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4play See other 4play Articles Title: LP NOTICE: Server crash, downtime: donations are needed Hi guys; We had a hardware malfunction, and our sysop has jerry-rigged a repair. One of the fans that cools the system/ motherboard (?) malfunctioned and died. The motherboard overheated and the entire system shut down. We do not know yet if irrepairable damage has occurred on the motherboard. If we have more crashes we will need to replace the motherboard. We did do a memory upgrade which should help the processor from overworking, and with that and the jerry rig, it may hold for a while. The memory was purchased a while back but this is the first time we've been inside the facility to have it installed in our server. I'd like to take this opportunity to ask for donations so if the motherboard crashes we can quickly replace it. Service calls are $300 for one hour and $125 an hour for each additional hour and an appointment has to be made. Having some funds available for these repairs will ensure the downtime is as minimal as possible. Since we have not had a decent fundraiser in sometime due to the system instability (our last fundraiser was disrupted after 2 hours) we need to raise money now. I paid the $425 from my personal funds. If we need a follow up repair visit, we can't depend on me having the funds available from my personal account. I may or may not be able to monitor this thread as a fundraising thread, as I don't want to keep the thread too active - and crash the system. Right now I'm a little concerned about ongoing operations until we get the fan replaced and know if the motherboard was heat damaged. I am sorry for having to ask you all for donations during these hard times. However, we still owe our ISP funds in arrears of about $800 plus a couple months of usage for about $1200 total. They have been very understanding but they have bills too, and we do need to pay them. It's a bit embarrassing to have to ask them for assistance to access the server when we owe them so much. I hope we can raise about $2000 to $3000 to clear our bills, have funds to pay bandwith fees, and have some funds available for necessary repairs. Thanks and I'll keep you apprised of our situation as I get more information...unless the system crashes. At that point, you'll know that repairs will have to be made. Thanks everyone!
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#20. To: Jethro Tull, Pinguinite, all (#0)
Is it just me, or does 300bones seem kinda pricey for a service call?
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