DOH

[cjkline83.livejournal.com]

Note to self... changing the LCD Panel Type in an integrated PC from 02 to (any other number) will render the display useless and you'll need to tear the machine apart, remove the CMOS battery and let the unit sit until it releases the data back to the default.

Yay for learning by failure.

Comments

[cjkline83.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'm more fucked than originally thought. After disassembling this unit so I could access the motherboard, there is no CMOS battery (?!) nor ANY jumpers whatsoever. So, now, I have to call the manufacturer and HOPE there's a fix for my stupidity.

[syberghost.livejournal.com]

Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.

[cjkline83.livejournal.com]

I have the dreaded "What's this button do?" curse.

[phrogg.livejournal.com]

So do half of the callers i get. Fortunately, nothing they can do to our equipment by pushing buttons can't be reversed.

[ihateemo.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha.

[mightyj.livejournal.com]

Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

[fenrirvallin.livejournal.com]

If something goes wrong, and someone wants to know what you're doing, the correct answer is "Learning."

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

Let me guess - there's no emergency VGA out on the integrated board either.

[cjkline83.livejournal.com]

Oh, there's a VGA port... but it must be turned off in BIOS. Cause it doesn't f--king work. I contacted the manufacturer and he had me short the jumper to clear the CMOS, and when I did that, immediately smelled burning electronics. Now the unit won't even turn on.