Posts by Chris Hall4

I’ve got a warranty on my drive, and since the first shop didn't charge me a dime, I'm sure as hell not paying another cent to fix this mess. They should be repairing it for free whether it takes two tries or a hundred—that's not even the point. What's actually driving me insane is how this thing can just lock up on me out of nowhere. Honestly, my gut tells me I might've been ripped off; if they actually swapped the drive, the issue shouldn't still be happening.

So here's the deal: is it actually possible for a game to cause Windows to fail to boot, even though everything runs perfectly fine while I'm playing? No freezing, no overheating, nothing weird at all.

My laptop is a Dell Latitude, i5, 4GB RAM... I’ve had this thing for three years and it’s been running non-stop, but about a month ago it just straight up refused to boot Windows. It gets stuck on the Windows logo and just sits there forever. I tried everything in Safe Mode, but those Aero effects keep popping up no matter what. Since I couldn't fix it myself, I took the machine to a repair shop, and the guy tells me the hard drive died, so he swapped it out. But get this—after using it for just three days, the exact same thing happened again. This time he tries to pull my leg and claims it's probably some Windows update issue (I'm on Windows 7, 64-bit), and honestly, my blood started boiling because I'm pretty sure the guy totally scammed me over the hard drive!

Looking back on it now, I realized that over the last month I installed some patch for FIFA that I play every now and then. My graphics card is way too weak for it, so I'm starting to think maybe the game is the culprit, even though I've played the old version of FIFA for three years without any issues... Right now the laptop is working fine, but who knows how much longer it'll last...

Does EL have some kind of NASCAR magazine in English if there isn't any good local racing coverage? This little booklet from AAA is absolute trash... they’ve still got USF1 listed in there!

Anyone got a link for some solid boxing technique videos, maybe a specific school of thought, training drills, or even just a good documentary or something?

I honestly don't get why they don't just run an ultrasound or a biopsy to figure out what's actually going on and get it taken care of immediately, instead of waiting until it grows into something even bigger...

So, after feeling this weird lump between my hip and butt for about a month, I finally went to see a surgeon this morning. It’s like a little ball sitting maybe half an inch deep in the muscle. At first, I was convinced it was just an ingrown hair from some injury or something, but the surgeon—who basically gave me a five-second exam, by the way—told me it’s either a calcification or a lipoma. He *suggested* it isn't anything dangerous and said to just call him if it starts hurting or getting bigger... has anyone dealt with something similar or actually know what's going on here?

thanks...

I honestly think we need to start paying way more attention to BMW. They’re basically the third force on the grid right now, and they’re looking more like a regular runner for second place every single week... so... what's the deal with the Germans?