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[ky]

Speaking of which, there was a helicopter crash in my area a few hours ago, everyone is okay though, the heli barely missed a house.

Two persons aboard a helicopter that crashed this afternoon near downtown suffered minor injuries, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

The R-22 helicopter went down at 4:22 p.m. after an engine apparently failed, said FAA spokeswoman Holly Baker.

No one on the ground was injured, she said.

The helicopter had taken off from a general aviation airport in northern Palm Beach County.

The pilot was able to speak to fire-rescue units at the scene, said city spokesman Chase Scott.

The aircraft struck a house, a car, trees and powerlines, Baker said.

Residents of the neighborhood said the helicopter landed between a house and a car.

Racquel Abelha, 27, of Palm Beach Gardens, was visiting her mother when they heard the sound of a helicopter and then heard it hit the ground.

"It wasn't anything explosive," she said. "It just seems like it fell."

The people on board were not seriously injured, she said.

"Everyone walked away." she said. "They were perfectly fine."

The FAA is en route to the scene, Baker said.

 

[DanM]

I had a dream last night about a plane crashing in my yard. :shifty:

 

[Pyromaniac605]

This is the worst it's ever been, it's bluescreening about every hour now!
And you guys can't seriously mean that it can't happen due to heat, this is probably the hottest it's been in weeks and it's the worst it's ever bluescreened, there's no way that's a coincidence.

Edit: Reinstalling Ubuntu untill I can fix it. :dry: I bet this would be an easy fix with XP, just put in the install disc and repair it, but no, they had to make repairing your install nigh impossible in Windows 7...

 

[jangofett287]

check your fans are all plugged in and working, check for dust inside the case etc. My old computer needed supplementary cooling in the form of a desk fan shoved up against the air holes in the side of the case in order to keep it stable in summer!

 

[Pyromaniac605]

Well, that's just great, it bluescreened before Ubuntu finished installing.

Okay, I've taken the damn side off (I don't care, I'm willing to do anything if it'll stop it overheating) and put an air conditioner blowing onto it, I hope this works. :dry:

Edit: My computer's one (Yes one) fan is blowing directly onto the CPU, I'm not sure how fast it's going though so I can't be sure if that's the problem or not.

 

[diogom]

:lol:

 

[Pyromaniac605]

Is there any way to make it so the bluescreen shows for more than 2 seconds? I'd like to be able to copy down any information that could help find the problem.

Edit: Even with the AC and my fan at 100% (Or not, Speedfan doesn't seem to actually change the speed :dry all my thermometres are reading 30-40C.

 

[ky]

Thank god i've never had a bluescreen, hope it works out for you, Pyromaniac.

 

[PeriapsisPrograde]

Is there any way to make it so the bluescreen shows for more than 2 seconds? I'd like to be able to copy down any information that could help find the problem.

Edit: Even with the AC and my fan at 100% (Or not, Speedfan doesn't seem to actually change the speed :dry all my thermometres are reading 30-40C.

PrintScreen, then paste it to paint...

 

[Pyromaniac605]

PrintScreen, then paste it to paint...

Even if you could PrtScn a bluescreen (I'm fairly sure you can't) my computer resets so the clipboard is empty.

Edit: That's what bluescreens do.

 

[PeriapsisPrograde]

That was meant to be a joke...

 

[jangofett287]

If you press F8 at just the right time during boot up, you get a menu, and somewhere in there, there is the option to 'Disable automatic restart on system crash' or something like that

 

[Pyromaniac605]

That was meant to be a joke...

Oh.

If you press F8 at just the right time during boot up, you get a menu, and somewhere in there, there is the option to 'Disable automatic restart on system crash' or something like that

I'll give that a go and see what it says next time it bluescreens.

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And so I don't waste time copying down the entire screen of text, what part should I be looking for in particular?

 

[Urwumpe]

Is there any way to make it so the bluescreen shows for more than 2 seconds? I'd like to be able to copy down any information that could help find the problem.

Edit: Even with the AC and my fan at 100% (Or not, Speedfan doesn't seem to actually change the speed :dry all my thermometres are reading 30-40C.

make it save a full memory dump...

 

[Pyromaniac605]

make it save a full memory dump...

How?

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Actually, come to think of it, it always said "Dumping physical memory to disk" at the end of the screen, is that it?

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Hmm. Try it at night? Maybe that will be cool enough to make it work...

 

[Pyromaniac605]

Hmm. Try it at night? Maybe that will be cool enough to make it work...

Weather doesn't work that way 'round these parts. :lol:

 

[Urwumpe]

How?

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Actually, come to think of it, it always said "Dumping physical memory to disc" at the end of the screen, is that it?

System settings, there is somewhere depending on OS a combobox to select the behavior.

You can later use winDbg, a Microsoft tool, for finding out where your computer exactly crashed by letting it automatically analyse the memory dump.

 

[jangofett287]

Mem Dump: Which Win version are you using?
Also:
On the BSoD, your looking for something that looks like:

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

anything in this format: <-- this is the most important bit!!!

0x00000122

and basically any line with *** at the start.

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Weather doesn't work that way 'round these parts. :lol:

Why, are even the weather patterns upside down on the far side of the world?