Two PC problems

Bibin · Post by **Bibin** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:51 pm

I've got two PC problems.

THe first PC:

It's a Dell latitude C600, and it would be fine, but I managed to delete locale.dll of W2k, so it won't boot. THat would be fine with safe mode, but that won't go either.

The CD drive would help, but it's broken.

I killed the USB. Anyone know where to get a new CD drive cheap?

THe second PC:

It's my mom's Apple Powerbook G4. THis PC's really messed up: OS9 still works, but the CD drive is broken, and when you plug in firewire stuff it overheats, then shuts down. Is the logic board going?

Oh please, mac fanboys, don't jump in with "GET A MAC". Apple's OS will never, ever be RAM-efficient, fun, or sufficient for my needs.

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:52 pm

1) ebay

2) I dont think so, but I dont know much about macs.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:00 pm

A thrift store or pawn shop might have a cd drive or a computer with one that you could take out of it. Or if you have cool friends, they might have one.

Bibin · Post by **Bibin** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:37 pm

Probably won't work; it's a laptop.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:50 pm

Bibin wrote:Probably won't work; it's a laptop.

Oh sorry, I didn't comprehend that. Ebay is your best bet, but thrift stores *might* have one, if you're really lucky.

Dark Savant0 · Post by **Dark Savant0** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:07 am

As for the Mac, I would suggest going to a Mac only website and posting there.

Bibin · Post by **Bibin** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:14 am

Oh well... I hate going to those Mac-only sites. They bite fericiously with a storm of "GETAMAC" without presenting a valid reason to.

Post by **bicostp** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:56 am

Then don't tell them about your Dell.

They'll just assume you're only using the PowerBook.

Bibin · Post by **Bibin** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:40 am

But then poeple will think I'm a mac person!

Nah, I'd have to wade through their stupid "using a $ sign in microsoft because they think it hasn't lost it's novelty yet, even though it just looks stupid" and their bad adverts that don't really give any good reasons to buy one of their computers.

Oh damn, I broke into a rant against apple's arseness again.