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northwind
19-08-08, 02:46 PM
I cleverly wired two 12V hot fan leads together and burned out the motherboard :( So, I'll not be on very much till I get a new one made. ANd then I'll be off to Reading. See ya in a week org!

suzsv650
19-08-08, 02:58 PM
i will see you there sunday!

Grinch
19-08-08, 03:35 PM
Reading... talk about down south...

Ed
19-08-08, 04:07 PM
I cleverly wired two 12V hot fan leads together and burned out the motherboard :(

Liar liar pants on fire:smt071

Truth is, it couldn't cope with 40 threads on the Ecosse rideout and blew up:p

Shellywoozle
19-08-08, 04:49 PM
That's a silly thing to do !!! They think I am dizzy ;)

phil24_7
19-08-08, 05:04 PM
You stupid sod!! You not keep any spares??

Have fun reinstalling windows! ;-)

northwind
20-08-08, 10:57 PM
Spare motherboards? Well, no. Though I do have an entire spare PC, scooby drew's got it. (posting at my brother's, sign of an addict, I need to get up in 4 and a half hours)

But got a nice modern board to replace my old steam-powered one, and a nicer case too, oh, and a faster hard drive. So basically, the same keyboard.

Grinch
20-08-08, 11:15 PM
Think the oldest bit in my PC is the floppy drive, though no idea if it still works.
One day I'll update it.

phil24_7
21-08-08, 12:15 AM
I modded my floppy drive with a blue led but I've never used it (apart from when I built the pc) so don't even know what it looks like!!

It's getting old now, though it still performs extremely well!

Viney
21-08-08, 07:36 AM
That's a silly thing to do !!! They think I am dizzy ;)No, youre Shelly, Dizzy is someone else, unless you are dizzy, then that would not make you Shelly or the woozle and someone entirly different...if you see what i mean :):cyclops:

dirtydog
22-08-08, 10:22 AM
Northwind has even managed to crash his PC after modding it!!!! Sounds about right!

Viney
22-08-08, 02:49 PM
Cruel...but fair.

northwind
26-08-08, 11:56 PM
Hurrah, new PC practically works. Nice and quiet too. No more cold turkey for me...

Grinch
27-08-08, 08:09 AM
Practically works? What does that mean, it boots up but you can't see anything?

anna
27-08-08, 09:30 AM
welcome back to the 21st century.. how was Reading????

northwind
27-08-08, 11:35 AM
Very good thanks! Good bands, and we were camped on the outside, furthest from the mentals. Not counting the security guards that is.

anna
27-08-08, 11:47 AM
sounds great I had to turn down the follow spot job on the D as I was only just flying back into the uk.... this seems to be a current trend at the moment that I just miss all the good gigs :(

northwind
27-08-08, 12:58 PM
They were incredibly bad, no amount of follow spotting could have saved them ;)