[geeks] Argh.

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and I have a CD ROM sitting in a box doing nothing. works fine, just
no system to toss it in. Ironic isn't it?




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- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael A. Turner" <mturner at whro.org>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 8:36 AM
Subject: RE: [geeks] Argh.


> This is spooky, I have a mail server right now that has a bad
> CD-rom in it that is causing problems, filling the logs with error
> messages and slowing the system. I have to come in over the weekend
> to fix it. I thought I was the only one this happens to.
> 
> Michael A. Turner
> Systems Engineer
> WHRO
> michael.turner at whro.org
> http://www.whro.org
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William S. [mailto:wilby98 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 2:22 AM
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [geeks] Argh.
> 
> 
> Strange coincidence: My CD-ROM on the pc I use decided not
> to work yesterday. It had been working intermittently over
> the past several years but I never really used it much
> so I did not feel compelled to replace it. I think it is
> probably a problem with the connector because if I
> jiggle it, there is some activity. For now, I just unplugged
> the cables and the Bios goes through fine and the system
> boot stops hanging.
> 
> Good luck, Josh.
> 
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 10:43:15PM -0500, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > I'm sick.  I wasted several hours this evening on that infernal
> > Netgear. 
> Now
> > I'm trying to finish homework due first thing in the morning,
> > using 
> windows
> > only software (the option is use the damn software or take an F
> > in the 
> class).
> > And my bloody windows machines goes south.  Apparently the
> > CD-ROM, the 
> only
> > good one I have ('cept for the plextor from Mike N), died.  I was
> > keyed to there being a problem by the lack of CD icon when I
> > needed to get a file 
> off
> > of a CD.  And now when I went to reboot it won't get past the
> > Bios testing the drives.  This drive was working last night. 
> > Darn it, darn it, darn 
> it.
> > 
> > Now I have to pull this stupid machine out of the stack and open
> > it up and hope it is a simple fix.  Otherwise I'm screwed.
> > 
> > The software was a one time install from web thing.  If I want it
> > on a  different machine, I have to cough up more money.
> > 
> -- 
> Bill
> Amsterdam, NL
> _______________________________________________
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