Netbook Crash & Attendant Festivities (including my thoughts on Best Buy)
So I woke up Thursday morning (at an unearthly hour) and found that my dear pet netbook, "Disaster Area", a black Eee PC 900HD that I got last year thanks to a v. nice tax refund (and to supplement Thalia, my patient & aging Dell Inspiron 1000 from 2004), had (as expected) suspended his operations in the night, but (not as expected) would not wake up to mouse-jiggling and key-tapping, despite his power light, his battery/charge light, and his wireless light being on steadily.
Nor did he wake up after I hard-powered him down. His screen stayed the flat black of power-off; his HDD light stayed off. I powered up Thalia, and began a frantic Google chase after what one is supposed to do when one's Eee starts saying that three out of four lights are on, but no-one's home.
Meanwhile, I popped Disaster Area into the freezer, as this is what one does when one has a hard drive failure.
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Nor did he wake up after I hard-powered him down. His screen stayed the flat black of power-off; his HDD light stayed off. I powered up Thalia, and began a frantic Google chase after what one is supposed to do when one's Eee starts saying that three out of four lights are on, but no-one's home.
Meanwhile, I popped Disaster Area into the freezer, as this is what one does when one has a hard drive failure.
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Crossposted.