Recent content by goatjc

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    Is my laptop FUBAR?

    I'd back up. . .also, all Dells have a diagnostic disk that will check everything on that thing, I'd download the ISO and run that.
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    Strange laptop problem

    Take the battery out and then plug it into the wall. Still nothing, then my bet is on a fried motherboard.
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    POST issue - Major problem

    As always, when weird sh!t like this happens, I go down the line of components that are usually the culprit, which usually starts w/ the Power supply, ram, motherboard, sound card, video card etc. . .with the processor usually being the end of my list. In your case, I'd stab at the motherboard...
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    POST issue - Major problem

    when you say "blank screen", is the monitor even coming on? Like, is it recognizing signal from your video card?
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    Dell Inspiron 600m - Keyboard Problem

    What travisray said, but, most likely, it's a bad keyboard. Bad keyboards will do stuff like this all the time. . .keys wont do what they're suppose to do, pressing any key could do a multitude of things. Keyboards are pretty cheap and easy to replace, I'd suggest going that route even if it...
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    Post your middle name

    Marvin
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    Are there any Catholics here who are up on their theology?

    Me too. Although, I'm anything but Catholic now, but still know what's up.
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    pc will not enter windows or install windows

    I wouldnt think motherboard or cpu. That sounds like either the hard drive, RAM. . .heck, who knows, I've seen PSU's do some crazy things. When stuff like this happens in my system, the last place I look is at the CPU and Mobo, then again, I've had a bad mobo before that did what you have...
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    for a full time job after college, how flexible is the start date at most companies?

    I chose my start date on my first and second jobs out of college. . .although, the first one was pressuring to get me in there ASAP, while the other, I probably could of started anywhere from 1 week to 4 weeks.
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    Weird word 2004 problem

    Yeah, got me. . .it has to be the way the page is programmed that is messing up in Word 04.
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    What kind of fish?

    Breaded & fried walleye & crappie. . .freshly caught of course.
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    Weird word 2004 problem

    Would someone just try to make a hyperlink like I had said above and test it for me? I know it works fine on PC's, just not on any of the Mac's I've tried it on. Thanks in advance.
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    Is it ok to leave a sticker on top of the processor heatsink?

    Yeah, that def. does not look like a new CPU.
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    What's your favorite juice?

    POG juice. . .I've only seen it in Hawaii and it's delicious (stands for Pineapple, Orange, Guava).
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    cost of living raise?

    I believe state/gov't jobs are required though.