Mother of Fuck!! (Computer Related)

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-12-09 10:43pm

Sarah didn't come with a CD-burner drive when we bought her, as I needed a printer more at the time.

So fast forward over a year (and several gigabytes) later and I finally get an internal CD burner drive to install into Sarah. Several weeks pass until I finally get the power and data cables that weren't sent with the drive.

Now, yesterday I finally get the cables that I need to make the drive work. I'm naturally excited, as I finally get the chance to move most of my fansubs off my hard drive, and make some CDs...

Today Utsanomiko and I open Sarah up, cleaning a lot of the dust that we discover. I figure out how to take off the front cover, and mount the burner drive in its bay.

But lo and behold, Sarah doesn't have any power ports or secondary IDE connections that are free, and I cannot finish hooking up the drive into Sarah.

God. Mother. Fucking. Jesus. Herold. Christ. Damn. It.

I am indeed quite pissed off.

So now the $80-90 CD burner we bought is useless, and I'll probably have to end up getting an external one.

God damn it.

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-12-09 10:46pm

Shee-it. That sucks.

data_link · Post by **data_link** » 2002-12-09 10:47pm

Yes, that really sucks.

BTW - your latest avatar looks a bit grainy.

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-12-09 10:47pm

Who the hello kitty is Sarah?

And nice new avatar.

data_link · Post by **data_link** » 2002-12-09 10:47pm

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:Who the hello kitty is Sarah?

And nice new avatar.

Sarah = the name of Spanky's computer.

Edit: GAH! Damn spellng errors.

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-12-09 10:48pm

data_link wrote:
Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:Who the hello kitty is Sarah?

And nice new avatar.
Srah = the name of Spanky's computer.

I have no idea whether I should feel disturbed or sympathetic.

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2002-12-09 10:48pm

Suggestions from someone who works with this stuff.

First off, swap the burner with the cd-rom that is already installed.

Second, do you only have one drive on each IDE channel? If so, you should be able to set up the burner as a slave on one of those drives.

If you must go external, I would suggest checking out pricewatch.com or newegg.com for an external enclosure to mount that CDR into. Might save you a few more bux in the end.

EDIT: I take it this is a comcrap or HP?

data_link · Post by **data_link** » 2002-12-09 10:49pm

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:
data_link wrote:
Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:Who the hello kitty is Sarah?

And nice new avatar.
Srah = the name of Spanky's computer.
I have no idea whether I should feel disturbed or sympathetic.

For what? I fixed my spelling error, didn't I?

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-12-09 10:51pm

data_link wrote:
Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:
data_link wrote: Srah = the name of Spanky's computer.
I have no idea whether I should feel disturbed or sympathetic.
For what? I fixed my spelling error, didn't I?

About his computer being named "sarah"

And yeah, most CD burners double as CD readers so it wouldn't hurt to switch the two.

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-12-09 10:51pm

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:I have no idea whether I should feel disturbed or sympathetic.

Why? I liked that idea when he showed us his desktop. I've been considering naming mine Arsenal.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-12-09 10:52pm

My CD-ROM is a DVD drive. I don't want to do that.

I don't really know a lot about computers, so maybe I could do that, but I'm not the one whose going to try it.

ESB: What's wrong with giving your computer a name?

DL: Yeah, the picture didn't size-down very well.

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-12-09 10:52pm

I think I'll name my comp too...

Maybe... Nirvana?

(You won't get it unless you watch Vandread)

data_link · Post by **data_link** » 2002-12-09 10:53pm

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:About his computer being named "sarah"

Dude, the guy's name is Spanky the Dolphin. After that, nothing distrubs me.

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-12-09 10:54pm

data_link wrote:
Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:About his computer being named "sarah"
Dude, the guy's name is Spanky the Dolphin. After that, nothing distrubs me.

Ah, so.

*Looks strangely at Spanky and tiptoes the hell away*

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-12-09 10:54pm

The "The" is capitalised, God damn it!

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-12-09 10:54pm

Or maybe I'll name it Alice after the Gundam computer in Sentinal.

data_link · Post by **data_link** » 2002-12-09 10:57pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:The "The" is capitalised, God damn it!

Picky, picky, picky.

BTW, why is your title "Third Children?" Asuka is the second child.

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-12-09 10:58pm

HE is the Third Child.

Asuka is his avatar.

EDIT:

Right?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-12-09 10:58pm

A.L.I.C.E. sounds good, but I'm sticking with Sarah, as it's one of my favourite women's names.

I'm just glad I was able to vent about this, as I've been a little cheesed off for a few hours.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-12-09 11:00pm

Asuka is the Second Children.

Rei is the First Children.
Shinji is the Third Children.

I like how Third sounds.

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-12-09 11:01pm

Is your comp any better now?

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-12-09 11:01pm

I tried them out and thought Arsenal looked the best. So, my comp's name is now Arsenal.

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-12-09 11:02pm

IG-88E wrote:I tried them out and thought Arsenal looked the best. So, my comp's name is now Arsenal.

I take it you're using the Heavyarms Arsenal pic as a backdrop?

data_link · Post by **data_link** » 2002-12-09 11:03pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Asuka is the Second Children.

Rei is the First Children.
Shinji is the Third Children.

I like how Third sounds.

See? I TOLD you that Asuka had a crush on Shinji. Boo-yah, take that, Shinji-Rei fans.

*drops out of crazy mode*

The above was a test of the random posting system. If this had ben a real emergency, this post would have contained useful content. We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2002-12-09 11:04pm

Sarah works just as fine as she did before, it's just that I have a dead drive sitting in her now.