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Help me /g/, I figure this is the most appropriate board for this kind of thing, but if not please redirect me. The problem is that my computer starts up and displays an acer brand icon, then shows some text, and then maybe 5 seconds later "shuts off" and restarts and repeats, which goes on infinitely. For context this thing is at least 6, if not 7 years old, and has been treated pretty poorly imo. So yesterday my league of legends client wasn't working, so I basically deleted the client and tried to redownload it over night, now typically if I leave my computer idle for too long it likes to shut off the screen, and won't turn on unless I restart the computer, so I just let it download for a few hours over night, and restarted my computer, but then it started to do the issue listed, so I shut it off hoping it would be fine tomorrow, and now it is today and I basically tried downloading a regular version of Windows, but when selected in the boot menu, all I saw was a line to input shit, so idk if I need to know some specific commands or if I'm doing something wrong, or if my comp is RIP, etc. I'll attach a picture of the end result as well, and sorry if this is poorly worded or if( I sound retarded, I'm just not very tech savvy
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And here is the line I was talking about
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Here is the picture of the tower if it's relevant at all Not having money sucks.
Anonymous
>>51067836 ? I seriously need help, and can't find a specific answer to my problem... sorry?
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>>51067881 Post time stamp and feet and ill get your shitty league box back up
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>>51067760 >>51067783 your computer hates you so much for being a retard that it went to 1997
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>>51067783 Did you tried to install windows 98 on your pc ?
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I mean I'm probably being trolled, but I have literally nothing better to do while this shit box is down
Anonymous
You installed win98 on your computer, well done man.
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>>51067975 Go to reddit or some shit, none of these faggots will help you.
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>>51067994 Thanks for stating the obvious
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>>51067975 >the absolute madman try
>bootrec /rebuildbcd Anonymous
>>51067760 I'm having a kek here, however is there any beeping at all && when you press delete do you get into the BIOS?
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>>51067975 >Those toenails But seriously, buy or make yourself a new computer you dumbfuck. I think it lasting 6-7 years is a pretty good thing, it's time to move on.
Anonymous
>>51068038 I said that I'm poor above
>>51068032 There is a beeping when it starts up, but no, and this menu shows when I press delete
Oh shit nvm i just noticed it now, yes it does make a sound
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>>51068026 This did nothing, but maybe I just typed it wrong or something
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>>51068082 if it had one beep, that mean it passed post. if there are more, its an issue. get back to dos and use
>>51068026 then use
bootrec /fixmbr Anonymous
>>51068082 See this
http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm Compare your beep noises from that and do you have a laptop to run an OS repair, you'll need a usb/cd and an ISO of windoze 7 or whatever the hell you're using
Anonymous
>>51068105 if this doesnt work try
bootrec.exe /scanos Anonymous
Anonymous
>>51068146 Jesus christ just load windows 7 on it..
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>>51068146 what fucking version of windows is this?
xp?
Anonymous
>>51068115 OK what the fuck the sound wasn't listed, it only heard 1-1, or at least that's what I heard
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>>51068157 That isn't the problem I guess, idk man
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>>51068165 Fuck me in the ass now it's doing the 1-1-1-1 beep
I must be deaf or something
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>>51068212 I could if it is relatively easy. I know what it is, I just don't know how I would go about it
Anonymous
>>51068241 Install Linux iso file onto USB drive using a utility like unetbootin
(iso from
http://www.ubuntu.com/download or
http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/ )
Change OS boot order to boot from USB first in BIOS
Insert USB, reboot, follow instructions given
Assuming your system isn't a potato
Anonymous
>>51068241 gentoo or arch is probably your best bet, they are the easiest to configure. You're gonna need to download the iso and burn it to a usb on a working computer.
Oh and also 4 weeks of spare time to kill yourself slowly.
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>>51068290 >>51068288 My system is potato like I said, and I don't know if I have that much time on my hands, especially considering my bro also uses it
It looks like I'm either going to have to reseat my ram cards, or get new ones all together
Anonymous
>>51068317 It takes at most an hour. Minimum specs are ~1gb of ram
Anonymous
>>51068330 It takes an hour to what? Reseat the RAM? I'm not sure what you're referring to
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>>51068345 Install (x)ubuntu
And don't go with Arch or Gentoo. They're memes.
Anonymous
use bleach and ammonia to clean the HDD guaranteed
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>>51067783 >Windows 98 Thanks for the laugh, I remember how prone to freezing it was.
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So I guess I already know the solution now, but I'll lurk for any other solutions I would honestly use Linux, ubuntu, etc. If I actually used my comp for things besides games and work
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>>51068290 >>51068330 These guys are fucking with you. Linux isn't worth it for non-autists, especially not Gentoo. Literally, it takes hours to configure and compile everything for them.
>>51068374 Sure, if you want to inhale lethal chlorine gas.
Back to
>>>/b/ dickweed
Anyway, grab a copy of Win7 Ultimate from this link, get a copy of Daz Loader, and you should be good to go.
http://mirror.corenoc.de/digitalrivercontent.net/ Anonymous
>>51067783 HOW THE FUCK DOES AN EARLY 2010'S ACER PREBUILT END UP WITH WINDOWS 98 INSTALLED HOLY FUCK
Anonymous
>>51068419 If you looked at the first post you would understand
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>>51068437 yeah, so of all the versions of windows to try and install you installed windows fucking 98
jesus christ
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>>51068450 No, I just didn't realize I was downloading it t the time, jesus you're autistic
Anonymous
>>51068497 Jesus you're fucking retarded
lmao smh
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>>51068537 ikr this dude dead ass ended up downloading windows 98
he must've googled "windows iso download"
and clicked a random link