Think the processor gave out. Won't do anything. Now I have to learn Linux for sure.
My HP Desktop died today!
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, Dec 18, 2015 07:36 PM
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Posted December 18, 2015 - 07:36 PM
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Posted December 18, 2015 - 07:41 PM
Think the processor gave out. Won't do anything. Now I have to learn Linux for sure.
Craps, I know how frustrating that is! Sorry to hear.
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Posted December 18, 2015 - 07:48 PM
At least I can get on the forum with the laptop!
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Posted December 18, 2015 - 07:55 PM
I have a gateway tower and a Gateway laptop that are both trying to get me to give them the hammer treatment... the tower is 7-8 years old and the laptop is about 4 maybe 5.
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Posted December 18, 2015 - 08:00 PM
My wife's answer for everything is "Unplug it and plug it back in!" I think if smoke was coming out of it, she would still say the same thing.
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Posted December 18, 2015 - 08:02 PM
My wife's answer for everything is "Unplug it and plug it back in!" I think if smoke was coming out of it, she would still say the same thing.
A good friend of mine always said that motors run on smoke, and when the smoke comes out, the motor is shot!
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Posted December 18, 2015 - 08:16 PM
My wife's answer for everything is "Unplug it and plug it back in!" I think if smoke was coming out of it, she would still say the same thing.
My wife's answer for everything is "Unplug it and plug it back in!" I think if smoke was coming out of it, she would still say the same thing.
A good friend of mine always said that motors run on smoke, and when the smoke comes out, the motor is shot!
First time I have seen two nearly identical posts! 
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Posted December 18, 2015 - 08:36 PM
Good thing you had a back up system to use. My lap top would really be slow.
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Posted December 18, 2015 - 09:25 PM
Our laptop is trying to do it also. It is old enough I am not going to try any maintenance things on it. It will be interesting to set up a new one again.
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Posted December 19, 2015 - 08:24 AM
Whatever you do, Don't let the MAGIC smoke out!
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Posted December 19, 2015 - 10:47 AM
Is anyone running an apple. Would this be worth considering as a way to get around Windows and Linux?
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Posted December 19, 2015 - 11:23 AM
Think the processor gave out. Won't do anything. Now I have to learn Linux for sure.
What happened? I'd put my money on the hard drive dying if I was a betting man. How old is the machine?
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Posted December 19, 2015 - 11:42 AM
What happened? I'd put my money on the hard drive dying if I was a betting man. How old is the machine?
Can't remember the year but not that old. I removed the memory and did the BIOS beep test and it says the processor is bad. It's a HP Slimline s5-1414 computer. Can't get into BIOS at all.
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Posted December 19, 2015 - 02:24 PM
Is anyone running an apple. Would this be worth considering as a way to get around Windows and Linux?
I have Macbook Pro ,,my experience with Mac is they do not become obsolete a few years after purchase.. and you do avoid all this nonsense with microsofton. Mine is 7 years old or more..My son used his Mac for 10 years before retiring it.
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Posted December 19, 2015 - 02:51 PM
Is anyone running an apple. Would this be worth considering as a way to get around Windows and Linux?
Our granddaughter is a Big Apple fan, and all of her friends as well. We were discussing Windows10 the other night and she said that her laptop, which she bought 3 years ago had not given her a moment of trouble. She updates the OS when available and continues on. She also mentioned that all her apple products integrate seamlessly.
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