| Author | Topic: VX destroyed my notebook! |
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 | Andreas Gehrs-Pahl | VX destroyed my notebook!
on Wed, 24 Dec 2003 07:21:10 -0500Wonderful -- NOT!
I installed VX on my XP Prof. notebook and recompiled a copy of my main
project, just to see what happens. I played around with all the options and
problems, and was writing some problem-report posts on my Win98 computer,
when the notebook run out of battery power and shut down. This is nothing
too special and has happened several times before without any problems --
usually not even needing a scandisk after such a shutdown.
But now, I can't get it to start up anymore. I don't even get the BIOS
startup screen. Nothing happens. Only the fan starts up after a few minutes.
Blank screen, no disk access, absolutely nothing is happening.
There wasn't anything on that computer that I don't have also on my desktop,
so I didn't loose any data, but what could VX possibly be doing to
completely fry my computer??? I'll bet the warranty run out last week!
Of course, the whole thing could be pure coincidence, but I do wonder...
-- Andreas
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Andreas Gehrs-Pahl E-Mail: GPahl@CharterMI.net
415 Gute Street or: Andreas@DDPSoftware.com
Owosso, MI 48867-4410 or: Andreas@Aerospace-History.net
Tel: (989) 723-9927 Web Site: http://www.Aerospace-History.net
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| Andreas Herdt | Re: VX destroyed my notebook!
on Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:46:51 +0100Hi Andreas,
Well, its Christmas and maybe Santa will bring a new Laptop
that is bigger, better, faster ....
VX can not corrupt a PC in such a manor that the bios will not
come up. This would mean that VX can currupt hardware.
Currently there is no way to program hardware drivers with
Xbase++, but we work on that 
Regards
Andreas Herdt
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Andreas Gehrs-Pahl wrote:
> Wonderful -- NOT!
>
> I installed VX on my XP Prof. notebook and recompiled a copy of my main
> project, just to see what happens. I played around with all the options
> and problems, and was writing some problem-report posts on my Win98
> computer, when the notebook run out of battery power and shut down. This
> is nothing too special and has happened several times before without any
> problems -- usually not even needing a scandisk after such a shutdown.
>
> But now, I can't get it to start up anymore. I don't even get the BIOS
> startup screen. Nothing happens. Only the fan starts up after a few
> minutes. Blank screen, no disk access, absolutely nothing is happening.
>
> There wasn't anything on that computer that I don't have also on my
> desktop, so I didn't loose any data, but what could VX possibly be doing
> to completely fry my computer??? I'll bet the warranty run out last week!
>
> Of course, the whole thing could be pure coincidence, but I do wonder...
>
> -- Andreas
>
> ---
> ---
> Andreas Gehrs-Pahl E-Mail: GPahl@CharterMI.net
> 415 Gute Street or: Andreas@DDPSoftware.com
> Owosso, MI 48867-4410 or: Andreas@Aerospace-History.net
> Tel: (989) 723-9927 Web Site: http://www.Aerospace-History.net
> ---
> ---
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| Mike Grace | Re: VX destroyed my notebook!
on Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:56:31 +0000It sound to me that your laptop decided to go pop anyway.
If you are not getting the display up then it could be a motherboard
failure.
Mike
"Andreas Herdt" <andreas.herdt@alaska-research.com> wrote in message
news:latDWvhyDHA.1976@S15147418...
> Hi Andreas,
>
> Well, its Christmas and maybe Santa will bring a new Laptop
> that is bigger, better, faster ....
>
> VX can not corrupt a PC in such a manor that the bios will not
> come up. This would mean that VX can currupt hardware.
>
> Currently there is no way to program hardware drivers with
> Xbase++, but we work on that
>
> Regards
>
>
> Andreas Herdt
>
>
> //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
> Alaska Research & Development
> Homepage: www.alaska-research.com
> Newsgroup: nntp://news.alaska-Software.net
>
> //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
> Andreas Gehrs-Pahl wrote:
>
> > Wonderful -- NOT!
> >
> > I installed VX on my XP Prof. notebook and recompiled a copy of my main
> > project, just to see what happens. I played around with all the options
> > and problems, and was writing some problem-report posts on my Win98
> > computer, when the notebook run out of battery power and shut down. This
> > is nothing too special and has happened several times before without any
> > problems -- usually not even needing a scandisk after such a shutdown.
> >
> > But now, I can't get it to start up anymore. I don't even get the BIOS
> > startup screen. Nothing happens. Only the fan starts up after a few
> > minutes. Blank screen, no disk access, absolutely nothing is happening.
> >
> > There wasn't anything on that computer that I don't have also on my
> > desktop, so I didn't loose any data, but what could VX possibly be doing
> > to completely fry my computer??? I'll bet the warranty run out last
week!
> >
> > Of course, the whole thing could be pure coincidence, but I do wonder...
> >
> > -- Andreas
> >
> > ---
> > ---
> > Andreas Gehrs-Pahl E-Mail: GPahl@CharterMI.net
> > 415 Gute Street or: Andreas@DDPSoftware.com
> > Owosso, MI 48867-4410 or: Andreas@Aerospace-History.net
> > Tel: (989) 723-9927 Web Site:
http://www.Aerospace-History.net
> > ---
> > ---
>
> --
> |
| Josep | Re: VX destroyed my notebook!
on Wed, 24 Dec 2003 16:04:45 +0100Hello,
maybe unpluggin the batery and the power and wait for a minute cant help.
