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    well 1651 dead.

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by zfactor, Feb 19, 2009.

  1. zfactor

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    have now idea what happened. restarted after updating the video drivers and now i get the power light and the scroll lock and caps lock on and fans spinning and nothing more. im trying to find a cmos battery

    edit fixed...man oh man i hope that doesnt happen again need to clear cmos and start over if this happens..
     
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    Hope it wasn't the battery you told me to get, because I bought it today :eek:
     
    Inhuman, Feb 19, 2009
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    no this one was not even that machine. that is mine. the wife still has the 6 cell in hers right now. the 9 cell she has at work. not sure what it was. the system is fine now. i cleared the cmos and reinstalled vista just to be sure. my system has the 9 cell and is perfectly fine.
     
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    Good to hear :)
     
    Inhuman, Feb 19, 2009
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    no that battery works perfectly charges fine and runs great. i love that thing. i got over an hour more on normal use out of it
     
    zfactor, Feb 19, 2009
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    Hahaha, yeah I would be freaking out too man.
     
    Bwoody2016, Feb 19, 2009
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    lol yeah the other 2 are fine. not sure why this one did this. so far since the reinstallation it has been fine now? so i dont know. if it does it again ill check ram and other things next.
     
    zfactor, Feb 19, 2009
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    haha, is this the one that i almost got that this happened to? xD

    Probibally just a glitch in windows, causing some odd failure in the bios maybe?

    Good thing that fixed it!
     
    aan310, Feb 19, 2009
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    yup. its fine now. its been running all day long without a single issue. though the newest nvidia drivers suck on these imo
     
    zfactor, Feb 19, 2009
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    good to know... lmk what the newest ones that run stably are
     
    aan310, Feb 19, 2009
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