COMPUTER DEATH
25 Jan 2007 01:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cimorenethere was a powersurge last night and when i woke up this morning, there was no electricity anywhere but the kitchen. i lit a candle and flipped the switch in the circuit box and then read thud! through breakfast and never even had time to turn on my computer, until now, after a leisurely lunch -
- it won't turn on. i made several attempts. Brother Windows confirms my conjecture that the problem is likely the powersource.
we were at the computer store (which is like 20 minutes' walk from here, and remember, there are snowdrifts to my knees out there right now and it's -10 C) the day before yesterday for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
wax_jism to buy 300 more gigs of harddrive that she doesn't need and she was all "are you SURE there's nothing you need?" and bought me a cheapass new keyboard and everything. also, i don't even know how to go about replacing the power source so there's definitely no point in going when she isn't home. but i mean. WHAT. WHAT.
aöslkdjföaskkdjföasdf.
to make the computer situation better, before the end of tomorrow i have to write about three pages in swedish of pointless rambling. that might as well have been the assignment word-for-word. Professor Surprise at first clung to the polite fiction that what she wanted was a formal write-up of a participant observation outing, but under pressure she finally cracked and admitted that she was aware it would be impossible given time/resources and that she didn't even want such a thing, and the actual purpose of the exercise was to "practise describing things in detail" (of course she couldn't tell us that, even though it is clear, concise and perfectly encapsulates what she wants, from the outset. it probably took half an hour to pry it out of her). well, at least i know exactly what to do now, but it's rather pointless. there can't be many people in the class who failed to master that skill in high school. i mean, we don't all fancy ourselves Writers, but it's not like she's asked for it to be poetic. i'm rather tempted to make it all up, except the fact that i don't actually understand finnish might make the alleged dialogue less than credible. and the joy of doing that writing on wax's bewilderingly linux-based computer is obviously just what i needed.
- it won't turn on. i made several attempts. Brother Windows confirms my conjecture that the problem is likely the powersource.
we were at the computer store (which is like 20 minutes' walk from here, and remember, there are snowdrifts to my knees out there right now and it's -10 C) the day before yesterday for
wax_jism to buy 300 more gigs of harddrive that she doesn't need and she was all "are you SURE there's nothing you need?" and bought me a cheapass new keyboard and everything. also, i don't even know how to go about replacing the power source so there's definitely no point in going when she isn't home. but i mean. WHAT. WHAT.aöslkdjföaskkdjföasdf.
to make the computer situation better, before the end of tomorrow i have to write about three pages in swedish of pointless rambling. that might as well have been the assignment word-for-word. Professor Surprise at first clung to the polite fiction that what she wanted was a formal write-up of a participant observation outing, but under pressure she finally cracked and admitted that she was aware it would be impossible given time/resources and that she didn't even want such a thing, and the actual purpose of the exercise was to "practise describing things in detail" (of course she couldn't tell us that, even though it is clear, concise and perfectly encapsulates what she wants, from the outset. it probably took half an hour to pry it out of her). well, at least i know exactly what to do now, but it's rather pointless. there can't be many people in the class who failed to master that skill in high school. i mean, we don't all fancy ourselves Writers, but it's not like she's asked for it to be poetic. i'm rather tempted to make it all up, except the fact that i don't actually understand finnish might make the alleged dialogue less than credible. and the joy of doing that writing on wax's bewilderingly linux-based computer is obviously just what i needed.
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Date: 25 Jan 2007 01:16 pm (UTC)I'm so sorry about that. Computer death is just awful. :(
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Date: 25 Jan 2007 02:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 25 Jan 2007 09:51 pm (UTC)When shopping for a replacement, make sure it's rated for greater than or equal to the wattage of your old one so there's enough power to run everything. (Your old power supply is probably 300 or 350W, and it will say this in big letters on the side.) You should also take note of how your old supply plugs into your motherboard - some boards need 1 connection, some 2, and the main plug can differ in size.
There's a good series of photos of a typical power supply here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817148027
There's also a reasonable guide to installing a new one here:
http://compreviews.about.com/od/tutorials/ss/DIYPSU_8.htm