American English speaking members of Anandtech, please translate for me:

[jonnyGURU]

I just got this email and I don't understand it.

Maybe my English is not as good as it should be.

Maybe I'm tired.

"I just tried installing in the bios on the board is bad the boards getting power but it won't fire up the bios to even run the test to get a beep."

What do you think it means?

 

[ltk007]

The board isn't getting any power, the moron thinks its the BIOS. That's my take

 

[Bryan]

<< I just tried flashing the bios on the board, and the board is apparently bad. The board is getting power but I am unable to even get into the BIOS. The system won't POST, and won't beep.... By the way, my name is nexus_7. >>

 

[Czar]

I just tried installing in the bios
on the board is bad
the boards getting power
but it won't fire up the bios
to even run the test to get a beep.

Ok, he updated the bios and now the computer wont post.

 

[Susan]

He flashed his BIOS and now can't get into it??

 

[jonnyGURU]

Sigh.....

You see... I get this like ten to twenty times a day.

I just want to put PCs together and listen to old Dead Milkmen tunes.

 

[Ranger X]

Yep, looks like he flashed the BIOS and something went wrong in the process or the updated BIOS was bad. The computer won't boot anymore because it won't even reach the point where it beeps. This is one messy problem he got himself into. :Q

 

[Regine]

Your English isn't bad - that guy is just an idiot

 

[prodigy]

Let's not jump on the guy for speaking/typing like that though. He might be a foreigner and not have a strong grasp of the English Language.

 

[Regine]

Even if he is a foreigner - I'm sure they have something resembling punctuation in his language.
Never mind the &quot;&quot; behind what I said.

 

[prodigy]

Whoops toogirl, I hadn't seen your post when I typed that. I was referring to the first one:



<< the moron thinks its the BIOS >>

 

[jonnyGURU]

Hey Prodigy, let's put it this way: He signed the letter with a name similar to &quot;Bill Smith&quot;. OK?

I get emails from native Asians and French Canadians all of the time and even they can articulate better, and with proper punctuation, than this guy.

I mean LOOK AT IT! He says the word &quot;BIOS&quot; twice in one sentence without even using a comma! :Q

I think it's actually a letter from Dr. Seuss!

 

[Adul]

Makes you wonder how he figured out how to send an e-mail.

 

[yakko]

<< &quot;I just tried installing in the bios on the board is bad the boards getting power but it won't fire up the bios to even run the test to get a beep.&quot; >>



Translation = It's broken.

 

[apoppin]

Dead Milkmen.

 

[squirrel dog]

he screwed up the bios flash,and now his mo/bo is dead.

 

[Pretender]

Translation: I was smoking weed last night, and changed the jumpers around. The FSB is now 166Mhz and the PCI bus is at 55 Mhz. Just to make sure it'd work the first time, I just flashed the BIOS before trying it, and it doesn't work. What could be the problem? By the way, my name is nexus_7.

 

[jonnyGURU]

Ah yes, Pretender!

Now it's perfectly clear.

Thank you.

Of course.

 

[uncouth]

most likely he flashed bios but did not replace his jumper to where it needs to be to make a normal restart.

my 2 grand...

 

[Fathom4]

translation:

&quot;Dear JohnnyGURU,

I'm an idiot that doesn't know a PC from a milkcan, the pimply faced kid across the street said I needed to flash my BOIS whatever that is. After hooking the jumper cable from my car to my PC it refuses to &quot;boot&quot; so I kicked it as the pimply faced kid suggested but that apparently wasn't the type &quot;boot&quot; it needed. When the smoke cleared from the room I have found my mothersomething or other is past repair. If I send it to you will you replace it free of charge since I'm an idiot?&quot; /jk

Huh, this guy works at my company, we've got about 20 more just like him.

 

[DesignDawg]

I think it means:

YOUR PIECE OF SH@T COMPANY SOLD ME A KT7 WITH A DURON AND DIDN'T CHECK TO SEE IF IT WAS THE RIGHT REVISION OF THE BIOS FOR THE CHIP, THUS I CAN NOT POST. I WANT A NEW BOARD SHIPPED IMMEDIATELY.

--Or something like that.

Ricky
DesignDawg

 

[hans007]

i think it means something like, i've got less than a 4th grade education, and i'm an idiot, so dont ever sell me computer parts again.

 

[jonnyGURU]

DesignDawg: Yeah! I'm used to that one. Unfortunately, it is a P3V4X and doesn't need a BIOS revision to boot.

I'm going to email him asking him to clarify. I'll start by telling him that I think he means that he flashed the BIOS and now it won't boot and ask him if we're on the right track. :|

 

[Chef0083]

After hooking the jumper cable from my car to my PC it refuses to &quot;boot&quot; so I kicked it as the pimply faced kid suggested but that apparently wasn't the type &quot;boot&quot; it needed.


Ehehehehehe...

 

[jonnyGURU]

Hmm...

I just got another email from a different customer that is equally as difficult to understand:

&quot;so i got another board <k7pro> and the will not flash the board at the store i got it because 'thats difficult and we could short the board' ..laugh.. i said 'i know thats WHY you should flash the boards so people dont buy a board, go home and try to do it then ruin the board and have to come back and defective echange it for a nother board' ... not that that's i did or anything.. ehhehe ANYWAYS the new board has bios version 1.3 on it and it recognised the 1 gig cpu.. so talk to me goose... is there any reason why i should risk flashing this with the new bios and chancing toasting another board??&quot;

Goose?

I think I'm installing a new email filter. If an email has the word &quot;BIOS&quot; or &quot;FLASH&quot; in it twice in one sentence, it gets sent directly to the trash.