Computer Trouble

[Silverwind]

My computer's on its last legs, the display goes several times a day and it turns itself off randomly. Until I've backed up all my valuable files (one and a half gigs of Roguesoft stuff) I won't be online much, as I don't wanna kill the computer and lose all my precious cyber belongings.

Anyways, the text adventure and Tides of Fáden should be finished real soon, so I believe this calls for a "HURRAY!"

[WarHampster]

HURRAY.

Sorry about the computer

[Telstar5]

Uh, I'd just take the hard drive out and put it in an external case to use as an external firewire drive for when you get a new computer...

[Gan]

It's good to hear progress on the text adventure and Tides of Faiden, though sorry for your computer. By the way, what kind of computer is it? Is it a small problem? Is there another computer you can gain access to just as easily as you use to?


-Gandolf

[Silverwind]

Uh, I'd just take the hard drive out and put it in an external case to use as an external firewire drive for when you get a new computer...

Yeah, that sounds good to me. The "when" might be a few aeons from now though.

It's good to hear progress on the text adventure and Tides of Faiden, though sorry for your computer. By the way, what kind of computer is it? Is it a small problem? Is there another computer you can gain access to just as easily as you use to?


-Gandolf

Your three questions shall be answered in the humorous form of 3 more questions:

• Am I mad enough to use a PC?
• "WARNING: Flesh eating zombie virus detected in hard drive. Open iTunes?"
• Would I survive a full week without internet?

Hehehe... in actual answer to your questions: It's one of the old iBooks, the model before the term MacBook took over. I'm not sure of the specs without turning the computer on, which I don't wanna risk doing.

As for how bad the problem is, I doubt it's worth spending money on fixing as something else is sure to go wrong with it soon. I got my iBook approximately 3 years ago and it's been plugged in and switched on since I took it out of the box. ;D The battery life is less than a minute and now the screen backlight is failing daily. Still, it served me well over the years.

I'll be able to access the internet on my dad's computer, it's just a matter of transferring my files to it.

HURRAY.

Sorry about the computer :(

Hurray indeed! :D (I didn't want to leave yours as the only comment un-quoted)

[Al Staffieri]

The battery life is less than a minute and now the screen backlight is failing daily.

Could it be that you just need a new battery? When MacBooks are plugged in does it still use battery power? Meaning does the current go through the battery to get to the Mac? I don't know since I don't have one.

[Silverwind]

Ah, an interested thought indeed. I'm not entirely sure of the answer, but I know that the computer can run without the battery as long as it's plugged in, so assumably the computer has another was of extracting power from the plug other than the main battery. I'm not sure if the backlight problem is related to the battery problem or not either.

Anyways, I don't really mind as long as I can salvage my files. I'd hate to lose all of my sprites. *knocks furiously on wood*

[Telstar5]

iBook G3's have regular display failures. If you have a G3 (not the clamshell coloured one) then you can fix it pretty easy.

http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/726/diy-obsolete-ibook-logic-board-repair

I think the above is more of a ghetto fix than anything else, though...

Edit: If you are gonna get rid of your old iBook and happen to have the charger spare, I might be interested in purchasing it for my Powerbook G4 (which appears to work with most Apple laptop chargers...), but that depends on your location, though.

[GMG Tim]

I believe his location is the UK.

[Gan]

If problems persist, I have a g4 mac tower I don't use any more....


-Gandolf

[Silverwind]

I believe his location is the UK.

So do I.

I'm wrong though. I dwell in merry old Ireland, or as known to those of us who live here: Land of the bloodthirsty politicians. (their not all bad though; they inspired Bram Stoker)

Edit: If you are gonna get rid of your old iBook and happen to have the charger spare, I might be interested in purchasing it for my Powerbook G4 (which appears to work with most Apple laptop chargers...), but that depends on your location, though.

Cool. If I end up getting rid of it I'll indeed let you know.

If problems persist, I have a g4 mac tower I don't use any more....


-Gandolf

Wow, you're very generous Gan, but I wouldn't feel right accepting such an expensive gift. I'll be ok as long as I can back everything up, but thanks kindly all the same.

[Telstar5]

Aha! Ireland. I made a visit there last year to Portadown to see a good friend of mine, although technically Portadown is Northern Ireland which is not Ireland. I've never understood the difference between Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland, apart from the religious differences which seem to cause such an awful fuss. Maybe it's the same sort of thing as North England and Manchester vs South England and London. Eurgh.

Maybe your bloodthirsty politicians should kick back with a bong, do some beatboxing and MC for the public. I doubt that will happen, sad as it may seem.

Maybe for your next computer, you could buy an Atari ST and install OS X on it

Not sure how a 1200 baud modem would work with a broadband connection, though.

[Gan]

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Wow, you're very generous Gan, but I wouldn't feel right accepting such an expensive gift. I'll be ok as long as I can back everything up, but thanks kindly all the same.

I was going to put it on Ebay though if you don't feel right to accept it as a gift, I could sell it to you. You can buy it for any price. (I'd choose from the $5 - $50 range)


-Gandolf

[Telstar5]

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I was going to put it on Ebay though if you don't feel right to accept it as a gift, I could sell it to you. You can buy it for any price. (I'd choose from the $5 - $50 range)


-Gandolf

...plus the $200 shipping fee overseas

[Gan]

Whoa, didn't think of that. You sure that it isn't just $30-$60 shipping fees?


-Gandolf