kjer_99 opened this issue on Feb 12, 2009 ยท 22 posts
svdl posted Fri, 13 February 2009 at 12:35 AM
Oo-kay.
THat "POP" probably wasn't the drives. Far more likely it was the southbridge on your mainboard, the chip that controls the drives, tne PCI bus and the network. A blown southbridge may seem to work, but it would account for the troubles you're having.
Expect just about every program to behave wonky.
YOu'll probably have to replace the mainboard of the computer. Depending on the age of your machine, it might mean replacing the entire machine.
The pen is mightier than the sword. But if you literally want to have some impact, use a typewriter