Computer Fixed

Finally, my desktop is fixed. It's been down for about two month. For the past two month I did all of my work, including building this site, on my laptop. It is not really a big problem, except for the keyboard is pretty hard to type(this is common on all laptop). Going back to the computer, it is a easy fix, actually. I've been fixing it for all these days, without success, and I feel so "stupid" now when I actually know what the problem is.

For those of you that are interested in what had happened to my desktop, I will explain it to you. (If you are not interested, you can skip this paragraph.) About two months ago, I've acquired a used hard-drive from a friend. He said there is something wrong with the HD, so I plug it into my machine to test it out. Normally, a broken HD will not harm the system itself. However, this HD is quite unusual. After I verified that the HD is truly broken, I plug my original HD back to the machine, but it just can't boot into the OS. After that, I go into the BIOS and check the settings, nothing was wrong. Then I try to reboot a few times, but still doesn't work. Finally I try to reinstall the OS, but still nothing. It appears that the computer just can't start the HD. Until a few days earlier, a strange idea come across my head. Maybe I should reinstall the BIOS. Then that is what I did. I downloaded the latest BIOS from Abit(the maker of the motherboard, it makes good boards by the way) make a bootable floppy(yes, floppy) then install it. After that, everything goes back to normal. Now, as I am writing, I am waiting for the OS(I use openSUSE) to install on my system. I should have no problem with my computer after that.

Today we did not went to Karate. Matthew is ok, he is well, but I just want to make sure he is "fully" well. I spent my afternoon watching TV with him. He fall a sleep while we are watching Discovery channel. He must got tired from "fighting" the bacterial within him.

Well, we have concluded the entry of today, write to you soon.

Charles YuComment