Figured a thread about computer issues might be something that be nice to have. Complain or identify issues with your machine, and maybe even get some hints and fixes. I'm pretty sure we've got some tech-savvy folks amongst us, after all...
This is inspired by the issue I currently have. Computer's been "lagging" and hanging up for a little while now. It came and went so I just dealt with it. After all, I could still play FFXIV and surf the net. I just figured it was some program like Firefox bloating up and slowing things down.
Surely that would work. I checked the Task Manager, shut down any extra stuff that didn't need to running, and continued on. Which seemed to work well enough...
Until today. Restarted my computer for updates to my antivirus software... And got "no boot device available." Not the best way to start off a Sunday. Used the built-in Alienware ePSA Pre-Boot System Assessment application to see what was up. Everything is fine... Except for the hard drive, which is suddenly giving me this error message:
Error Code 2000-0151
Validation 71117
Msg: Hard Drive 0 - S/N Z1F22T1K
Incorrect Status = 32
So yeah, I have Best Buy looking into it now. They agree that it's something with the hard drive, but whether it's just a software issue or my HD suddenly fubar-ing itself royally, we don't know. Down $200 as they look it over and hopefully find a solution within their 2-3 day time window.
I still have my install disk if it's really needed, but I hope my stuff can be salvaged. Preferably something that can be resolved same day. Because, until then, I'm computer-less. Wee.Â
This is inspired by the issue I currently have. Computer's been "lagging" and hanging up for a little while now. It came and went so I just dealt with it. After all, I could still play FFXIV and surf the net. I just figured it was some program like Firefox bloating up and slowing things down.
Surely that would work. I checked the Task Manager, shut down any extra stuff that didn't need to running, and continued on. Which seemed to work well enough...
Until today. Restarted my computer for updates to my antivirus software... And got "no boot device available." Not the best way to start off a Sunday. Used the built-in Alienware ePSA Pre-Boot System Assessment application to see what was up. Everything is fine... Except for the hard drive, which is suddenly giving me this error message:
Error Code 2000-0151
Validation 71117
Msg: Hard Drive 0 - S/N Z1F22T1K
Incorrect Status = 32
So yeah, I have Best Buy looking into it now. They agree that it's something with the hard drive, but whether it's just a software issue or my HD suddenly fubar-ing itself royally, we don't know. Down $200 as they look it over and hopefully find a solution within their 2-3 day time window.
I still have my install disk if it's really needed, but I hope my stuff can be salvaged. Preferably something that can be resolved same day. Because, until then, I'm computer-less. Wee.Â
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