Some True BCN History - Homecoming of a long lost friend!

[sam_sam_sam]

TopCat

Just how many computer do you have because in one of the pictures I saw a lot of them on a shelf

But very nice work ——> you must enjoy what you are doing <—— keep up the good work

I appreciate you for putting affordable computer system together for people in this pandemic and the hardships that people are facing “ Thank You ”

I find your comments about problems that you run into that take a long to figure out [ a waste of time ]
Very funny I have had the same thoughts a few times myself

[Topcat]

Originally Posted by sam_sam_sam

Just how many computer do you have because in one of the pictures I saw a lot of them on a shelf

I really don't know. What was shown on that shelf isn't even the tip of the iceberg. There's gotta be over 100 of them around here....they breed at night, along with monitors & keyboards... Some of the more useless/bad systems I've been dismantling and ebaying or recycling...otherwise this stuff will run you out of your own shop!

Originally Posted by sam_sam_sam

I appreciate you for putting affordable computer system together for people in this pandemic and the hardships that people are facing “ Thank You ”

When the panic set in, I sold every laptop I had, and finally started selling desktops when the laptops ran out. I got to the point I had no more decent desktops available/ready that I lent out THIS BUILD to a customer that needed a pretty powerful workstation with multi monitor support.... It worked for several months while the customer gathered the funds for a more modern build, and I got the hobbyist build back when the new one was ready. It kinda made me smile inside a little knowing that something that was built to be a time-wasting toy ended up helping some in need.

[Per Hansson]

Originally Posted by Uranium-235

Jeez when I first read this title I thought you were talking about someone coming back to the forum like PCBONEZ. What happened to him??

Originally Posted by momaka

I think there was a dispute between him and another member, though I don't remember the details too well and over what.

Then again, I've seen a lot of good people come and go ever since I joined here.

Originally Posted by Topcat

I think Mathog ran him off with his far left weirdness.... I hope he's doing ok....IIRC he was up in the years and not very healthy....and it's probably been a good 10 years since he's been on.

He hangs out over at Vogons.
Here is a thread where I linked a Vogons post where he posted:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=86188

[Topcat]

Originally Posted by Per Hansson

He hangs out over at Vogons.
Here is a thread where I linked a Vogons post where he posted:
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=86188

Glad to know the old chap is ok...

[RJARRRPCGP]

Originally Posted by Topcat

well there went 5 hours of my life I'll never get back. Installing the OS on SYS-B kept yielding BSoD's....after eliminating all the RAM, I focused on the motherboard and processors....long story short, I finally saw a second bad intel processor in my computer career that spans more than 2 decades! Wonky Prestonia 2GHz CPU. I had a pair of 2.4GHz Prestonias in an old Dell workstation. Issues went away. I managed to narrow it down to which one it was....so I could properly salute it...

If you got "0x0000000A", then it probably is a failed CPU, FYI, unless it was an unstable CPU overclock.

Loss of RAM stability, OTOH, is likely to be "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NON_PAGED_AREA" or "BAD_POOL_HEADER" (Possibly 0x0000008E as well)

[Topcat]

Originally Posted by RJARRRPCGP

If you got "0x0000000A", then it probably is a failed CPU, FYI, unless it was an unstable CPU overclock.

Reread the thread....

Long since diagnosed and corrected.