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Oct. 13, 2015, Tuesday What now? Did i press the power button the wrong way? My Win 8.1 desktop was on a "repairing," bsod ("...a problem...), restart loop tonight with "bios update... creating bios image..." and error descriptions on the bsod occasionally showing up. Must say though, the bsod on 8.1 is not so scary. *bsod (blue screen of death) Of course, I tried to boot from my usb media but it wouldn't go through from 1-time boot, not even when I put it first on bios. Is my mobo faulty? Dunno but something is. Just waited for it to hang a 3rd time so I can power down for a fresh try in an hour or so. 4th Round. Somehow, it managed to repair itself and I was able to work until a bsod/restart came on. Twice, I had a 15-minute window to work. But before another bsod could come on again, I shut it down properly. Will see if it will be better (or worse) tomorrow. When it rains, it pours. Been having one tech problem after another. It's wo

the replacement pldt baudtec October 7, 2015, Wednesday I was asleep. They said we lost our Internet connection. They power-cycled. The modem did not turn on. The modem is dead. I called PLDT 172 this afternoon. They will send a technician to check and replace the modem. The price for the new modem will be added to our bill. I also told them that our DSL connection has not be steady. They said they'll check that. The rep said he's hearing some static in the background while we're talking. They will check that too. October 8, 2015, Thursday The pldt tech arrived this morning before 10 a.m. He replaced the dead red-orange zyxel with this white BaudTec modem/router. He made sure it connected and then he left. I do not know if he checked our line. I gave up on setting it up with our linksys router. It would not give an IP to the wireless devices. I figured the linksys would have to be reset but I was tired and couldn't be bothered to make it work anymore. The lin

when there are issues on your website... and it's the vendor's fault... and all you can do is wait till they get it back to normal