Calling out to DreadedHermie for a game of "stoner chess"

[DreadedHermie]

My computer is failing. Thassallright, I gotta get a Mac to run some stuff that's only for Mac, anyway. I guess I'll just gotta get it set up to run both platforms. But this one's hard to keep running. I still have Word 97 on it. :hippy:

B - QB3

If I suddenly quit posting, it died...

DreadedHermie Reviewed by DreadedHermie on 01-04-2010. Calling out to DreadedHermie for a game of "stoner chess" P - Q4 For all who wander by, kibbitzing and commenting is encouraged.:S5: Weezard Rating: 5

[mainegrown]

so weeze and DH how do i go about calling winner??
if it hadnt been called i would love the honor (btw im underemployed with time to kill)
sorry if i missed whoever called next game in the 48 previous pages lol
-MG

[Weezard]

so weeze and DH how do i go about calling winner??
if it hadnt been called i would love the honor (btw im underemployed with time to kill)
sorry if i missed whoever called next game in the 48 previous pages lol
-MG

I think you just did!
Welcome!

Weeze.

[Weezard]

My computer is failing. Thassallright, I gotta get a Mac to run some stuff that's only for Mac, anyway. I guess I'll just gotta get it set up to run both platforms. But this one's hard to keep running. I still have Word 97 on it. :hippy:

B - QB3

If I suddenly quit posting, it died...

N - K4

Is it an Old Mac?

W ;-}

[Weezard]

If it's that old, Wurd97, then a rigorous internal dusting and a CMOS battery replacement are in order, yah?
The coin cells only last 3 to 5 years.
Time to replace da cpu fan as well.
Symptoms?:detective1:

Wee

[mainegrown]

yea i gott a old mac aka 'maclamp'...
worst idea a great company ever came up wid..
thing is slower than pouring that cold molasses into the watering can!!
but i gotta give em it always starts and rarely stops when i dont tell it to.. it just takes forever to get where i tell it to go :wtf:
but at a hundo how can one complain??
-MG

[DreadedHermie]

If it's that old, Wurd97, then a rigorous internal dusting and a CMOS battery replacement are in order, yah?
The coin cells only last 3 to 5 years.
Time to replace da cpu fan as well.
Symptoms?

Already cleaned. I've always run it with the side panel removed from the case for ventilation, too.

I see that coin cell in there, looks like it may be soldered in place, but that won't stop me... imp: What does that battery do besides keep an internal clock going? If I replace it, what'll I have to reset besides the time...what valuable might be lost is the real question, I guess. (I can hot-swap it if that's necessary.)

When I looked at CPU coolers as a possible LED platform it became clear there's a new generation (or three) of stuff out there. Nothing readily available to replace this part with, that I saw around. And the local parts-hoarder repair guy's closed his shop. But I'll be able to hear the blissful silence if that fan croaks, so not an immediate worry.

Symptoms...Well, about a month ago I started getting a "cannot find login.exe" dialog box when it starts up (I guess that's a monolog box ), but I can just push through that and it runs okay. Freezes up a tad more frequently than usual, but still workable. Trying to keep multiple apps open is a bitch, though--runs slow and glitchy.

Within the last 3 days or so, though, it's been shuting itself off, suddenly, and restarting. When it comes back it's got a "Your system has recovered from a serious error" with some available codes, looks like short hexadecimal strings. Can probably save the message somehow...

Also see the "blue screen of death" flash on-and-off too quickly to read as the thing's crashing. Doesn't look good, though.

Happens generally after it's been running a few hours, maybe thermal's a factor(?) Cooler ambient operating conditions lately, though, thanks to the nippy weather.

I remember upgrading the RAM years ago, from half to a gig (total), and this motherboard won't take any more, seems like the shop that sold me the memory thought I was silly to 'waste' it in this machine back then.

But getting a Mac's (laptop) gonna be inevitable, just cause of the program I need to run. It's not like I've ever been nuts for the PC platform...but I've never used a Mac. But how bad can it be, comparitively?

You gotta pick between the (newer) Macbook or the (older release) Macbook Pro?

[DreadedHermie]

K - QN3

[mainegrown]

my :twocents: the older pro will last you longer.. they were made of better materials if i remember correctly... and I dont trust new shit...
-MG

[Weezard]

K - QN3

<Sigh>
R - QR3
Aloha,
Wee