kate's infrastructure

Laptoptopia began for me back in Feb 07.  I was dismayed by a failed desktop pc that had promised much, and couldn’t face another similarly sensible choice.  I decided a laptop was my future.

I did very little research, but basically decided that I wasn’t in the market for an ultra portable, and I wasn’t in the market for a desktop replacement.  I needed to do ‘stuff’, but I didn’t need to pay extra to be able to run some high end apps and games.  Wouldn’t happen.  So for just over AUD$1000 I got myself a Compaq v3000 series.  The battery sucks, vista took some getting used to, but otherwise it did all I needed.  Unbelievably Domayne had the best deal and warranty, though the most offensive sales person.

So here I am 8 months later.  I’d gotten used to logging on and doing nothing in particular.  It was my only HDTV.  It was my study vessel. It was handy.  Then one day when I was reading about foldable kayaks it stopped.  Being the infrastructure IT professional I am, I gracefully rebooted it by popping the battery.  Being a Vista user made me pretty comfortable with doing some pretty odd things to maintain service*.  Unfortunately laptoptopia was never to return.

Now I boot and am met with a series of beeps.  My immediate reaction was that my computer may have been complaining in morse code.  I asked google, and was told a bit more about beep codes.  More info on HP laptop beep codes here and general beep codes here.  None of them look particularly reassuring right?

Lucky I purchased the warranty.  We’ll see how that goes.

* Not a subtle Vista dig, I thought it took some getting used to and was originally not particularly stable.  Now I like.