I WANT TO TALK TO A GEEK TO HELP AN OLD FART !!

by RICK HARDING
(GRAHAM, TEXAS,USA)

GUYS,
I NEED YOU TO PULL ME UP JUST A NOTCH OR TWO UNTIL I CAN GET WELL AGAIN !!
I HAVE HAD THE "COMPUTER GREMLINS OF THE CYBER WORLD EAT THIS 60 YEAR OLD FART ( TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY !!) UP !!!
MY TALE IS BLEAK, MY BANK ACCOUNT IS LOW, SO I MUST PULL MY TEXAN BOOTS ON BY THE STRAPS ( WITH YOUR HELP ) AND START OVER !! WELL, AT LEAST GET IN MY WHEEL CHAIR AND ROLL OVER TO THE COMPUTER.
HERE IS MY TALE:
I HAVE ONE OPERATING PC.
IT IS A REFURBED HP THAT IS FAIRLY DECENT THAT I PURCHASED ( SEE, I DO NOT KNOW ITS GUTS{HELP ME LEARN AND CHANGE THAT!] SO I WILL TRY AND PASTE WHAT I DO KNOW ABOUT IT FOR YOU). I CAN'T SEEM TO PASTE IT, BUT IT IS AN HP PAVILLION a6826f,Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E7400;
64-bit;6gb;750gb hd; WIN 7 upgrade;SuperMultimedi DVD burner w/lightscribe,- in a rough nutshell.
I HAVE IT PROTECTED WITH NORTON - UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND BETTER THAT I WOULD SURE LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT AS I AM "SACRED OF THEM GREMLINS !!"
THIS MACHINE IS OPERATING, LET'S NOT MESS WITH IT FOR NOW, AND SEE IF WITH YOUR HELP, YOU CAN MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A FLEDGLING RE-BULIDER !!
I AM NOT A TOTAL DUNCE, AS I TAUGHT SCHOOL BACK BEFORE MOST OF YOU GUYS WERE BORN PROBABLY. MY FIRST DEGREE WAS IN INDUSTRIAL ARTS - I TAUGHT DRAFTING- BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN WE USED PENCILS AND INDIA INK !!! THEN THEY WENT TO CAD !!! AND IN THE YEARS SINCE CAD HAS BECOME THE MAINSTAY OF INDUSTRY, INDUSTRIAL ARTS HAS BECOME INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY AND BASICALLY DROPPED FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS CURRICULUM, SO THAT COLLEGE DEGREE IS - LIKE THESE COMPUTERS - A DEAD DUCK !!

The DEAD DUCK COMPUTERS ARE A DIFFERENT STORY
FOR SPECS. LETS WORK WITH THE NEWER OF THE 2 FIRST.
I KNOW IT IS A COMPAQ AND AT LEAST A PENTIUM 4.
I HAVE INSTALLED A NEW POWER PACK AND HIGHER OUTPUT COOLING CPU COOLING FAN. I JUST OPENED UP THE CASE AND LOOKED AT THE LABELS, CHECKED WITH TIGER DIRECT AND WITH THEIR HELP, LUCKED OUT, GOT THE PARTS AND BASICALLY PLUGGED THEM IN AND IT FIRED BACK UP - THE SHOTGUN APPROACH I CALLED IT.
NOW YOU GOT ME IN UNKNOWN WATER AS TO OTHER SPECS.
I WAS ABOUT TO USE THE OLD "SHOOTGUN APPROACH" WHEN I LEARNED REAL FAST THAT I WOULD HAVE JUST SPENT A LOT OF MONEY I REALLY DON'T HAVE TO WASTE
AND PROBABLY NOT ACCOMPLISHED WHAT I NEED TO DO AS IT PROBABLY WOULD NOT "HAVE NOT JUST FIRED RIGHT BACK UP".
I HAVE TRIED TO GET SOME HELP FROM SEVERAL "GEEK CHAT ROOMS" BUT TO DATE, I HAVE NOT HAD ONE RESPONSE AND I AM FEELING A LITTLE PUT OUT - AS IN PUT OUT TO PASTURE !!
SO GUYS,TAKE A CHANCE, WE MIGHT HAVE SOME FUNE HERE AND I CAN PROMISE YOU YOU WILL GET SOME LAUGHS OUT OF ME !!

