Heya guys!!

Happy Birthday to Skeleton Jack!!  Yup!!  I’m another year older.  Which leads me to this story.  Anyone still following the site (which surprisingly is a lot of people still considering how rarely I post) would have noticed by now that I have been having computer issues.  Turned out that the video card and mother board went bad at the same time.  Or at least, so my tech guy thought…

My Computer Debacle…

So my roomie’s brother (Tommy) came over to work on my computer again (he does my tech work) and used my roomie’s (Garroc’s) computer to test some things from my comp to narrow down what could be wrong.  In the process something got snagged on my video card (which was too big for the case) in Garroc’s comp and the cord from the motherboard to the hard drive got broken.  Nice…

So since we keep old computer parts around (just in case), Tommy went and looked for an old cable.  And low and behold, what did he find?  An old motherboard!!  Garroc had gotten an upgraded processor from Tommy about a year or two ago, but needed a newer model motherboard for it.  So Tommy stored the old one for him in the closet after Garroc bought a new one.  And guess what!  Garroc’s old motherboard is the same model as mine.  >.<  Inorite?!

So for the past few weeks the motherboard we couldn’t find in stock anywhere to order just so happened to be about 30′ feet away from me the entire time…

So for the past month and half to two months now I’ve been sitting here trying to trouble shoot what’s wrong exactly with the computer.  The video card was fried for a fact.  We tried it in another computer and it was just boned.  So then after all of that, once I had the money I got a new video card.  From there I personally thought it was a power supply issue, but Tommy was convinced it was a motherboard issue.  Up with me so far?

So we install the new mother board and I cross my fingers.  Does it work now?  Nope.  /cry  /sob

So then finally Tommy agrees to try an alternative power supply.  And does it work then?  Yup.  Happiness ensues?  Nope…  Sighs of frustration escape because I’m refraining from throttling Tommy while screaming, “I TOLD YOU DAMNIT (insert inappropriate expletives)!!!!”

……………………………………..________
………………………………,.-??……………….“~.,
………………………..,.-?……………………………..?-.,
…………………….,/………………………………………..?:,
…………………,?………………………………………………\,
………………./…………………………………………………..,}
……………../………………………………………………,:`^`..}
……………/……………………………………………,:?………/
…………..?…..__…………………………………..:`………../
…………./__.(…..?~-,_…………………………,:`………./
………../(_….?~,_……..?~,_………………..,:`…….._/
……….{.._$;_……?=,_…….?-,_…….,.-~-,},.~?;/….}
………..((…..*~_…….?=-._……?;,,./`…./?…………../
…,,,___.\`~,……?~.,………………..`…..}…………../
…………(….`=-,,…….`……………………(……;_,,-?
…………/.`~,……`-………………………….\……/\
………….\`~.*-,……………………………….|,./…..\,__
,,_……….}.>-._\……………………………..|…………..`=~-,
…..`=~-,_\_……`\,……………………………\
……………….`=~-,,.\,………………………….\
…………………………..`:,,………………………`\…………..__
……………………………….`=-,……………….,%`>–==“
…………………………………._\……….._,-%…….`\
……………………………..,<`.._|_,-&“…………….`\

So what’s next?  I go buy a new “gamer” 550 watt power supply by Thermal Take.  Which is pretty f’ing sweet actually.  It’s the new kind where you only plug in the power cords you need, and the cords are all wrapped in that mesh binding.  Got the cords totally out of the way now and have way better air flow.  Plus it’s got a 140 fan on it.  It’s damn nice.

So, by this point I’m looking around at the chaos.  I’ve got a new motherboard that is exactly the same as the one I had in it before.  Check.  We’re good there.  I’ve got a new 1Gig video card that’s screamin’ hot.  Check.  I’ve got a new kick butt cool power supply, better air flow in my case, and everything plugged in properly.  Check.  And I’ve sat there like a good lil boy asking questions and learning how to do this crap on my own.  Check.

We’re looking good here.  Check the floor, desk, and table…  What’s this RAM doing here?  Where the hell did this come from?  *scratches head*  Garroc had 1 Gig of RAM in the old mother board that wouldn’t work on his new on.  Hmmm….  Pop those babies in!!  Boot ‘er up, and presto!!  They work!!  LED lights all working properly.  New BIOS set to Raid 0 settings…reboots ensue…

*CROSS FINGERS*

And it works!!  Yay!!!

So now I’m up to 3 Gig’s of RAM, holla!!  Brand spanking new power supply, better air flow which I can already see my temp gauges in the computer are lower now.  And a screaming video card that’s so sweet I can literally see the difference in just the printed words on the shortcuts on the desktop.  Yeah, that sweet.

So I’m a happy SJ finally.  Ready for gaming enjoyment!!

-Suffer Well Brothers and Sisters.

Tags: /rl, Fun