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keltic63
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 Posted: 07/29/05 - 13:10 Post subject: it's clicking
or ticking....
the computer that is. it crashed this morning, I brought it back up. I'm hoping to make it last through the summer, maybe into late september. Right now though, it is ticking; about every 20-30 seconds I hear a very slow tick-tock.
no error messages though. that's a good thing, right?
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andydp
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Posted: 07/29/05 - 13:11 Post subject: Re: it's clicking
| keltic63 wrote: | | no error messages though. that's a good thing, right? |
There's always a "calm before the storm".
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ShannonG
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Posted: 07/29/05 - 13:11 Post subject:
My old computer used to crash if I had too many windows open. Even now I find I have a habit of keeping less than four windows running at a time. Then the second one started sounding like a diesel tractor right before the hard drive quit.
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MW
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Posted: 07/29/05 - 13:11 Post subject:
I suggest you make up some back up CD's of your sh*t. Just sayin.
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keltic63
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Posted: 07/29/05 - 13:12 Post subject:
| MW wrote: | | I suggest you make up some back up CD's of your sh*t. Just sayin. |
have already done that for the important stuff!
I'm planning on buying a new hard drive in september.
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DCRunningDiva
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Posted: 07/29/05 - 18:10 Post subject:
Mine has a doorbell ringing sound which it never had before. 
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Posted: 07/29/05 - 18:59 Post subject:
| DCRunningDiva wrote: | | Mine has a doorbell ringing sound which it never had before. |
No, that's my phone. 
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airehead
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Posted: 07/29/05 - 19:15 Post subject:
Due to electricity dips in the house, my main computer fried. 
Now I have to buy and reinstall everything.
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 07/29/05 - 19:25 Post subject:
it's ticking???? and nobody else could think of the fact that that is also the normal signs of a time bomb? Keltic are a suicidal bomber?
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purple hayes
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Posted: 07/29/05 - 19:59 Post subject:
Ticking from the case? Could just be a fan.
Could be the hard drive though. There's only a couple of moving parts inside the case.
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keltic63
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Posted: 07/30/05 - 09:53 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | Ticking from the case? Could just be a fan.
Could be the hard drive though. There's only a couple of moving parts inside the case. |
it's the hard drive. I've just been down for about 12 hours now. on a few of the reboots I got an error message that said "Unknown Hard Error"  I tried a few times this morning, and finally got it to run, but who knows for how long?
Leaving tomorrow so I won't be using the comp for a week, then I'll look into ordering the new hard drive. Tigerdirect.com here I come!
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