[dba-Tech] R.I.P. Guinevere

[John R Bartow]

Yep, could be as simple as the cmos battery is dead. $3.

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From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
Gary Kjos
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 11:48 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] R.I.P. Guinevere

The most cost effective solution would be to let it go and replace it if you
need that extra system.

Figuring out exactly what the problem is would seem to be the first
question.

Does it BEEP after you turn it on?  I think a single beep means it made it
through the POST (Power On Self Test).

Does it have a video card?  Or onboard Video?   Perhaps the monitor is gone
bad?

 Are there any led lights on the back?

You could start pulling stuff out.... disconnect the hard drive cables, pull
out the RAM then see if you at least can get to the BIOS screen.

No matter what is broke it's going to cost money to replace it though and
used/refurbed computers are pretty cheap.

Good luck with it.

GK

On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
wrote:
> My ancient HP Millennium computer appears finally to have bitten the dust.
> She has performed superbly for -- I can't even remember, now, 
> something like 20 years. Since I bought her, I've done a couple of 
> upgrades (replaced the motherboard, added a hard disk, and of course 
> the usual OS upgrades.) Now she powers on and I can hear the fan 
> running, and the hard-disk light blinking, but nothing else happens.
>
> I'm going to try a couple of things over the weekend. First is to see 
> if I can boot from an Ubuntu disk, and if that works, then I'm totally 
> prepared to make her a Linux woman, Since I no longer write code for a 
> living, but just as a hobby, most of the Linux stuff I do is just 
> simple email and browsing.
>
> The ethical dilemma I'm facing is that to repair her might cost more 
> than a refurbished desktop from my favourite store. I just recently 
> purchased a refurbished Lenovo for my best friend Audra's birthday, 
> and her boyfriend kicked in 50%, so net, net, net it cost us each about
$60.
>
> I'm torn between emotion and economics. It might ultimately be cheaper 
> to replace Guinevere, but that sounds more like a Trumpism than I'm 
> comfortable with. Until recently, she has performed admirably. Even 
> despite her mere 4 GB of RAM and about 500 GB of disk storage, she has 
> performed very well and I don't want to pull the plug.
>
> The computer I work on every day is called Avalon. And I also have a 
> tablet called Lancelot. You may be able to guess from whence these names
derive.
>
> What should I do about Guinevere? Emotions or economics?
>
> --
> Arthur
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