RAJE1 PC
Mood:  irritated
Topic: work
RAJE personnel transferred to the newly renovated (but still lightless) room.

In the process, they managed to pull out 2 internal wires from the serial cable for Psion handheld computers.

So I fixed the cable and reinforced it, but couldn't test it because their "upload/download" PC wouldn't boot.

I tried every conceivable thing, to no avail. I tried changing power supplies, RAM, reseating cards, etc. I tried OTHER computers, but none of them won't boot.

In the end, I tried Avern's computer (from Accounting Section). I turned it off and brought it down to the RAJE room. It wouldn't boot! That's when I tested the output voltage of the AVR used on that station, and voila! Alvin Capulong plugged the two (2) PC's into the 110v socket, so that's why the old "upload/download" PC wouldn't boot! Who would've thought, when one computer was perfectly working using the same socket? :-(

In the end, the "upload/download" PC's Hard disk failed to boot. Good thing I configured 2 other HD's for the same PC.

Whew! Took me 3 hours and 43 minutes for that job!

Alvin better not show me his face tomorrow.

Posted by Samboy at 5:47 PM JST

Updated: Wednesday, 22 September 2004 12:30 PM JST

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Atty. Macalino's PC
Mood:  chatty
Topic: work
Liza called me to tell me that Atty. Mac's PC wouldn't switch on.

I thought there was trouble, but I discovered the UPS was *NOT switched on*. So how can the PC boot if there's no power from the UPS? :-)

That was fast, less than 5 minutes.

Posted by Samboy at 1:13 PM JST

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RAJE Psion Cable
Mood:  chatty
Now Playing: God's Mistake - Tears for Fears
Resoldered and reinforced one end of the Psion cable. They keep pulling it by the cord!

Spent half an hour fixing it.

Backup
Mood:  caffeinated
Now Playing: Conflict - Tears for Fears
Topic: work
Daily Backup (2 sets) just finished.

Viruses
Mood:  hungry
Topic: work
Sept. 18:

Sender: carolina.munoz@corporate.ge.com
IP Address: 210.5.124.36
MessageID: F375E1DD428
Report: ClamAV: message.scr contains Worm.SomeFool.P
MailScanner: Windows Screensavers are often used to hide viruses (message.scr)
Report: MailScanner: Found dangerous IFrame tag in HTML message

Sept. 20:

Sender: ccyalung@picazolaw.com
IP Address: 210.5.117.124
MessageID: 6186E1DD428
Report: MailScanner: Found dangerous IFrame tag in HTML message
Report: ClamAV: message.scr contains Worm.SomeFool.P
MailScanner: Windows Screensavers are often used to hide viruses (message.scr)

Boss Babes' request
Mood:  rushed
Topic: work
Whew! My hands are aching from editing the scanned document. I had to type several paragraphs in, because the OCR didn't quite get the text correctly.

It's now 5:20pm, about 3 1/2 hours after starting the scans. :-(

I forgot to burn the Saturday backups because of this rush job. :-(

I'll just burn the Main Office copy and bring it home.

Boss Babes' request
Mood:  chillin'
Topic: work
Liza told me that Boss Babes wanted to have a document scanned and OCR-processed so he can e-mail it to other people.

I started at around 1:20pm. First I installed the ScanJet on his PC, then the software/drivers.

Finished scanning <40 pages at 2:45pm.

Now starting to check the OCR's work. :-)

Nimfa's Computer
Mood:  caffeinated
Now Playing: Sideshow - The Spinners
Topic: work
Replaced the LAN card today and cleaned the casing. While waiting for a station to become free for my use, I printed Board meeting reports and gave them to Liza.

After printing, I delivered Nimfa's PC to her station and configured its Network card, TCP/IP settings, etc.

Housecall found KLEZ in 3 or 4 folders and I deleted all the files.

Started SP2 install at around 12noon. Finished at 12:40pm, after a few aborted tries at Windows Update Custom install. :-(

Had lunch until 1:15pm-ish.

Viruses
Mood:  chatty
Topic: work
Four (4) viruses filtered out by MailScanner today.
From: "MailScanner"

IP Address: 202.78.104.87
MessageID: ACEFC1DD428
Report: ClamAV: Secret.scr contains Worm.Bagle.AG
MailScanner: Windows Screensavers are often used to hide viruses (Secret.scr)

Sender: mik3rockz@aol.com
IP Address: 202.78.104.87
MessageID: E848A1DD428
Report: ClamAV: Doll.scr contains Worm.Bagle.AG
MailScanner: Windows Screensavers are often used to hide viruses (Doll.scr)

Sender: imptdailyfyi@dqz.frdcls.com
IP Address: 210.5.127.158
MessageID: B764C1DD428
Report: ClamAV: message.scr contains Worm.SomeFool.P
MailScanner: Windows Screensavers are often used to hide viruses (message.scr)
Report: MailScanner: Found dangerous IFrame tag in HTML message

Sender: lynnxve@qwest.net
IP Address: 210.5.127.158
MessageID: 74F481DD428
Report: ClamAV: www.myx4free_r.pif contains Worm.SomeFool.P
MailScanner: Shortcuts to MS-Dos programs are very dangerous in email (www.myx4free_r.pif)

Posted by Samboy at 1:03 PM JST

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Meter Lab Computer trouble
Mood:  not sure
Topic: work
Jorge called me at around 8:30am while I was reading my email. He told me the meter lab computer won't boot.

I found the computer powered on but not "working." So I did these:

1. I powered off the UPS, and then switched it and the computer back on.

The computer went to the CMOS setup screen, so I rebooted it, but it wouldn't boot. Back to number 1.

I tried changing "Plug & Play O/S" from Yes to No, but it still wouldn't boot after restarting.

So I opened up the case and found that a small amount of dust had accumulated on one of the RAM chips. I cleaned it up with some natural air and a paint brush, and VOILA! The computer booted!

I restarted it once, for good measure, and #1 didn't re-occur anymore.

Work done.