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  1. Moontanman

    Is anyone else having problems accessing the blog?

     

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      Moontanman

      I fixed it, I have no idea why it did that but I had to reset this lap top completely to get back into the sfn blog. 

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    Is anyone else having problems accessing the blog?

     

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      Moontanman

      Can anyone suggest how I can get past this 502 error when trying to log into the sfn blog? I need access to my stories.

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    Is anyone else having problems accessing the blog?

     

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      Moontanman

      All I get is a 502 error

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    Guys! Guys! Guys! One of my short stories has been published on YouTube!!! Illustrated and voiced by ai!!! I am thrilled!  

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    Guys! Guys! Guys! One of my short stories has been published on YouTube!!! Illustrated and voiced by ai!!! I am thrilled!  

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      Moontanman

      Is there a problem if I post a link to my story here? 

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    Does anyone have any idea what causes the words on my computer to be distorted and smeared across the screen? 

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      Moontanman

      It is a four year old laptop that had been sitting for at least three years before my main computer failed on me due to cooling fan issues I have yet to resolve. 

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    Does anyone have any idea what causes the words on my computer to be distorted and smeared across the screen? 

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      Moontanman

      After a few hours it went away and didn't return. 

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  8. Moontanman

    Is anyone else having a problem with accessing SFN blogs? I'm getting a 502 bad gateway notice. 

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      Moontanman

      Not for me, it says network not secure, my battery is dying. Maybe it ill let me on tomorrow. 

       

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  9. Moontanman

    Guys, I need some help, power went off last night and when I went to start up pc it wouldn't Come one. It said the cooling fan wouldn't start up so the computer couldn't start up. I am getting ready to take it apart and see what is going on. Any tips as to how to proceed? 

    Where in the wide world of sports would I buy a cooling fan locally? Am I likely to be biting off more than I can chew or do I need to take it to a repair shop? 

    Any hints/tips will be apreciated.  

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      Moontanman

      Not yet, it will be a few weeks but I will let you know what was wrong. 

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    Guys, I need some help, power went off last night and when I went to start up pc it wouldn't Come one. It said the cooling fan wouldn't start up so the computer couldn't start up. I am getting ready to take it apart and see what is going on. Any tips as to how to proceed? 

    Where in the wide world of sports would I buy a cooling fan locally? Am I likely to be biting off more than I can chew or do I need to take it to a repair shop? 

    Any hints/tips will be apreciated.  

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      Moontanman

      Interesting, I just cleaned up the heatsink and replaced the cpu fan. I didn't remove the heatsink from the motherboard and the fan was just screwed into the fins of the heatsink. The heat sink was full of fluff and dust but a vacuum cleaner and a soft brush removed all traces of the stuff on the fan and heatsink. 

      The fan will not run despite turning freely, I thought maybe the fan frame was being torqued out of shape when I attached it to the heat sink but I made sure it still turned freely. I guess i could have received a bad fan, I'm not sure how likely that is.

      I am still amazed at how empty the tower was, it's been a good ten years since I worked on a computer, maybe that is why there seemed to be so little "stuff" in the tower. 

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    Guys, I need some help, power went off last night and when I went to start up pc it wouldn't Come one. It said the cooling fan wouldn't start up so the computer couldn't start up. I am getting ready to take it apart and see what is going on. Any tips as to how to proceed? 

    Where in the wide world of sports would I buy a cooling fan locally? Am I likely to be biting off more than I can chew or do I need to take it to a repair shop? 

    Any hints/tips will be apreciated.  

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      Moontanman

      The fan turns freely, it doesn't seem to be getting power, all I get is the error message the cpu fan is not working. No instructions with the fan but it is identical to the old fan. 

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    Guys, I need some help, power went off last night and when I went to start up pc it wouldn't Come one. It said the cooling fan wouldn't start up so the computer couldn't start up. I am getting ready to take it apart and see what is going on. Any tips as to how to proceed? 

    Where in the wide world of sports would I buy a cooling fan locally? Am I likely to be biting off more than I can chew or do I need to take it to a repair shop? 

    Any hints/tips will be apreciated.  

    1. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      Thank you geordief, I went through those steps and no joy, it looks like a trip to the computer repair place!

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    Guys, I need some help, power went off last night and when I went to start up pc it wouldn't Come one. It said the cooling fan wouldn't start up so the computer couldn't start up. I am getting ready to take it apart and see what is going on. Any tips as to how to proceed? 

    Where in the wide world of sports would I buy a cooling fan locally? Am I likely to be biting off more than I can chew or do I need to take it to a repair shop? 

    Any hints/tips will be apreciated.  

    1. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      Well guys, I got the new CPU fan and guess what? I still get the error message of the CPU fan doesn't work. Any thoughts on this before I take it to the computer repair place?  

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    Guys, I need some help, power went off last night and when I went to start up pc it wouldn't Come one. It said the cooling fan wouldn't start up so the computer couldn't start up. I am getting ready to take it apart and see what is going on. Any tips as to how to proceed? 

    Where in the wide world of sports would I buy a cooling fan locally? Am I likely to be biting off more than I can chew or do I need to take it to a repair shop? 

    Any hints/tips will be apreciated.  

    1. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      There is no room for extra ram in mine, or at least no obvious slots for it! I used to go for at least as much as I could afford but now days a chrome book would probably do. It's awkward but I could get used to it. 

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    Guys, I need some help, power went off last night and when I went to start up pc it wouldn't Come one. It said the cooling fan wouldn't start up so the computer couldn't start up. I am getting ready to take it apart and see what is going on. Any tips as to how to proceed? 

