[clug-talk] Where to get computer repaired

[John Jardine]

Are you sure it is the CD/DVD making the noise not the PS fan or CPU
fan?

Are you booting from a HDD or from the CD/DVD?

If you normally boot from the HDD, try disconnecting the CD/DVD drive
and rebooting.  That will at least isolate that issue.  New CD/DVD
drives are cheap.

Cheers,
J.J.



On Tue, 2009-12-22 at 10:53 -0700, Ralph Boland wrote:
> When shutting down my computer last night I forgot to close the CD door.
> The computer shutdown but left the door open.  When I tried to reboot
> it wouldn't start up.  By pushing the door I managed to get the door
> closed.
> At this point (or before when the computer shut down) there was a
> sound like a motor, likely the CD drive motor.  This sound wouldn't
> stop even though the computer was shutdown.  The computer would not
> turn on at this point so I unplugged it.  I tried several times to
> reboot after plugging in the computer but without success.  The motor
> sound restarted but the computer otherwise remained completely off.
> After several tries the motor sound stopped.
> The only thing I see now is to bring it to a repair shop.
> Can anyone suggest where I should get it repaired that I can reach by
> C-train and if necessary bus?
> My computer is over 5 years old  (2.7G celeron,  768M memory, cost
> 600$ in  2004)
> but is fast enough for me for the moment.  At what repair cost point
> does it make sense to just buy a new computer?
> 
> 
> By the way if anybody is considering upgrading (as opposed to an
> install) from  ubuntu  9.04
> to  9.10,  DON'T!  I upgraded 9 days ago.  Since then my computer
> freezes a dozen or more times a day.  Everything freezes except the
> mouse.  Even ctrl-alt F-6 is ignored.  I tried to find a pattern as to
> where it freezes but to no avail.  The only way I found to avoid
> freezing was to not log in although it seemed pretty safe when only in
> the shell.  I finally gave up and decided to do a fresh install.  But
> I ran into problems burning a backup DVD.  I have my backups from 9
> days ago though.  Then my computer died.
> 
> Thanks for any advice.  I can read emails (rpboland at gmail.com) at the
> library or I can be phoned at  403-764-3681
> 
> Ralph Boland
> 
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