Punzi the Computer Technician
Since my mother had someplace to go yesterday afternoon, I could not unwind after my mediation hearing. We just ordered a family peperoni double cheeze pizza with that "cheezy volcano" crust... from this place. Yummy!
So instead of going out, I volunteered to fix a court sheriff's computer over the weekend. His OS was failing so I installed a new one. I was the one that originally installed its OS when it was new (about three or four years ago).
Started at around 4:30 p.m. Ended at around 5:00 a.m. today. Just got up and here I am blogging about it.
What took that much time are three things (that are basically my fault). First, I forgot to bring with me the hardware discs so I had to rely on guesswork to figure out the hardware specs and download the appropriate drivers. Finding the ones for the soundcard alone wasted most of the time. Second, I did not know that even a Pentium 4 2.4Ghz considerably slows down if it only has 128 Mb of RAM, especially on multi-tasking jobs... When I tried to do multiple things at the same time, I wasted time instead of saving some. Third, for some reason, internet was slow last night and/or I was downloading huge files for this machine...
Anyway, it's fixed now and I'm just putting it through its paces. Nothing fancy. Just word processing, spreadsheet and internet functions.
Plan to rest afterwards because there's choir tonight.
Maybe I could do this for a living in a first world country. I'd probably get better pay that being a lawyer in this country. At least, I have a back-up profession...
Speaking of professions, you may notice this blog having more personal content. That's because I usually keep my commentaries and law stuff on my other blog now... And it's not as if I closing off to the outside world. I have commented there on the stuff that keeps the legal profession abuzz with activities these days...
A great weekend to all.
So instead of going out, I volunteered to fix a court sheriff's computer over the weekend. His OS was failing so I installed a new one. I was the one that originally installed its OS when it was new (about three or four years ago).
Started at around 4:30 p.m. Ended at around 5:00 a.m. today. Just got up and here I am blogging about it.
What took that much time are three things (that are basically my fault). First, I forgot to bring with me the hardware discs so I had to rely on guesswork to figure out the hardware specs and download the appropriate drivers. Finding the ones for the soundcard alone wasted most of the time. Second, I did not know that even a Pentium 4 2.4Ghz considerably slows down if it only has 128 Mb of RAM, especially on multi-tasking jobs... When I tried to do multiple things at the same time, I wasted time instead of saving some. Third, for some reason, internet was slow last night and/or I was downloading huge files for this machine...
Anyway, it's fixed now and I'm just putting it through its paces. Nothing fancy. Just word processing, spreadsheet and internet functions.
Plan to rest afterwards because there's choir tonight.
Maybe I could do this for a living in a first world country. I'd probably get better pay that being a lawyer in this country. At least, I have a back-up profession...
Speaking of professions, you may notice this blog having more personal content. That's because I usually keep my commentaries and law stuff on my other blog now... And it's not as if I closing off to the outside world. I have commented there on the stuff that keeps the legal profession abuzz with activities these days...
A great weekend to all.
transcription by Punzi @ 9:02 AM
1 Objection(s):
hello just dropping by... some tips regarding installing hardware drivers if you are not familiar with a particular hardware or forgot to bring the software.
Open up the CPU and try to look for the IC chips of the boards/cards that you need to install. Look at the serial numbers that is written on them and try to search it on the internet. since the chips are serial number specific you can possibly get instant hits as to what type of hardware / card the computer have and can hopefully be able to search for the drivers/software easily.
btw, had a good time reading your blog :)
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