Computer Mayhem Part I
"Hey, pass me that nut driver!" I yell at nobody in particular - before remembering that today, I'm at the shop alone. With four computers to build, a computer with spyware, a computer that's not booting properly, and another computer that won't boot properly.
All within five measly little hours. Welcome to a day in the life of a computer technician. That's me.
I find the nut driver myself, and screw in the little feet that are supposed to hold the motherboard in place. One of them doesn't want to screw. I put the nut driver aside for a moment, and set up the computer needing spyware removal.
I set it up at one of the three stations on our counter. After plugging it in and turning it on, I wait for it to load windows. And wait. And wait. And wait. Finally, I go back to the computer that I'm building. I force the nut into place, and dig the mother board box out from the bottom of the box with all the other components.
I find the mother board, and place it on the nuts. The nuts are created so that another screw can be driven in top. I screw the mother board in, and get ready to find the CPU. My eye falls across the computer I just set up - finally fully started.
I go back to that computer. Clicking on the start menu, I see something that catches my eye - a little icon next to the clock that says "Norton Internet Security Suite." Great. Just great. Five seconds later, the start menu pops up. I run MSCONFIG and see what's running in the start up. "Contra-Virus Pro" catches my eye, as well as "Win Anti-Spyware Pro." Rolling my eyes, I disable them, and reboot the computer.
While the computer is rebooting, I go back to the one I'm building. After finding the CPU and placing it on the mother board, I put the memory, the video card, and the modem in their respective positions. I plug the cables from the power buttons and LED lights onto the mother board, and put the CD and Floppy drives in. I plug the power onto the mother board, and stand the whole machine up.
Taking it to a second station, I plug it in. It turns on, and I attempt to go to the BIOS to set the boot sequence. I get the following message: "Error: Keyboard not detected. Press F1 to continue."
This post was written in 15 minutes
Stay tuned for part two!
All within five measly little hours. Welcome to a day in the life of a computer technician. That's me.
I find the nut driver myself, and screw in the little feet that are supposed to hold the motherboard in place. One of them doesn't want to screw. I put the nut driver aside for a moment, and set up the computer needing spyware removal.
I set it up at one of the three stations on our counter. After plugging it in and turning it on, I wait for it to load windows. And wait. And wait. And wait. Finally, I go back to the computer that I'm building. I force the nut into place, and dig the mother board box out from the bottom of the box with all the other components.
I find the mother board, and place it on the nuts. The nuts are created so that another screw can be driven in top. I screw the mother board in, and get ready to find the CPU. My eye falls across the computer I just set up - finally fully started.
I go back to that computer. Clicking on the start menu, I see something that catches my eye - a little icon next to the clock that says "Norton Internet Security Suite." Great. Just great. Five seconds later, the start menu pops up. I run MSCONFIG and see what's running in the start up. "Contra-Virus Pro" catches my eye, as well as "Win Anti-Spyware Pro." Rolling my eyes, I disable them, and reboot the computer.
While the computer is rebooting, I go back to the one I'm building. After finding the CPU and placing it on the mother board, I put the memory, the video card, and the modem in their respective positions. I plug the cables from the power buttons and LED lights onto the mother board, and put the CD and Floppy drives in. I plug the power onto the mother board, and stand the whole machine up.
Taking it to a second station, I plug it in. It turns on, and I attempt to go to the BIOS to set the boot sequence. I get the following message: "Error: Keyboard not detected. Press F1 to continue."
This post was written in 15 minutes
Stay tuned for part two!
Labels: computers, errors, technicalities
3 Comments:
Hey, I thought this was supposed to be fiction?
"Hey, I thought this was supposed to be fiction?"
Once again I find myself saying: "I was thinking exactly the same thing!" :)
Well, this is fiction based on reality. I've never actually had that many computers to build and work on in one afternoon. :-P
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