[ubuntu-uk] possible to install ubuntu like gentoo?

[Farran Lee]

On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 19:52 +0100, Tan, Xuan wrote:

> Farran: been there, done that. =)
> 
> When I was 15 I single-handedly fried three motherboards because I
> failed to notice the dark spot on the video card that had just toasted.
> I swapped the video card out to test (didn't have a spare video card,
> but had a few spare mobos with AGP slots in them around). (that probably
> reveals how old I am now heh.)
> 
> Be careful when diagnosing/testing!
> 
> XuanYou Tan
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-uk-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Farran Lee
> Sent: 17 April 2008 17:48
> To: British Ubuntu Talk
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] possible to install ubuntu like gentoo?
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 17:44 +0100, Andrew Oakley wrote: 
> 
> 	Farran Lee wrote:
> 	> lots of people have had problems with the same motherboard.
> 	
> 	I'd call that a fairly massive hint, and other than hard drive
> failure, 
> 	I'd say we're coming to the end of the list of possibilties.
> 	
> 	Update the motherboard BIOS, and if it still won't play, swap it
> out for 
> 	a spare motherboard and see if that fixes it.
> 	
> 	Of course, I'm saying this as someone aged 37 with a shed full
> of 
> 	obsolete PC spares I can delve through; the only worry being
> whether the 
> 	mice have eaten/pooed-on anything important (clue: never keep
> chicken 
> 	food and electronics in the same shed).
> 	
> 	If you're 15 and have just bought your first... everything...
> then 
> 	you're probably going to have to make friends with someone who
> can lend 
> 	you a spare.
> 	
> 	By "spare" I mean "they won't mind if you break it". Do NOT
> disassemble 
> 	your best mate's very expensive, and only, PC and then discover
> that 
> 	your PSU subtly fries every motherboard it comes into contact
> with.
> 	
> 	I recommend joining your local Linux User Group and finding
> someone with 
> 	their own shed full of spares nearby!
> 	
> 	http://lug.org.uk
> 	
> 	-- 
> 	Andrew Oakley
> 	
> 	
> 	
> 
> 
> okay, will do :D
> actually I don't have any friends...
> 
> that have anywhere full of 'spare' m/bs. Weird really :/
> 
> I'll RMA it if they'll accept, and if that doesn't work, I'll get a new
> one. got a separate /home partition, so if anything goes wrong, I can
> safely (I hope) reinstall it :D
> 
> 
> ===================================
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 :P 	
> 


hehe I'll watch out for that then
was that a challenge? I'm sure I could beat that if I tried hard
enough :P

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Farran Lee
I'm only 15 :P
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