the pc woes

Consider the following …

It is 3AM. Nice morning. I am peacefully asleep. Dreaming about a beach in the south of France …

Suddenly for some strange reason I wake up. Brain in neutral gear. I think. Brain now in first gear. “Whoa !!! That’s weird. Who turned off the lights?” Then I hear “Beep. Beep. Beep. “. Brain skips two gears and jumps to fifth. Quite awake, I realize that the sound is coming from the computer.

Apparently the harddisk does not seem to be very pleased. Its going “Beep. Beep. Beep” as I said before. So I follow the age old advice – REBOOT. Now the PC does not get past the BIOS. “Crap!!” I think out loud.

Then began some troubleshooting. I take out the harddisks and plug in only the 120 GB one. It still goes “Beep Beep Beep” like a censored episode of Southpark. So I take out the 120GB and plug in the 40GB. “Ahhh!!!”. No Beeps now. Then I think “Crap!!!”, I dont have an OS on that one. So I go back to sleep thinking that the 120 GB harddisk has crashed. (Along with our honours project. Some of you may wonder, How come I have just one backup??? Let me explain … Our hp was on CVS on 205. Then they knocked off our 205 accounts. So I copied my 205 to my PC and nowhere else).

The next morning, thinking its the SMPS’s fault (I hate SMPS’s, they fail very often) I try Monga’s SMPS. That solves the problem. Then I try with my SMPS and without the Card. That also solves the problem. Elated, I jump around on one foot (not literally) and decide that the prudent thing to do would be to swap cards.

So finally, today after four days I have swapped graphics cards with Manish Jain. (If you dont know Manish Jain, pls do a google search and do not click on the first link). So, now I have a GeForce FX 5200 ( (I had a radeon 9800 PRO earlier) but the computer is working i.e. I can watch movies / everybody loves raymond / check mail etc ….

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PS – for a previous post on hardware troubles go here

PS1- schedule for techfest decided

PS2 – no CS for the past two days

the morning

ok, im sorry, havent posted for long.

actually its not because of lack of material to post. i had some real good ideas for posts, will post them soon.

the morning, its beautiful, watching the sun’s rays break over the horizon … (there, I said the bit needed to justify the title, now onto the rest of the post)

this post has one primary purpose – to keep me awake till 0830 hrs when I can go for SE.

the last statement raises a few important questions doesnt it …

1. Why is IV awake at 0700 :O??
2. Why does he want to goto SE class??
3. Why is George Bush an asshole??

A1. You see, normally I would be seeing the sunrise if I am sleeping that late, not waking up that early. However, pinki is kinda a little under the weather. So the night was spent there. Then there was a chilling ride in a seven seater. My ears were frozen to the bone.

A2. The main reason for going to SE class is the good old attendance rule which implies that I cant bunk more than four. Having exhausted three, I would really like to attend.

A3. Please send a mail to president@whitehouse.gov expressing your opinion and hope for a reply.

Felicity preparations seem to be going well. We will see how well everything is holding up sometime this week when we have a trial run of all online events.

BTP report to be submitted on Thursday. Project still in CYOP.

Saw a film called the Lord of War. It has a nice opening sequence. The OST is nice. Check out For What its worth – Springfield

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PS – Technically the green and red statements qualify for PS’s

PS1 – will post reasonably regularly. i hope

PS2 – For what it’s worth

There’s something happening here
What it is ain’t exactly clear
There’s a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware

I think it’s time we stop, children, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down

There’s battle lines being drawn
Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind

I think it’s time we stop, hey, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down

What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side

It’s time we stop, hey, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you’re always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away

We better stop, hey, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down

Stop, hey, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down

Stop, now, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down

Stop, children, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down