MY COMPUTER IS ACTING WEIRD SOMETHING BAD FUCKED UP HELP PLEASE
IT KICKED ME TO A BLACK SCREEN WITH WHITE TEXT AND THEN RAN SOME SORT OF OVERCLOCKING MOTHERBOARD DIAGNOSTICS SHIT
I DON'T EVEN BOTHER WITH OVERCLOCKING THIS IS PROBABLY BAD
IT KEPT MAKING PAINFUL LURCHING CRUNCHING NOISES WHEN I TRIED TURNING IT BACK ON
WHAT DO
Not at ten past midnight, no.
I clicked on some stuff that looked like words I knew and unscrewed the side panel and cleaned some dust off a fan for good luck and now it's running again. Mad hacker skills, yo.
I don't know if I actually fixed it or just succeeded in getting my computer to ignore the problem and start normally, but I'm just gonna perform a total hard drive backup now. Just in case.
edited 20th Jan '16 10:11:03 PM by WonderSquid
I legitimately almost shat my pants when it made the crunching noise and wouldn't even switch on. That [BIOS SETTINGS FAILED TO LOAD. SETTINGS RETURNED TO FACTORY DEFAULT. F1 TO RUN DEFAULT SETTINGS. ALT+L TO RECONFIGURE MANTUALLY] appearing on the screen instead of just more black was like a shaft of yellow, angry ASCII light from the heavens.
edited 20th Jan '16 10:16:43 PM by WonderSquid
Oh god my heart.
I am unquestionably going to be having nightmares about this now.
You know that noise cars make when they stall and you have to turn the key fifty times until it engages? Imagine delicate, expensive electronics making that noise when you press the on button.
And then imagine a voice comes on through the radio saying "haha yeah there's a dead raccoon wedged in the timing belt somehow. Fuck if I know but good luck with that" and then tells you absolutely nothing else.
Imagine this and you will know a fraction of my terror.
Antivirus programs typically have much more customisable file back-ups. Does yours have one?
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?

oh shit
I live in a constant state of fear and misery.