MY FIRST IDEA WAS TO GET A NEW MOTHER BOARD. JUST FROM READING SOME REVIEWS ABOUT SPEED, AND SATISFACTION, ETC., REPLACING THE OLD ONE, AND PLUGGING MY PROCESSOR IN AS WELL AS THE OTHER DEVICES AND MEMORY CHIPS ETC., AND SEEING WHAT HAPPENED.
I TALKED THIS OVER WITH SOME OTHER OLD FARTS AND REMEMBERED THAT MY WINDOWS XP CDs WERE "HOME PROs" NEEDING SERVICE PAK II DOWNLOADS, OR SOME SUCH SO I SAW SOME MBs WITH NEW PROCESSORS AND OPERATING SYSTEMS BUNDLES. WELL, THINKING THAT MAYBE I COULD GET AWAY FROM THE OPERATING PROBLEMS I HAD BEEN HAVING WITH THE OLD OPERATING SYSTEMS, AND STARTING TO HAVE UNEXPLAINED "GLITCHES???" MAYBE THIS COULD BE THE ROUTE I NEEDED TO GO ???
YEP, WAY OVER MY OLD FART HEAD WAY TOO SOON, AND WAY OVER BUDGET,
SO HERE I AM BEGGING FOR GUIDANCE AND YOUR LOW COST COMPUTER BUILDING EXPERIENCE.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING THIS AND MAKING IT WORK SINCE I TOOK A CHANCE AND LET A TALENTED STUDENT BUILD A"COMPUTER TYPWRITER " IN THE BACK OF DRAFTING CLASS BACK IN 1974( I MADE HIM DRAFT THE SCHEMATIC IN PENCIL AND THEN INK SO I COULD TELL THE PRINCIPAL HE WAS DRAFTING !!) THAT KID WENT ON TO GET A GREAT JOB AT LTV THEN AND WHAT HE BUILT WAS A WORD PROCESSOR IN THE BACK OF A DRAFTING CLASS! WOW ! WAY OVER MY HEAD ! BUT I GAVE HIM THE CHANCE.
NOW HELP ME GET UP TO SPEED IN YA'LLS WORLD!!.
I DO NOT PLAY THE NEW GAMES (USED TO LOVE PAC MAN AND SPACE INVADER etc)GAMES THAT EAT STOREAGE AND THRIVE ON SPEED WITH THE GREAT GRAPHICS,BUT I DO NOT HAVE A NEED FOR ALL THOSE SPECIAL "NEEDS", BUT, IN MY LINE OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY ( THAT WAS ANOTHER OF MY DEGREES I WENT BACK AND GOT RETREADED FOR WHEN I SAW THE WRITING ON THE WALL FOR THE OTHER TWO BECOMING DEAD DUCKS!) - I WORK WITH HUGE FILES OF DATA - SEISMIC DATA- AND MAPPING DATA- AND LOGGING DATA - THAT EATUP HUGE STOREAGE AND TAKE LOTS OF TIME, SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WHAT YOU GUYS USE FOR YOUR NEEDS COULD POSSIBLY BE USED FOR MY WORK NEEDS.
SHOOT, I KNOW MANY TIMES YOU GUYS CAN DO WHAT YOU DO AND DO IT SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE DEGREED GURUS THAT THINK THEY KNOW THE "WAY "AND YOU MAY NOT EVEN HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE. AND DON'T NEED ONE !! I HAVE SEEN THINGS MADE OUT OF "JUNK" DO THE MOST AMAZING THINGS THAT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND COUNTLESS MANHOURS OF RESEARCH HAVE FAILED TO DO!
ANYWAY, I NEED TO JUST GET THIS OLD WORK WINDOWS XP PLATFORM UP AND WORKING WITH YOUR HELP AND THEN WHO KNOWS WHAT MIGHT DEVELOP BETWEEN THE GEEKS AND THE OLD OIL FART !!!
THANKS FOR LISTENING !!
ITS BEEN FUN JUST RATTELING' OFF TO SOMEONE IN MY FRUSTRATION !!!
HAVE A GREAT DAY !!
RICK HARDING - THE OLE' OIL FART

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