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An informed looking forum post yesterday convinced us it was worth a try brining the chickens before grilling them, so they've been soaking overnight, and we'll give them a shot today.

Chicken Links!	Thanks Mike Martinez and Ant.
Play:	Curveball.
Link:	Extreme Lian Li by Ediejo.
Stories:	Movie critic Ebert seriously ill. Anti-penny push provokes passions. Estonians reign at wife-carrying championships.
Science!:	Confidence in ability to control weather dries up. 'Plasma needle' could replace the dentist's drill.
Media:	Get Perpendicular. Thanks Clockwork.
Teh Funny:	ActionTrip Comic Strip.

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PC Woes...

Jul 3, 2006, 19:25

Halsy

Hey all...

I'm having a problem with my main PC where I'm getting a Floppy Disk 40 error at boot up - and I don't even have a floppy drive - and when I bypass the error and the PC starts the boot sequence, right after the screen you see where the IRQs are assigned the PC reboots itself.

So, I'm thinking this is a problem with the I/O port on the mainboard itself and if it is, does this mean it's given up the ghost and time for me to finally get rid of this machine (I won't be replacing anything for this PC as it's 3 years old and I was going to get a new rig in August anyway). Could it possible be something else and/or is there a workaround?

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"And then, suddenly and without warning, it turned into a real-life case of hungry, hungry hippos." - Stephen Colbert

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