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by ThaPig

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For the last two weeks, I had been working on a project to bring new life to my old laptop by installing Linux on it. I tried a lot of different distros and burned a whole package to disks...

Then today, I went for a bathroom break and left the laptop on the bed for a moment. When I came back I found my cat Dax laying on it.

I don't know what happened. Either she accidentally pressed the combination of keys that screws up the BIOS or she made the laptop overheat. The case is the screen shows gibberish now. Maybe she changed the language to Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. In any case, several days of hard work have gone up in digital smoke.

Me: "By the way, I use Arch"
Dax: "Not anymore"

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female 1,022,712, cat 202,935, laptop 940, linux 51

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Published: 3 years, 7 months ago

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GreenPika

3 years, 7 months ago

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sorry about that.

actually that looks like a display issue. my old computer kicked the bucket in the same way. I think either the video card went bad or the connection from the actual screen got damaged.

ThaPig

3 years, 7 months ago

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@ GreenPika

Did you sit on it?

GreenPika

3 years, 7 months ago

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@ ThaPig

no, I bought it used and it looked as if someone had played rugby with it inside a moving dumpster. @.@; I'm not surprised it died. The ribbon cable connecting the screen in yours might have just gone wonky or maybe it's loose.

ThaPig

3 years, 7 months ago

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@ GreenPika

This laptop cost me $12 back then.

I already found another one on eBay... can you believe how things have gone up in these years? This one cost me $17 and has a broken hinge.

GreenPika

3 years, 7 months ago

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@ ThaPig

broken hinge huh. Supports my theory that it's the display.

I think mine cost like $40 and supposed to be "refurbished" but by that it turns out they meant, someone slapped a fresh OS install in it and called it good. seriously, there was garden soil in the heat sink. wtf

ThaPig

3 years, 7 months ago

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@ GreenPika

Oh, no. The one with the broken hinge is the "new" one I ordered, that one hasn't arrived yet.
The old one was chap because the owner forgot his password and could not make it work.

GreenPika

3 years, 7 months ago

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@ ThaPig

lol oh my goodness. still not an expensive replacement.

curtainshowers

3 years, 7 months ago

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Oh no! DX

ThaPig

3 years, 7 months ago

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@ curtainshowers

Can you imagine how mad I was there for a second?
But I can't stay mad at that face...

TheAtomicDog

3 years, 7 months ago

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But of course it was the black cat what's the suspect.

ThaPig

3 years, 7 months ago

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@ TheAtomicDog

Well, I have photographic evidence of culpability

TheAtomicDog

3 years, 7 months ago

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@ ThaPig

A culpability clearly verified, without compunction, by the culprit.

FrancisJCat

3 years, 7 months ago

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Neither actually.
You caught your cat trying to communicate in its own language with its home planet.

ThaPig

3 years, 7 months ago

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@ FrancisJCat

That's entirely possible.

ArityWalf

3 years, 7 months ago

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It look likes those thingies in the matrix, like, what the guys outside the matrix read on their computers all the time
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/matri...

Silliness aside,
Sorry for your loss

ThaPig

3 years, 7 months ago

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@ ArityWalf

I had the Matrix code as a screen saver for many years. It looked awesome when I had multiple monitors.

microbuss

3 years, 7 months ago

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I've junked a few of those but I kept the logos

ThaPig

3 years, 7 months ago

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@ microbuss

I do that with cars.

microbuss

3 years, 7 months ago

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@ ThaPig

well I also collect the Dealer Badges from cars too hehe

straycat74

3 years, 5 months ago

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incidentally I used to work at IBM Thinkpad Hardware support back in 1997-2000
if it's a hardware problem I might could fix it.
do you get anything legible when it boots? or is it all hieroglyphics from the moment you power it up?

ThaPig

3 years, 5 months ago

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@ straycat74

Nothing shows up, just this. But I already bought another old Thinkpad on Ebay.
Thanks anyways! It's greatly appreciated.

straycat74

3 years, 5 months ago

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@ ThaPig

ok, well if you want me to have a look at it, I'd be happy to.
no charge unless it needs parts... and if you already replaced it I kinda doubt you are going to wanna waste more money on it.

ThaPig

3 years, 5 months ago

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@ straycat74

Thanks! I really appreciate it, but the laptop was more than 15 years old and it had already other problems, the screen was already dim and was sluggy to run even with Lubuntu. I had it mostly for the sentimental value, I got it really cheap because the original owner had forgotten his password and could not start it. It served me for many years.

I found another chap one on eBay and fixed it. I'll keep this one away from my feline menace.

straycat74

3 years, 5 months ago

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@ ThaPig

I haven't worked at IBM since 2000. I remember being briefed about the A-series but there wasn't any training material for it yet... not that they ever bothered to train us BEFORE something new came out... but that's another story

ok, np. was just offering to help if I could

ThaPig

3 years, 5 months ago

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@ straycat74

The big point of this laptop was the bios password was allegedly impossible to hack. So if you forgot it, the laptop was locked up forever. I got it for $12 because of that.

I searched online and someone had already posted a way to hack it. It involved soldering some components that bypassed the ship where the password was stored. Remember when you could buy parts at Radio Shack? It's been some time.

straycat74

3 years, 5 months ago

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@ ThaPig

I worked at RadioShack as their computer guy before I worked at IBM, so yeah...

also as an former IBM contractor, I know how to remove bios passwords, it was part of my training (what little training they offered)
and for $12 you cannot beat that with a stick!

straycat74

3 years, 5 months ago

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@ ThaPig

I mean hell, I'd pay you the shipping just to have something to play with.

ThaPig

3 years, 5 months ago

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@ straycat74

Oh, I wanted to spare you the trouble. But if it's going to be a fun project for you, by all means, PM me an address, and I'll mail it to you!

straycat74

3 years, 5 months ago