So my laptop is dead. DEAD. It won't start up. The fans come on, and the initial 'click' of the drives happen, but the BIOS or starting screen won't pop up. I've troubleshooted online, and it says it could be a memory issue, motherboard or CPU. I'm worried it could be one of those, plus a nasty virus. I reformatted my comp about a month ago, and my antivirus software has miraculously found nothing since then. No spyware, no viruses. Awfully fishy.
So I'm dead in the water right now. I'm borrowing my gf's laptop to post this, since we have 2 machines in the house. @#$%^&^$#@@#$%^&
Anyway, here are two vids that cheered me up a little, and I hope they will bring a smile to your face too. Two ridiculous videos from two awesome bands. Enjoy!
It's about 4ish years old. So it needs replacing, but I have kept it up nicely. I think it may just be past its prime, and in need of the Old Yeller treatment.
Ah dude. The computer I normally use has died on me, so I have to use my 7 year old laptop which has to run ubuntu because nothing else will even start up... Also that muse song is awesome. :)
The rebellion has begun! The computers are fighting back! Cast out your computers before it is to late! Also, it could just be old, my laptop is about 4 years now too, I am looking are potential replacements.
Something like this happened to my mom's dinosaur laptop recently. We finally figured out that some file got corrupted and it won't boot up. I guess you could try booting from a disk if you can somehow get into the BIOS.
my mom gave me a super old(mid 90's) laptop that she wanted me to fix. eventually i got it going, the problem was a loose CPU board, simple enough to fix.
That's awful when something like that happens. Especially when there's little you can do to troubleshoot. Surely somebody's got experience with that situation and can help you...
As for your laptop problem, are you sure you didn't drop it, even from couch height? Because that could easily disconnect something, or knock something lose, so it wouldn't be a software problem, but a hardware problem.
If you know anyone that knows computers I'd ask them about it. I'd even open it up in case it's something incredibly obvious that just needs to get clicked on.
Opened up the case, double checked all the connections, and blew all of the dust out. I just think I need a pro to run a diagnostic, like a car mechanic, and tell me what's up.
I would say take it to a best buy, but when my lappy pulled that crap, it took them over 2 months to fix it. Bright side is, they ended up letting me trade it for a new one! I hope you can figure out the problem!
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i love muse. i hope you get your laptop fixed soon!
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How old is the laptop? It might have just conked out because the parts are old and worn down.
It's about 4ish years old. So it needs replacing, but I have kept it up nicely. I think it may just be past its prime, and in need of the Old Yeller treatment.
Ah dude. The computer I normally use has died on me, so I have to use my 7 year old laptop which has to run ubuntu because nothing else will even start up...
Also that muse song is awesome. :)
Laptops are fairly cheap these days.. and the muse song is great!
Now that is some good music man :)
That last video was so gross! :)
That sucks man!
Broken laptop? Try hitting it with a hammer!
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The rebellion has begun! The computers are fighting back! Cast out your computers before it is to late! Also, it could just be old, my laptop is about 4 years now too, I am looking are potential replacements.
Good luck with the laptop. How old is it?
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that sucks too much, go get a new one quick!
Muse is the greatest and Knights of Cydonia is just as great.
love the Knights of Cydonia video! also good luck with the laptop, I hate laptops... too easy to fail.
Damn I hope your laptop gets fixed!
muse ftw!!
Good luck with the laptop. However muse rocks
Something like this happened to my mom's dinosaur laptop recently. We finally figured out that some file got corrupted and it won't boot up. I guess you could try booting from a disk if you can somehow get into the BIOS.
Can't even get into the BIOS. I have the boot disks, but can't get it to load at all.
If ANYONE has some experience with this and has succeeded, please let me know.
my mom gave me a super old(mid 90's) laptop that she wanted me to fix. eventually i got it going, the problem was a loose CPU board, simple enough to fix.
That's awful when something like that happens. Especially when there's little you can do to troubleshoot. Surely somebody's got experience with that situation and can help you...
I saw Muse at their home coming gig - they're out of this world!
Good luck with the laptop
Yeah, Knights of cydonia is sick.
As for your laptop problem, are you sure you didn't drop it, even from couch height? Because that could easily disconnect something, or knock something lose, so it wouldn't be a software problem, but a hardware problem.
If you know anyone that knows computers I'd ask them about it. I'd even open it up in case it's something incredibly obvious that just needs to get clicked on.
Opened up the case, double checked all the connections, and blew all of the dust out. I just think I need a pro to run a diagnostic, like a car mechanic, and tell me what's up.
I hate it when that happens. At least you can still get on to the web.
nights of cydonia would rape me on guitar hero...
Must be going around. My other computer is also dead in the water!
Damm technology and its getting broken habits, my laptop crahed a week ago or so, but I was able to reinstall windows after all.
Two sweet tunes, man.
I know my laptop is just going to explode soon. I've had it for years and it makes the most annoying sounds!
great videos man
Sucks about your compage bumming out on you bro. We've all seen casualties, and this is going to be a tough stretch for you I'm sure. :x
Good luck. :/
yay i'm finally following took me awhile but i'm here now sorry to hear about your laptop hope it gets fix soon and cool vids love Muse
Knights of Cydonia is easily the greatest Muse song. I absolutely love it.
Man that sucks bro. I had a similar thing happen to me bout a year ago. I felt like part of my life was missing.
Muse is ze beesssttt. Goodluck with your computer.
I would say take it to a best buy, but when my lappy pulled that crap, it took them over 2 months to fix it. Bright side is, they ended up letting me trade it for a new one! I hope you can figure out the problem!
Damn hope you get it fixed man, and Muse is always there to cheer people up :)
That sucks man, hope you get it fixed soon
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