Trixie got 3RLed (or I thought she were)!

Disclaimer: You will not understand a thing unless you know what 3RL means.




I just got home from work and booted up Trixie. That has always been my routine every time I got home from work. I boot her up, watch some DVDs or play some games. This time around, I wanted to get the second ending for GTAIV.

Yesterday, I am noticing some nasty screen glitches (there were funny geometrical figures on screen) as I was playing, and this was the same scenario last night so I paid it no mind. Then few minutes after, GTAIV hung up which is always an issue with my goddamn bootleg copy. I rebooted Trixie and BAM!, 3RL. Actually, it seems like a 1RL (see image 1), but the screen shows E74. And as far as I remember E74 == 3RL? I have no idea, so I have to wait for tomorrow so I can google up in the internet.

This happened a few weeks back but after few boot ups, Trixie return to its pristine state. So I really thought it was only a 1RL. But this time around, even with countless boot ups, Trixie remained on Coma. This morning, I also tried the blanket trick, which worked (which means that this must be a 3RL!), but Trixie still has this funny geometrical figures on screen and after I reboot it, it still has this 1RL which looks like a 3RL.

The first thing I did after I arrive at the office was I googled up E74 and it just says Hardware failure and I have to reconnect all the hardware and peripherals attached to it. This will have to wait until later. So I am crossing my fingers right now that this reconnect hardware thing would work. Now, come to think of it, this is really a 1RL... in the dark it looks like a 3RL, when you're up close looking at Trixie's power button.

If this really is a 1RL, Impetus is telling me that Trixie will soon be 3RLed. Which will be the worst case scenario... Trixie has been with me for almost two years, she has served me well, do I have to let her go? I want to go home!!

I will update this sad blog tomorrow.