Day 1:
Good news: I finally got hold of a Mac to use at work.
Bad news: After adding myself as a user and applying a system update, the computer wouldn't boot.
Day 2:
Good news: That gives me an excuse to go to the Apple Store to get a disk utility.
Bad news: While at the store the car will get booted, costing $50.
Day 3:
Good news: The disk utility is able to diagnose problems the system software couldn't.
Bad news: After running for 36 hours, the utility can't fix the problem.
Day 4:
Good news: There's a second hard drive I can install the system software on.
Bad news: That drive seems to have problems, too.
Day 5:
Good news: I can still try wiping the main drive and reinstalling.
Bad news: Now the CD drive appears to be broken.
Day 6:
Good news: The root of the problem seems to have been a loose RAM stick.
Bad news: The root of the problem seems to have been a loose RAM stick, and I've wasted untold hours screwing with other symptoms without checking what I should have checked first.
Sigh.
Posted by Jason at March 30, 2005 05:47 PM