    Where in the wide world of sports would I buy a cooling fan locally? Am I likely to be biting off more than I can chew or do I need to take it to a repair shop? 

    Any hints/tips will be apreciated.  

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      Moontanman

      Thank  you geordief, it helped quite a bit, I like to bounce ideas off others to get anew perspective. I was so sure, once I saw that encrusted heat sink, the fan would just start back up... no such luck but it helped to have a idea of what I might encounter. Now I just wait for the new fan to arrive. 

       

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    Guys, I need some help, power went off last night and when I went to start up pc it wouldn't Come one. It said the cooling fan wouldn't start up so the computer couldn't start up. I am getting ready to take it apart and see what is going on. Any tips as to how to proceed? 

    Where in the wide world of sports would I buy a cooling fan locally? Am I likely to be biting off more than I can chew or do I need to take it to a repair shop? 

    Any hints/tips will be apreciated.  

    1. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      I took the tower apart and cleaned it out as well as I could. I've built onto three other computers before I bought this one. First time I've taken this one apart. Amazing how little is inside that tower! Even more amazing how little room was in there for expansion. The heat sink was filled with dust and bug pieces, I used a fine brush to clean it out and vacuumed out all the dust and fluff but the cpu fan still won't work so I am going to replace it! Probably take a few days to get a new fan. 

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    Guys, I need some help, power went off last night and when I went to start up pc it wouldn't Come one. It said the cooling fan wouldn't start up so the computer couldn't start up. I am getting ready to take it apart and see what is going on. Any tips as to how to proceed? 

    Where in the wide world of sports would I buy a cooling fan locally? Am I likely to be biting off more than I can chew or do I need to take it to a repair shop? 

    Any hints/tips will be apreciated.  

    1. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      Thanks, the fan will begin to turn but it stops immediately. It is in a poorly ventilated area for sure. If I have to start using my wife's old chrome book I'll go nuts. Way too much hand use with this finger mouse thingy and I have limited use of my hands. 

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    Guys, I need some help, power went off last night and when I went to start up pc it wouldn't Come one. It said the cooling fan wouldn't start up so the computer couldn't start up. I am getting ready to take it apart and see what is going on. Any tips as to how to proceed? 

    Where in the wide world of sports would I buy a cooling fan locally? Am I likely to be biting off more than I can chew or do I need to take it to a repair shop? 

    Any hints/tips will be apreciated.  

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      Moontanman

      BTW, how do you right click on a chrome book? 

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  19. Moontanman

    Does anyone know if CCleaner is still a safe option? I am having some problems with my PC yet again, for some reason McAfee viral program has stopped being available, it's symbol on my desktop has vanished. It still pops up sometimes when i down load telling me it checked my download but I can't access the program to initiate a scan. I am paying for it, but for some reason it has stopped working... any ideas guys?    

    1. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      Thank you for your advice. Sadly that is far outside the realm of possibility for me at this time. I think the problems i am having are a senergy of a bad mouse and unused files cluttering up my computer. If it is a virus as you say then I am screwed but I know you guys will miss me. 

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    Does anyone know if CCleaner is still a safe option? I am having some problems with my PC yet again, for some reason McAfee viral program has stopped being available, it's symbol on my desktop has vanished. It still pops up sometimes when i down load telling me it checked my download but I can't access the program to initiate a scan. I am paying for it, but for some reason it has stopped working... any ideas guys?    

    1. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      Thank you for your advice. 

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    I remember hearing about a Scifi book that portrays aliens from another plane of existence where cephalopods are top dogs and we interact in some way with technological cephalopods. Anyone know what book this was? 

    1. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      Thank you! This is the one i was talking about! 

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    I remember hearing about a Scifi book that portrays aliens from another plane of existence where cephalopods are top dogs and we interact in some way with technological cephalopods. Anyone know what book this was? 

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      Moontanman

      I think it's an old novel, the cephalopods were space fairing and had shells like nautiloids... I was thinking of what to read and a memory of this book came to mind. I think it was mentioned on here in a thread years ago. I know, good luck with that one.  

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    Is anyone else keeping track of all the whistleblowers who've come out of the woodwork on youtube lately about UFOs? It's beginning to look serious guys... no I will not start another UFO thread... I won't I tell you... you can't make me! 

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      Moontanman

      Genady... you would be wrong... still probably not ET but I don't think Human AI is part of this. 

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    Is anyone else keeping track of all the whistleblowers who've come out of the woodwork on youtube lately about UFOs? It's beginning to look serious guys... no I will not start another UFO thread... I won't I tell you... you can't make me! 

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      Moontanman

      Actually there is considerable confusion over what is really going since NASA threw it's hat in the ring and congress has promised whistleblowers protection from prosecution for revealing classified info pertaining to UAPs. It has come to light that at the very least the military has been hiding behind "classified" as an excuse to prevent scientists from gaining access to some evidently very interesting "things" some of which evidently include craft and parts of crafts not of this earth but the are still being a bit cagy with the idea of "extraterrestrial" Interesting videos for those who have the time. 

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOSEDRWXZZw

      https://youtu.be/wd3LeWJS1go

      https://youtu.be/IyMbXXXoulo

      00:37 to 01:54 is an old VHS tape of a UFO but very interesting, several very interestings tapes in this video. 

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  25. Moontanman

    Today is the two year anniversary of my wife's passing, funny how the first year passed almost without me noticing the date, but this year it has really messed me up. I miss her so badly, the world is a much worse place without her. 

    1. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      Being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes hasn't exactly helped nor has sitting on the couch and eating cheese burgers I'm sure.  

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