well, i started up FB bout 2 hours ago.

"Ati Catalyst control has crashed and has now recovered."
-WoM closes...
try to restart
"permission exception, press any key to continue"
*presses y*
-cmd closes
start WoM
"permission exception, press any key to continue"
*presses something*
-cmd closes
starts up Firefox.
BSOD (yay!)
i sit there looking at it.
i think it mentioned the BIOS
started and completed memory dump

my mouse was visible but frozen with a blue spinning circly thingy...
fans were going crazy so i held the power button till shutoff (i read somewhere I shouldnt have done this, why? how are you supposed to shutdown from a BSOD?)

i proceeded to reboot.
...
...
keyboard lights slowly flashing.
crackling harddrive for a sec or two...
no display :/
laptop wont POST

knowing the BSOD said something about the BIOS, i took out the HD cover and reset the CMOS by taking out the RTC battery...
no luck.
tried booting with battery
no luck
tried booting w/o HD
no luck

D:!!!!

i think I fried my motherboard by cutting the power after a memdump v_v

im now on my backup laptop
Pentium M @1.73
DDR2 1gig at < 667
integrated Intel GMA 915...

no OpenGL = no Minecraft

v_v
bi guys. wont be around for a while
proceed to "WOOHOO!", provide tech support, or explain why "you're glad that bitch is gone"

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R.I.P HP tx2 1025-dx
Y-Y

My Catalyst doesn't asplode when I use WoM so I dunno. Hope you get back soon!

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[22:07] <@FBB2> +Ollieboy: %d+Pandorum%f: So Ollie when shall we have sex again?
[22:07] <@Xesdra_> fail
[22:07] <@FBB2> +Ollieboy: Noo the say failed me
[22:08] <@FBB1> +Pandorum: LOL

wait you need a graphics card to play MC?

Surely onboard would run it?

Nope. It's 3D in Java, dude. It's the least optimized graphics engine you could think of. ;-)

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i had a similar error on my pc, i left it off for about a day after trying everything concerning bios, i checked all cables, finally thought my MB was fried and made an appointment with a friend to check every single part of my computer by exchange when suddenly at a last try before transporting my pc to her it POSTed again and is running since. sad thing is, i don`t know for sure what was wrong and what changed it, but it`s been about 4 months now without any trouble.

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Capi, you might want to thinnk about moving this to the "Hard and Software" Forum of SpA. More people might be able to help you there, seeing as not all SpA members read these forums in depth.

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onboard will surely will run it... point being run. your onboard gfx will actually have to run... on steroids. steroids being OpenGL Pixel acceleration...

Lim i assume you were referring to using Java as an earlier decision gone wrong in your other thread?

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R.I.P HP tx2 1025-dx
Y-Y

Hope you can come back soon!

Yeah, it stinks when laptops die, because you can't fix 'em (as easily/at all, depending on model and skill level).

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