Nov 15
If it ain’t broken
ISO 100, f18, 8 sec, ND8 & Moose pol stackedThat’s a photo I took on Sunday. It was a great day, it was. A lot of snow. I just haven’t bothered to fire up the computer to check the pictures I took until last night… when I installed the new 1 GB memory that I had managed to swap for 2×512 MB. That should fix it, right? Two memory banks, which support up to 1 GB memory each. Wrong. The computer was kind enough to instantly recognise the new memory, but then it crashed. So I restarted, and it crashed straight away again. So I removed the old 512 MB and tried with only the new 1 GB. Startup, and crash. Restart, and crash. I tested the memory at work and it was fine.
Today I managed to swap back the memory so now my computer is happily running with 2×512 MB RAM, back to where I started. Plus that I have a brand new 512 MB module to sell. Any upgrades I want to do on this computer, I will have to start with the motherboard.
Coincidentally, a Dell technician should come around tomorrow to replace the faulty motherboard on my work laptop. Imagine, until a few weeks ago, I had never had any motherboard related problems with any of my computers. The floodgates are open…
Nice shot
I do like this kind of simplicity of colors in the picture. It is also tack sharp, as always. How long was the shutter speed here?
I’m planning to upgrade the camera body in few weeks. D200 will it be, and I just came to realize the need of memory cards.. That monster creates 15MB raws! I guess I’ll need at least two 4GB cards to maintain my style of shooting birds and insects. Luckily the memory is cheaper than year ago.
I also had a motherboard problem once, and it is a pain in the back to find out. And if you haven’t heard, I too had some minor problems with my laptop. Shouldn’t the IT ease our lives, not make it harder! How’s your Mac running?
Minor probs with your laptop? LOL!
Now I have a brand new motherboard - and the same old problem. Dell has received another mail from me.
Thanks for your comment! I added exposure info in the post. 8 sec.
My name is Brad and I work at Dell Headquarters in Round Rock, TX. I came across your blog and saw that you described an issue with your Dell system. Please contact me back at the email address below and I will help you in any way that I can.
Brad
Dell Customer Advocate
customer_advocate@dell.com
Hi Brad, thank you for comment, such great service! I don’t often see support looking for problems… usually it’s the other way around! But I’m already in touch with the Swedish Dell support so I hope that they can resolve the issue. If not, I will take up your offer!