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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Rictor on August 05, 2005, 04:23:52 pm

Title: The universe is mocking me.
Post by: Rictor on August 05, 2005, 04:23:52 pm

After finally getting enough money to buy a time card, and freeing up enough space to install it, World of Warcraft simply refuses to install.

Partway through the four-disk installation, at apparently random points, my computer either freezes or shuts down. While this has been known to happen every so often in general, I've tried installing WoW about 5-6 times, and every single time it does it, without fail.

At first I thought my CPU was overheating. So I cleaned out the heatsink, wiped off the old thermal paste and applied a new coat. Then I thought maybe my power supply was too puny, so I replaced it with a different one, the new one being 450W. After all that, I though maybe it was still too hot, so I waited until night-time, and started installation immediately after letting my comp cool off for a while (just you dare laugh at me!). And still, no dice.

The thing is, I had WoW installed before, on the exact same computer, with the same hardware (except my new, more powerful PSU), and it worked fine. It sounds stupid, but could it be that my hard-drive is somehow overheating (it's quite hot to the touch.) My options right now are kind of limited. I've gotten to the point where I'm considering freeing up about 4 gigs and creating ISOs out of all the discs, as distant a hope as that presents, I'm that desperate.

So, anyone wanna have a crack it?

Title: The universe is mocking me.
Post by: ZylonBane on August 05, 2005, 04:45:21 pm

I tried to install a time card once, but I accidently shorted some of the pins and it disappeared five minutes into the future.

Title: The universe is mocking me.
Post by: vyper on August 05, 2005, 04:55:50 pm

Rictor, grab some diagnostic tools off the hard drive manufacturers website and see if there's anything up.

Title: The universe is mocking me.
Post by: Sandwich on August 05, 2005, 06:55:51 pm

Pardon my ignorance, but :wtf: is a time card?

Title: The universe is mocking me.
Post by: Taristin on August 05, 2005, 07:03:01 pm

I assume it's something like a pre-paid phone card, only in this case, for the game.

Title: The universe is mocking me.
Post by: Rictor on August 05, 2005, 07:31:11 pm

Yeah, you can get them in stores. They're prepaid time for MMO games. But I haven't gotten to te part where I use it yet, I can't even install the game.

Title: The universe is mocking me.
Post by: Fenrir on August 05, 2005, 08:26:20 pm

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Originally posted by Sandwich
Pardon my ignorance, but :wtf: is a time card?

No, :mad2: is a time card.

Title: The universe is mocking me.
Post by: EtherShock on August 05, 2005, 08:27:47 pm

Doesn't WoW include a month when you buy it?

Title: The universe is mocking me.
Post by: Bobboau on August 05, 2005, 09:32:48 pm

Universe: "hey! look at me! I'm Rictor wim wictor wah wah wah! :p"

Title: The universe is mocking me.
Post by: Turnsky on August 06, 2005, 02:10:29 am

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Originally posted by Sandwich
Pardon my ignorance, but :wtf: is a time card?

you prepay for 60 days to play World of warcraft, it may seem a little more than using a credit card, but if you work things out, it evens up all the same, i use them all the time.