[NBLUG/talk] Help a neighboring LUG'er

S. Saunders sms at sonic.net
Mon Apr 2 13:06:22 PDT 2007


I'm pretty sure that, by this time, everyone has done all the requisite
troubleshooting.


Conrad OHO wrote:

> Can anyone help this guy?... I'm too much of a noob to know where to
> begin... Conrad OHO
>
> ==================================
>
> From:"Andrius Ilgunas" <andrius at ilgunas.net>
> To:"'HumLUG List'" <linux at redwood.humboldt.edu>
> Subject:RE: Google beta
> Date:Sun, 1 Apr 2007 10:53:44 -0700
>
>
> Hrmm...it seems that a link on that page is broken.  I got something
> weird:
>
> http://www.google.com/tisp/notfound.html
>
> How can I fix that? This computer is brand new.
>
> It's a Dell Dementia Super 48000XZ, 4GB RAM, 580GB Seagate Hard drive
> (80GB
> useable), 2.7GHz Duo Core Processor, 48X DVD-R, 19" LCD Monitor Model
> 9400SX
> (with the power button on the right side), ATI Mobility Radeon X1200
> Video
> Graphics Accelerator Card with 512MB,  Two (2) DIMM slots,  1.44 Floppy
> Drive Installed, Two (2) PCI Slots and (1) half height AGP Slot, Two
> (2)
> PS/2 Ports, Two (2) Serial Ports (COM1 & COM2) and One (1) Parallel
> Port
> (LPT1), 105-key Keyobard, Logitech Optical Mouse with Scrolling wheel,
> onboard 10/100mbps Ethernet, onboard 56k v.92 modem, Four (4) USB Ports
> /
> 2-back 2-front, IrDA, 7-in-1 multicard reader,Tru-Sound Home
> Entertainment
> System, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2,
> Microsoft
> Works, Microsoft Money, Norton Antivirus 2008, and Elite Defender II
> Firewall.
>
> I used to be an old computer hacker way back in the 70's, so I know a
> thing
> or two about computers. I tried recompiled the CPU and flashed my hard
> drive
> fourteen times. But I still get the same error. It's really weird. I
> used to
> get web pages all the time! I mean, it's ALWAYS worked before!   Then I
> pulled out the BIG GUNS. I spliced the coax cable and soldered it
> directly
> into the motherboard because we all know those plastic connectors are
> POS
> (LOLROFLMAOLOL!) But that didn't fix anything. Should I buy more RAM? I
> also
> heard that the ether in the cable goes bad once in a while.  How do I
> refill
> the cable with more ether?
>
> Everyone knows that Gates owns the Internet, so do you think that maybe
> it's
> being rebooted?
>
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> -=-=-
> Andrew Ilgunas
> +Technocrat
> +Systems / Network Administrator - http://noc.ilgunas.net
>
> Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
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