Laziness

Oz · Post by Oz » Fri Apr 12, 2002 6:21 pm

I will pay anyone a shiny quarter, if they would:

1) Run to the store and pick up:

Floppies
CDRs
Compressed Air
Lithium Grease
40GB ATA 100 HD

2) Completely dismantle my PC and:

Clean out the dust bunnies.
Regrease all the fans.
Install the new HD.
Reassemble everything.
Dual boot Win98/Win2k.
Install all of the latest drivers, patches, etc..

3) Take apart my 5 year old monitor, refocus and recalibrate the electron guns (its wacked out and text is getting really fuzzy).

4) Take all these junk parts I have laying around and build a linux box so I can tinker.

Oh yeah, it all needs to be done in the next three hours so I can get a little quake going before I go out tonight. So how about it? Any takers?

404NotFound · Post by **404NotFound** » Fri Apr 12, 2002 6:26 pm

I wouldn't take apart the monitor... those things can shock you.

Oz · Post by Oz » Fri Apr 12, 2002 6:36 pm

404NotFound wrote:I wouldn't take apart the monitor... those things can shock you.

Just dont touch the yolk and you will be ok.

Seriously I have done it a few times before. Most monitors have little tiny potentiometers to adjust the the focus and voltage for each gun. Its a bit of hit and miss, but I was able to save two junkers this way.

[disclaimer_for_the_stupid] DO NOT take apart your monitor, especially if you dont know what the hell you are doing. [/disclaimer_for_the_stupid]

404NotFound · Post by **404NotFound** » Fri Apr 12, 2002 6:40 pm

I hear you loud and clear, touch the yolk... lol j/k

Oz · Post by Oz » Fri Apr 12, 2002 6:54 pm

404NotFound wrote:I hear you loud and clear, touch the yolk... lol j/k

Erm opps my bad... actually go ahead and touch the yolk.

Just don't touch the yoke.

404NotFound · Post by **404NotFound** » Fri Apr 12, 2002 7:59 pm

What you made a typo? I was just trying to be funny, i didn't know it was yoke and not yolk...

Oz · Post by Oz » Fri Apr 12, 2002 8:15 pm

meh = teh typoe mastr.

Jeeba Jabba · Post by **Jeeba Jabba** » Fri Apr 12, 2002 8:17 pm

I formatted my HD once because there was a minor glitch in Tribes that I never knew how to fix at the time. Talk about addicted

404NotFound · Post by **404NotFound** » Fri Apr 12, 2002 8:18 pm

Oz wrote:meh = teh typoe mastr.

yjw etpmg jp,rlrud

Try to decode that typing mistake.

Oz · Post by Oz » Sat Apr 13, 2002 10:58 pm

Bleh..

Im half way done and losing interest fast.

I bought a new 60GB Maxtor, a couple cans of compressed air, some lithium grease, and completly disassembled this mutha. There was so much dust and grime I had to strip it down to the bare frame put it in the bath tub. The power supply was nothing but a big dust ball, and the fans were so bad I'm suprised any of them even worked. Anyway, every thing is squeky clean, much quieter, and running smooth.

404NotFound wrote:yjw etpmg jp,rlrud

Try to decode that typing mistake.

404, what have I told you about banging your head on the keyboard?

404NotFound · Post by **404NotFound** » Sun Apr 14, 2002 10:05 am

Oz wrote:
404NotFound wrote:yjw etpmg jp,rlrud

Try to decode that typing mistake.
404, what have I told you about banging your head on the keyboard?

No i was using the wrong homekeys.

Veggita2099 · Post by **Veggita2099** » Sun Apr 14, 2002 11:17 am

if its a ancient quarter made of gold i will do it. I will even take the monitor apart!