AAAAAAUIIIIIGH.

[sepdet]

So, like.

When a power cable doesn't make good contact and goes flicky-flicky a lot on the laptop, STOP USING IT.

*pats poor iBook*

I wondered why Safari started crashing last week. Well, I was lazy, switched to Firefox.

I went to print out the first half of my M.A. exam -- due monday, and no I'm still not done -- and the Evil Beachball of Wait And See appeared.

After some futzing, I gave up and restarted. I'd just saved, after all.

No reboot.

No reboot.

Really, honest to gosh, no reboot.



Two hours and a pilgrimage to tha Apple store later, i have managed to retrieve and upload the file to istad for retrieval on another computer, and it is determined that I have some software corruption in the OS, and that power cable shorts are bad for the HD, and that the iBook isn't going to work again until i do a fresh system install. (This should hopefully not affect apps or documents.)

Unfortunately, my Software Restore disk is for the Powerbook, not the iBook, and I can't seem to find the Restore disk for the iBook. Meh. So I need to take iBook back in and let techs poke at it.

HOWEVER, no time for that; I need to write the last four pages of the exam. I know what I'm doing, it's just slow as molassas.

I managed to stay almost-almost calm telling myself that at worst, I still had two days and could throw something together.

Thank GOODNESS I bought that cheapo iBook last Christmas as my backup computer. I'd gotten in the habit of using it more than the Titanium, for some reason, and had been using it to write the exam, but I'm back on the old Titanium now. *hugs TiBook*


Now, where was I... O.o

Comments

[firerosearien.livejournal.com]

Girl, I just converted TO Macdom.

Are you going to make me regret it?

XD

[sepdet.livejournal.com]

I've had Macs since before you were born, hon, and this ain't something I've seen before.

I advise not hauling laptop all over the apartment every few hours, the dragging cable along with it, and letting the power jack connection get wobbly. Close laptop before moving it, open it when moved. Unplug cable, carry it, plug it back in.

Carelessness on that one item seems to have upset two of my laptops (and I don't know anyone else who's ever run into that problem).

I am mean to computers. :(

[firerosearien.livejournal.com]

Ah. So my bringing the laptop back and forth between my room and the game room is a bad idea?


Any worse than sleeping it (almost) every night?

[sepdet.livejournal.com]

Like I said, I've never heard of anyone else with this problem! But I'd suggest taking the time to shut the lid instead of carrying the laptop while open.

Also carrying the cable instead of dragging the cable like a cat toy on a string. :)

[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

Oh, darlin', I'm sorry. This has been one BITCH of a Mercury retrograde. I know one other grad student who sat down to work on her diss (after moving across the state, having her car die, and starting a new job all in the same week), turned on her laptop, and it wouldn't boot. All her data, pulled from the lab, was on the laptop. Her boyfriend's uber-computer-geek friends managed to get it running for 10 minutes, during which time she managed to back everything up, because the computer repair place wouldn't guarantee their backup. But I understand she had a Very Bad Saturday.

Anyway. Tomorrow is the 29th, and Mercury goes direct again. After tomorrow, things should even out a little.

Luck with the iBook.

[akycha.livejournal.com]

Gah! I am so sorry!

Glad to hear that they don't think you'll have data loss, though.

Help is a phone call away (ask your mac bar for Target mode)

[mysryael.livejournal.com]

Hey sweety,
Like I said on the phone, the GOOD news is that some of your
stuff is salvageble.

so with your permission I'm gonna go up on my soapbox to all the Mac users out there.

MY LORDS AND LADIES, PRAY ATTEND!

If you have one mac or more in your house you need to know that you can throw the errant (errr broken) machine into "Target Mode" as long as you can get it past a memory check. and if you get the lovely spinning wheel in the grey screnn you got it past the memory check.

put a firewire on both Mac machines, and restart the machine that is in trouble by pressing down the "T" key before pushing the start button.

If you did it right you will get a lovely little trifoil sort of thingie that is yellow and dances around your screen.

You can now treat the broken machine as an external drive to the machine that is working and well drop and drag works...

broken machine will show up in your finder view window.
and if you need any more than that, TAKE it to the Apple store.

[outlawcoon.livejournal.com]

Big hugs and good luck!

[aberdeen.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reminding me that I shouldn't ignore the stupid power cord/adapter problem. I called Apple and they're replacing my adapter. The slippage of the connection is a defect. If your adapter is less than a year old, or you're still under applecare, call them and get them to replace it, rather than paying $80 for a new one.

[princeaeneas.livejournal.com]

And with complete disregard for the actual post.


Your boys are doing quite, quite well indeed. If Maddux can find his arm back for a couple more years, the Cubbies will rue their day. Good luck in the NL.