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Clodfobble · 02-17-2010, 08:58 PM

Man, there is just nothing like holding your child and having her unexpectedly projectile vomit all over you. Had to take a shower to get the smell out of my hair. Good times.

classicman · 02-17-2010, 09:59 PM

ugghhh. nope nothing quite like it.

squirell nutkin · 02-17-2010, 10:08 PM

Well, there is something almost quite like it; having them vomit in your open mouth as you are talking to them (Don't recommend it, FYI) and having them projectile shit all over you and anything in a three foot radius. (yes, I am using the term radius correctly)

Indeed, good times... someday we'll look back on this and...

Pie · 02-17-2010, 10:13 PM

reminds me of why I stuck to cats.

squirell nutkin · 02-17-2010, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

I'll bet she shags like a minx...

lumberjim · 02-17-2010, 10:42 PM

meh... I bet she just lays there and lets you do all the work.

Undertoad · 02-18-2010, 06:25 AM

memtest ran overnight, all tests passed.

Pete Zicato · 02-18-2010, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

memtest ran overnight, all tests passed.

What's next? Can one of the Linux live cds run a drive test?

Hmm. Have you tried reinstalling XP? That'd be interesting. If it installs ok, then it's probably not faulty hardware but a hardware incompatibility with Win7.

Undertoad · 02-18-2010, 09:26 AM

Various forums suggest: pulling all but one RAM stick, updating the BIOS firmware, moving the install disk to a bootable thumb drive. I'm thinking that #2 is the best suggestion, but it's also the highest degree of difficulty.

I was able to copy the install DVD to a thumb drive just to prove that the DVD was OK. Maybe I will try making it bootable just to see what happens.

Undertoad · 02-18-2010, 12:12 PM

I went ahead and updated the BIOS. It worked!

The MB is the Asus M2N SLI. Asus makes it pretty easy to update your BIOS.

lumberjim · 02-18-2010, 12:19 PM

what's that, boy? Timmy is down the well?

Pete Zicato · 02-18-2010, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

I went ahead and updated the BIOS. It worked!

The MB is the Asus M2N SLI. Asus makes it pretty easy to update your BIOS.

Groovy. And the win7 install?

Undertoad · 02-18-2010, 12:37 PM

Yeah that's what I meant by It worked - should have been more specific. After updating the BIOS, the Win7 install worked. I am in the process of trying to get the old apps running on the new installation.

Pete Zicato · 02-18-2010, 12:55 PM

Excellent. Let us know how you like it.

And how it performs on older hardware.

Pie · 02-18-2010, 01:38 PM

I've got win7 working on my 5-year-old desktop. It's been far more stable than xp ever was.

02-17-2010, 08:58 PM	#2431
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02-17-2010, 09:59 PM	#2432
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	ugghhh. nope nothing quite like it. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-17-2010, 10:08 PM	#2433
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Well, there is something almost quite like it; having them vomit in your open mouth as you are talking to them (Don't recommend it, FYI) and having them projectile shit all over you and anything in a three foot radius. (yes, I am using the term radius correctly) Indeed, good times... someday we'll look back on this and... __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

02-17-2010, 10:13 PM	#2434
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	reminds me of why I stuck to cats. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

02-17-2010, 10:42 PM	#2436
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	meh... I bet she just lays there and lets you do all the work. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-18-2010, 06:25 AM	#2437
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	memtest ran overnight, all tests passed.

02-18-2010, 09:26 AM	#2439
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Various forums suggest: pulling all but one RAM stick, updating the BIOS firmware, moving the install disk to a bootable thumb drive. I'm thinking that #2 is the best suggestion, but it's also the highest degree of difficulty. I was able to copy the install DVD to a thumb drive just to prove that the DVD was OK. Maybe I will try making it bootable just to see what happens.

02-18-2010, 12:12 PM	#2440
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I went ahead and updated the BIOS. It worked! The MB is the Asus M2N SLI. Asus makes it pretty easy to update your BIOS.

02-18-2010, 12:19 PM	#2441
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	what's that, boy? Timmy is down the well? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-18-2010, 12:37 PM	#2443
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Yeah that's what I meant by It worked - should have been more specific. After updating the BIOS, the Win7 install worked. I am in the process of trying to get the old apps running on the new installation.

02-18-2010, 12:55 PM	#2444
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Excellent. Let us know how you like it. And how it performs on older hardware. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

02-18-2010, 01:38 PM	#2445
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	I've got win7 working on my 5-year-old desktop. It's been far more stable than xp ever was. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

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