[BC] Update to the bizzare computer problem

[Jerry Mathis]

We appreciate hearing the ending (and especially that it was a happy one)! 
Not everyone lets us know how it came out.



Jerry Mathis
Clear Channel Radio, Tupelo & Meridian MS





>From: "Kevin Trueblood" <kevint at aaabloomington.com>
>Reply-To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Subject: [BC] Update to the bizzare computer problem
>Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 23:24:13 -0600
>
>Thank you to all who gave advice to my bizzare computer problem.
>
>If you don't remember, I was the guy with the Western Digital Hard Drive 
>that caused the premature death of two computers...  Well, I finally 
>resurrected them both from the dead.
>
>Here's how it went down:
>
>Computer 1:  The first dead one.  The one the hard drive was in to begin 
>with.  Replaced the power supply and cleared the CMOS.  Put the Western 
>Digital 80GB drive in it, and she roared back to life.  I do believe that 
>some of you were correct in your diagnosis that the drive is failing.  The 
>computer is freezing occasionally and is showing signs of wear and tear.  
>For now it's running, but okay...
>
>Computer 2:  The innocent bystander.  I swapped out power supplies in this 
>one, and after clicking the power on, still no video and it still beeps at 
>me.  This, after ALL of the hardware that was once in this computer went 
>back in and the CMOS cleared.  Something just wasn't adding up.  I remember 
>that before I started this mess it took a while for the computer to give me 
>video.  Thinking perhaps there was a screen I needed to see, but the video 
>card wasn't letting me, I swapped out the video card to see if I could get 
>a peek at the BIOS screen.  EUREKA!  The video card that I replaced was a 
>very beefy 32MB card because the computer was used primarily for gaming.  
>Well, this computer must have really hated that card because once I swapped 
>it out, it came roaring back to life!  So now I have two computers up and 
>running and full of life again.
>
>So that's the story.  Thanks again to all for your help!
>
>Kevin Trueblood
>Director of Operations
>AAA Entertainment Radio Group - Bloomington, Il
>Program Director
>WYST/Star 107.7
>309-888-4496
>kevint at aaabloomington.com
>
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