My notebook uses to do it.
regards
Josep
"Andreas Gehrs-Pahl" <Andreas@DDPSoftware.com> escribi en el mensaje
news:e4pqz0g3itcw.hg0izu1egdzf$.dlg@40tude.net...
> Wonderful -- NOT!
>
> I installed VX on my XP Prof. notebook and recompiled a copy of my main
> project, just to see what happens. I played around with all the options
and
> problems, and was writing some problem-report posts on my Win98 computer,
> when the notebook run out of battery power and shut down. This is nothing
> too special and has happened several times before without any problems --
> usually not even needing a scandisk after such a shutdown.
>
> But now, I can't get it to start up anymore. I don't even get the BIOS
> startup screen. Nothing happens. Only the fan starts up after a few
minutes.
> Blank screen, no disk access, absolutely nothing is happening.
>
> There wasn't anything on that computer that I don't have also on my
desktop,
> so I didn't loose any data, but what could VX possibly be doing to
> completely fry my computer??? I'll bet the warranty run out last week!
>
> Of course, the whole thing could be pure coincidence, but I do wonder...
>
> -- Andreas
>
> --- -
--
> Andreas Gehrs-Pahl E-Mail: GPahl@CharterMI.net
> 415 Gute Street or: Andreas@DDPSoftware.com
> Owosso, MI 48867-4410 or: Andreas@Aerospace-History.net
> Tel: (989) 723-9927 Web Site: http://www.Aerospace-History.net
> --- -
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| Andreas Gehrs-Pahl | Re: VX destroyed my notebook!
on Wed, 24 Dec 2003 10:27:28 -0500Josep and all,
>maybe unpluggin the batery and the power and wait for a minute cant help.
>My notebook uses to do it.
Yes, I unplugged all cables, let the notebook cool down, and after half an
hour or so, I plugged the notebook in again, and let it recharge the
battery. After another hour or so, I tried to start it again, and now
everything is working again.
Probably just some fluke with the battery (or the whole notebook) being to
hot? Who knows.
Back to testing. I have another couple of hours to play with this.
-- Andreas
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Andreas Gehrs-Pahl E-Mail: GPahl@CharterMI.net
415 Gute Street or: Andreas@DDPSoftware.com
Owosso, MI 48867-4410 or: Andreas@Aerospace-History.net
Tel: (989) 723-9927 Web Site: http://www.Aerospace-History.net
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| João Pedro Machado de Sousa | Re: VX destroyed my notebook!
on Thu, 25 Dec 2003 02:02:27 +0000Hi Andreas
> Probably just some fluke with the battery (or the whole notebook) being to
> hot? Who knows.
Not at all. It as an heart attack caused by the surprise of seeig VX ...
Glad to know it recovered
Merry Christmas
João Pedro Machado de Sousa |
| Cliff Wiernik | Re: VX destroyed my notebook!
on Thu, 25 Dec 2003 13:16:07 -0600I had a toshiba Satellite that when the battery was completely run down,
pressing the on switch did nothing until I replugged it in and had at
least 5-10 minutes of battery recharged.
Andreas Gehrs-Pahl wrote:
> Josep and all,
>
>
>>maybe unpluggin the batery and the power and wait for a minute cant help.
>>My notebook uses to do it.
>
>
> Yes, I unplugged all cables, let the notebook cool down, and after half an
> hour or so, I plugged the notebook in again, and let it recharge the
> battery. After another hour or so, I tried to start it again, and now
> everything is working again.
>
> Probably just some fluke with the battery (or the whole notebook) being to
> hot? Who knows.
>
> Back to testing. I have another couple of hours to play with this.
>
> -- Andreas
>
> --- ---
> Andreas Gehrs-Pahl E-Mail: GPahl@CharterMI.net
> 415 Gute Street or: Andreas@DDPSoftware.com
> Owosso, MI 48867-4410 or: Andreas@Aerospace-History.net
> Tel: (989) 723-9927 Web Site: http://www.Aerospace-History.net
> --- --- |
| Kurt | Re: VX destroyed my notebook!
on Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:48:00 -0700same thing here. my old ibm laptop does the same thing I remove the battery
for 1 min, then all is kewl
"Cliff Wiernik" <cwsoft@charter.net> wrote in message
news:%23y0%23FuxyDHA.1976@S15147418...
> I had a toshiba Satellite that when the battery was completely run down,
> pressing the on switch did nothing until I replugged it in and had at
> least 5-10 minutes of battery recharged.
>
>
> Andreas Gehrs-Pahl wrote:
> > Josep and all,
> >
> >
> >>maybe unpluggin the batery and the power and wait for a minute cant
help.
> >>My notebook uses to do it.
> >
> >
> > Yes, I unplugged all cables, let the notebook cool down, and after half
an
> > hour or so, I plugged the notebook in again, and let it recharge the
> > battery. After another hour or so, I tried to start it again, and now
> > everything is working again.
> >
> > Probably just some fluke with the battery (or the whole notebook) being
to
> > hot? Who knows.
> >
> > Back to testing. I have another couple of hours to play with this.
> >
> > -- Andreas
> >
>
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> > Andreas Gehrs-Pahl E-Mail: GPahl@CharterMI.net
> > 415 Gute Street or: Andreas@DDPSoftware.com
> > Owosso, MI 48867-4410 or: Andreas@Aerospace-History.net
> > Tel: (989) 723-9927 Web Site:
http://www.Aerospace-History.net
>
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> |
