejournal.com on June 7th, 2005 12:01 pm (UTC)
Maybe, honey, but I'd miss you.
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[identity profile] pyrtolin.livejournal.com on June 7th, 2005 06:05 pm (UTC)
If you want some relatively experienced help, let me know, and we can work out a time that I can swing by.
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[identity profile] dragonoflife.livejournal.com on June 11th, 2005 05:18 am (UTC)
If I can't get it fixed this weekend when I'm out of town, I'm gonna need that help pretty badly, I think.
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[identity profile] dragonoflife.livejournal.com on June 11th, 2005 05:19 am (UTC)
I can't find a way to get the heat sink off without touching it. And not touching it means I can't see the speed.

Not that it matters for my dead computer.
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