Shuff's General Chat Thread ... #73 - Talk about anything and everything...  

vk134

don't forget the simple fix sometimes the MB battery , mostly they are CR2032, worth a $5 try, I've had it fix countless, clusterfk bios startup glitches

Doc

unpluged hdds.. still same.
every time i start up it goes straight to launch system repair/ start windows normally. when i start normal it just
goes black screen,, if i do repair goes to the crappy win7 blue flowerery screen and stays there..

wolfman101

That's borlz. In other news, just flashed my TCU. Plugged in the portable OBD2 unit I got in the mail, waited til it beeped....now apparently my shifts will be 30% faster. Ah, technology.

Doc

thought of that before... cannot find for life of me where its located
on this thing...
just dont understand why this has happend. was fine last night, didnt install any hardware or
software... very frustrating..


just like that....

alpharx7

only replug in your boot drive - this is something that my brother suggested, he's had a similar problem caused by a windows update I believe.

looks like you may be doing a fresh system install doc, good chance to pull the computer apart and clean all the dust out.

I hope you didn't lose anything.

Doc

cbf doing anymore tonight.. to late.
cant even do a factory restore, wont give me that option when i go for system repair..
will lose a little bit, but not much, pretty much everything is on my external hdd. i did manage to run
diagnostics with the utilities dics.. did find an error in one of the sata drives, said to write down the number
and give it to tech if problem persists..

thanks for the tips...

vk134

It is great isn't it, but I guess the 30% gain will come at a cost of drivetrain wear and strain. It does shit me when the aftermarket tuners etc all bag the factory setting and get great gains and pat themselves on the back, when the factory drivetrain engineers are hamstrung by emissions, NVH and durability issues.

A classic was the XR6 turbo, at the end of the testing and all tests passed with a very soft tuned engine 240kw as the V8 boss at 260kw was to be the flagship as well as the torque would blow the T5z. They were green lighted to test to destruction the mule engines, I think they all easily managed the 300 to 310kw, then the limit of conrods and valve spring longevity was reached, but they had peaked one at 342kw before it lunched itself.

I am sure the situation is the same all across the world, I only knew of the BA when trying to sort out the POS brakes and driveline issues when they were new.

vk134

a tip to decluster updates, system restore then disable updates

Doc

Can't even get into to do that that, won't boot up, won't boot in safe mode, won't do system repair when try that,

Shuffs

The Wife's laptop had a similar problem a while back,Doc,and it ended up being a corrupt pathway,took a trip to the shop to fix it unfortunately,but she didn't lose anything

.Tim.

Had a similar problem recently. HDD was fuxored. it happened in almost identical fashion to what you are mentioning

Doc

Have a pc shop here at work, will as if they do repairs

Doc

Yer he says it's a fuxored hdd, will fix it for me tomorrow,

Shuffs

That's convenient Doc,so will you lose anything?

Doc

Yer I'll lose a lot of stuff, but nothing that is irreplaceable, most of the files are on an external

wolfman101

Hehehe looks like I have tiny wheels.

vk134

looks like you parked at Logan, lol, but the safety stands instead of besser blocks give it away

fearlesss

Sorry why are you loosing anything ? It's pretty rare that a hd would be completely rooted.
is the BIOS picking up the drive ?

Just buy a new drive, install windows, copy everything from the old drive to the new one..
Going from the symptoms it sounds like you just have a few corrupt sectors where some of your windows files are located...
It'll take your 1-2hrs and cost like $70 for a drive

Doc

Thanks for the tip fearless,
Was looking at my external earlier, pretty much a lot more in there then thought, so not losing much at all, just a few programs and crap with I'll get back,
Managed to get into the reinstall set up, after all other options failed, so far its 39% and counting, so if all goes well seems as though hdd is fine.

Doc

What the f'king fcuk!!
Just went to turn on my little netbook which I was using last night to copy some settings, now that f'king thing is black screen with NTLDR is missing..

alpharx7

^^^^ kill it with a stick.

Doc

Ill put it under a a tyre... That will fix it

alpharx7

reminds me of what we used to do with front wheel drive cars and macca's trays.

Doc

Still won't boot, Mr PC guy can fixit

What's going on here?

vk134

Nooo, surely it deserves a late night mega reformat against a traffic sign at 160 km/h (closed roads, top gear style of course)

wolfman101

Wheel refinishing. I will be replacing the discs all around next week too.

Doc

You been spending big time the last few weeks lol


Zemorning

wolfman101

Yeah...I have actually managed to overspend my credit card for the first time ever surprisingly. Never thought I would.

Doc

Just zero it and start again lol

wolfman101

Not an issue-it just auto-debits, I've never not paid it off in full. Just weird to see an overspend on the statement.

VashBandicoot

I'll just leave this here

Tweak

its a tarp

Shuffs

LOL!Doc will be banging on his computer man's door,saying 'hurry up and fix my 'puter,I need to download something'

Eugene Dickins

Oh Hai!

Shuffs

It's the boy from the bush and he's back in town!