[AT] OT - computer problem

Sun Oct 21 14:32:05 PDT 2012

Mike if it does turn out to be a video card you might be in trouble.  I 
believe the video cards on E-machines are built in.   Don't know if
you can ad one in a slot on the chassis or not.  I better hush.  I'm way 
above my pay grade at this point.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Meulenberg
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 4:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [AT] OT - computer problem

It's an E-machine that is about 10 years old. I do have a Dell that I could 
swap power supplies with if they are compatible. I have everthing backed up 
through the laptop I'm on now with Carbonite. For about 50 bucks a year, I 
find it to be inexpensive peace of mind. I've made the whole family aware 
that if you want things backed up, put them on the laptop. I started doing 
that after a hard drive failure lost all of our pictures of a family trip to 
Puerto Rico.

Mike

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From: Larry Goss
Receiver: Antique tractor email discussion group
Time: 2012-10-21, 14:20:32
Subject: Re: [AT] OT - computer problem

What brand is it, Mike? It sounds like the problem I had with one of my old 
computers when the power supply went south. No problem, right? $45 and a few 
minutes work with a screwdriver to replace it, right? WRONG! Because of the 
proprietary nature of the power supplies in some specific brands, it was 
cheaper to start over with a completely new computer. I did salvage the hard 
drives and install them in external cabinets, but even THAT was a problem 
because of the changes that have been made in those. Today, I would look 
seriously at a system that has NO MOVING PARTS -- none at all. IMHO, We're 
at a cross-roads where all storage devices that have moving parts, ie. CD's, 
DVD's, hard drives, tape systems, etc, will disappear -- possibly within 5 
years from now. Chip storage is running around one dollar per Gigabyte, and 
the current commercially available size is already at 256 Gigabytes. The 
physical limit on the envelop of SDXD technology is currently 3 terabytes, 
but!
  if the carbon strand technology holds up, that barrier will also become 
non-existent.

You DO have redundant back-ups of all your data files don't you? I spent 
several hours with a guru friend last night who is a musician. He estimates 
his CD collection at around 3500 disks. I asked him what he does with those? 
And he said Those are the "dead" archives that exist only off-line. The 
"active" archives exist in several commercial storage systems like "the 
cloud", Carbonite, Drop-box, and about a dozen others that are offering 
their services either as a part of a subscription contract or as a feature 
of a new computing device. He runs five "computers" interchangeably, 
depending on his location and circumstances. ALL of the data files are 
automatically catalogued and available on all the systems anywhere in the 
world on a moment's notice. I asked him about contingency plans, and he said 
that all of the manuscripts, recordings, and other work he has generated 
over the years (those things we call Intellectual Property) are on three 
solid-state memory devices!
  that can literally be slipped in his pants pocket so he can walk out the 
door and not leave anything of substance behind.

I'm scheduled to lead a discussion on this topic in about three weeks to a 
local group. I'm calling the program -- "Traveling at 33 RPM in an iPad 
world." That title sums it all up in a nut shell. As a point to ponder, TSA 
is so far behind the technology curve that they don't require anything 
special of owners of iPad's when they go through security -- they don't 
recognize the iPad as a computing device.

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 12:05:38 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT - computer problem

If he had a hard drive failure, he would have a message on the scree
that read something like "Operating system not found". This sounds more
like a video board failure from the fact that there is *nothing* on the
monitor. One thing you can do, while the system is disconnected, is take
the cover off and vacuum out the whole thing, especially around the
motherboard, fans, etc.; then remove and put back all the connectors,
one by one. That may not help, but it won't hurt, and sometimes that is
all that is needed.

Mike

On 10/21/2012 12:44 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> I hope you have a boot disc! I'm not a computer guru but it sounds like 
> you
> have a hard drive failure or picked up a bad virus. Disconnect it from the
> internet
> until you get it back up.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Meulenberg
> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 12:06 PM
> To: at
> Subject: [AT] OT - computer problem
>
> Since it's slow, I have a question for some of the computer gurus on the
> list. I have a computer in my shop that I use to store service manuals, 
> and
> to look things up online without having to track grease into the house. 
> It's
> also used to list to music online. Yesterday when I turned it on it seemed
> to be running slow, but did finally come on. Windows did some kind of
> update, then re-booted the system. When it came back up it would not load
> windows. The fans are running at full speed and the screen is black, no
> blinking curser or anything. I cannot boot into safe mode. Any thoughts?
> Thanks,
> Mike
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