Bad, Bad Tech Problems Over Here

by Oops Pow Surprise on Jan 27, 2009 12:29 AM CST in News Comment 24 comments

Not to be an alarmist, but I just got the bad boot/clicks of death when I booted up after getting home from work earlier this evening. System sat cold for ~5 hours before I tried booting again and here we are now--for now. I'm shutting down in 5 minutes before the clicks start again.

I'm thinking of investing in an external hard drive to back everything up on this 4-year-old system, then using that as my boot device unless someone's got a better idea. Money is an object, but I'm also acutely aware of the Cost of Ownership principle. Any and all help is appreciated, even if it means no dick/poop/pedophilia/homosexuality/marmotfucking/grammar jokes for one moment.

Oh, and anyone with a spare tower, I would totally dryhump right now (or also give a couple hundred dollars); all my accessories are great, but my CPU's days are Swayze-style numbered.

Help me, Obi-Blackheart Kegoldpants, you're my only hope.

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I can't help you with your computer.

But I think it’s great that you requested no tasteless jokes and about 10 words later described your CPU’s days as “Swayze-style numbered.” Well done.

by DonnyDonovan on Jan 27, 2009 8:12 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Neither am I the guy to give you the magic bullet

but in my poorly understood tech experience, you’re about to take one up the ass. I’d get that hard drive backed up pronto, preferably to a new machine.

by txhawkeye on Jan 27, 2009 8:23 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Obamicon Kenobi broke BHGP!

by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Jan 27, 2009 8:28 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

BEACH BARACK SMASH

"They haven't played us yet."

by ReadingRambler on Jan 27, 2009 9:26 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Marmotfucking is nothing to joke about, son.

That said I’m not much help, tech-wise. Sorry. Good luck!

by Bucketochicken on Jan 27, 2009 9:53 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Oh Noes

If you are getting sound coming from your hard drive you need to back up anything that is important to you on a flash drive (if you can, your HD* may not permit it)…..you may also be able to get things off the clicking drive by using it as a secondary (non booting) drive on a different PC. All this being said if you are just getting clicks from your HD you don’t need a new PC, you just need a new HD which you can get for less than 100.00.

HD stands for Hard Drive.

by J.R. Angle has a posse on Jan 27, 2009 9:56 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Wow...yea...what Geek Squad said above.

Seriously though, I didn’t know this was the BHGP swap meet…

I’m looking for:
1995 Donruss George Brett in Mint Condition
25 Piece Ginsu Knife Set in Original 1988 Packaging
Rally Hubcaps for a 1972 El Camino
Unopened Goonies Movie On VHS
One of These

Just kidding. I am actually feeling your pain. Burned through a few systems myself lately. Back anything of value up immediately like dude said up there.

Go Hawks!

by CUNKNNK on Jan 27, 2009 10:13 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Unopened Goonies...

do you have it on Beta?

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Jan 27, 2009 9:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Contrary to popular belief...

…my work laptop is functioning. Stay where you are, OPS! I will find you!

/Last of the Mohican’d

storminspank: "Or we could join you can take our pants off."

by Hawkeye State on Jan 27, 2009 10:26 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Karma, bitches

This is what you get for surfing for internet porn all day.

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries

by BSD on Jan 27, 2009 12:53 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

and night.

by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Jan 27, 2009 2:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

What?

It’s what the internets are for!

by chitownhawkeye on Jan 27, 2009 4:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Those women on the cameras love me!

I got more rhymes than Wade Lookingbill's got dunks

by Oops Pow Surprise on Jan 27, 2009 4:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Right, but at night it's OK.

Isn’t it?

by DonnyDonovan on Jan 27, 2009 3:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

If you're single

Like me.

by DJKHawk on Jan 27, 2009 4:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Or if you are married

Really the only difference is the need to cover your tracks.

If you ain't first, you're last

by three and out the kok story on Jan 27, 2009 6:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

PRON cover up

get over to our friends at www.filehippo.com and install CCLEAN

to cover your ~~interweb~~ ~~Tera Patrick~~ Lisa Bluder websearches.

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Jan 27, 2009 9:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

PC help

as you all know i’m a BlackBerry addict, but we came to assist our fellow Black & Gold fans.

a) for a shorterm fix…get yourself over to your local ~~Circuit City~~ Best Buy & pick up a External Portable Hard Drive http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/8761/8761887_rb.jpg

b) long term, you need a new hard drive before all your ~~PRON~~ Lt. Angle photos are lost. Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS Hard Drive – ST3250410AS; http://www.buy.com/prod/seagate-barracuda-7200-10-hard-drive-3-5-250gb-sata-7200rpm-16-mb/q/loc/101/204696923.html

enjoy

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Jan 27, 2009 9:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Toshiba hard drive hotlink

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8761887&st=portable+hard+drive&type=product&id=1202650704716

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Jan 27, 2009 9:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Forget the external hard drive

They are a rip off and there is a cheaper/easier way. First, go buy the seagate hard drive that pfac51 listed (that is a good price). Then buy this. It will allow you to use the hard drive either as your replacement for your crunked one OR as an external one.

by Duez I say on Jan 28, 2009 9:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I 2nd that advice.

I wouldn’t buy it from Best Buy though. Shop www.TigerDirect.com for anything “techy”. They have the fat hookup on everything.

Go Hawks!

by CUNKNNK on Jan 28, 2009 11:25 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

pfac51

keeps all his ~~PRON~~ Lindsey Nyenhuis pics on an external, USB 2.0, external hard drive.

this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.

by pfac51 on Jan 28, 2009 12:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

OPS

tigerdirect or newegg… Both good places to shop online for computer parts. I’d recommend a Western Digital Caviar over the 7200.10 Seagates. Both good drives, but the WD has less power consumption and a slightly lower failure rate out-of-the-box. However, before you spend $$$ on a HDD, make sure that it’s one that your computer can use. If your box is old enough, it might not have SATA connectors on the motherboard, and will require an IDE drive instead. Hit me up on HNO if you need more info.