Oh noes, mALX! All I can say is that I wish 2013 is better to you than 2012 was.

This dolphin has conjoined twin myslexia?

Urk, it is one of those connecting wire harnesses, I probably just need to have the shop replace the ones to the hard drive. At least I saved my story before it went out again !!!!

Is the wire broken or chewed on? Maybe it's the wire.

OK- may be possible to fix it yourself. Is it a white plastic 4-pin connector? If so, there SHOULD be spares from the power supply- just look for some bundled up and tucked away. If you find one that is not hooked to anything- just use that free one.

If it is a narrow, flat connector that goes to the system board (data cable), the whole cable can be replaced. If it is the wider flat cable that goes to the power supply (power cable), see above- find a free power connector and switch it.

Just before Christmas, Mrs. Treydog's hard drive started to do a "death rattle" and the PC would not boot. Fortunately, I had made a drive image. Unfortunately- it was from 2 years ago. Ultimately, I was able to restore the image to a new drive AND recover all the newer files.

Good luck with PC woes, mALX and seconded on 2013 being a better year!

They didn't let me in to see the ball drop because I didn't have a ticket I got home just in time to see it on TV HAPPY NEW YEAR!

It has a red cable down the center plugged in with a connector that looks like an Ethernet (sort of), and two little (under or right at an inch wide) flat connectors on either side of that that plug directly into it. Well, technically it only had one of those plugged into it, but another one was hanging around nearby so I stuck it in. The hard drive still goes in and out, must be a loose wire somewhere in one of those connectors, but the power supply stays on even when the hard drive goes out.

I'm just really glad I was able to save my documents folder, but would love to save my mods and vids too.

Damn, that would have been fun. Happy New Years all the same. My new years celebration consists of listening to music on my laptop.

You too? I sat down and played skyrim while listening to my favorite band on the iPad

KoB, sorry you didn't get in to see it. Glad you got home in time to see it on TV. Warmer that way, I'm sure.

Happy new orbital cycle of the earth around the sun, forum!

I spent it watching fireworks off the London eye and getting pissed with my friends. I'm now regretting that somewhat. :/

So, today I revived my Playstation 3 system from the Yellow Light of Death. Funny thing is I took it to repair and after two weeks of waiting, the repair guys said they couldn't fix it. I fixed it myself in twenty minutes by using a hair dryer. I got my game out and I'm just waiting for my step-dad to stop watching tv so I can transfer my game data into a USB device and then transfer them to a new PS3 next week!


YEEEAAAAHHHHHHH AHAHAHA!!

I am going to attempt to make the shivering isles in minecraft(this will be a failure)

Gotta love that vid!


My puppy Boo Boo has a chipped shoulder blade and stessed tendons in that leg. She has to lay down quietly and be walked outside for the next week, plus take analgesics.

So how the heck does a puppy chip the hind side of their shoulder blade? She had to be running outrageously fast and turned just before hitting something really solid.

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Sorry your pup's out of commission for a while. They are not known for good decisions though.

So true...

Later on though dogs are too smart for their own good. My German Shephard figured out how to open the screen door last summer and let herself outside...into the suburbs.

My dog learned how to open his cage, so when I come home he's out if his cage and there's pee in the couch.

That went over well I'm guessing. I hope she didn't get hit or drug in by a catcher or something.

He didn't want to get his cage dirty

Some day in going to pee on his cage, see how he likes it