I woke up this morning to discover that my computer’s power issue had resurfaced again. I’ve known some component was on the verge of failure (either motherboard or power supply) for the last month or so, but little adjustments would always bring it back to life so I was hoping it would linger into next year. The motherboard is nearly nine years old and has been in continuous service since, and the power supply is half that. Whoever is at fault, the ol’ girl isn’t powering on and I’m typing this from a laptop which I detest. (Mostly for the keyboard. I need a proper mechanical keyboard.) The timing is dashed inconvenient, as I have a final paper due next week. Anyhoo, if you don’t see me posting the next few days you may safely assume that my current rig has joined the choir invisible, but if push comes to shove I’ll …..sigh…….go to some big city and buy a new system. I’d rather hoped to build my next machine, as my current system is mostly re-built (save for its motherboard + CPU + ram), buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut school doesn’t give me a lot of wiggle room.
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I hate laptop keyboards too. Can’t you just plug your PC keyboard (temporarily) into your laptop? I used to do that when I worked from home.
At the moment I’ve got a proper mouse plugged in. May be pricing units tomorrow.
Ditto! Sorry for your tech problems and wishing you a quick remedy to the situation.
Picked up a system today on a Black Friday sale! Hoping to get it set up tomorrow.
Yay!
What a bummer. It always seems to happen at the worst possible time, huh?
9 years is pretty impressive, though!
Well, it’s a mixed bag. This system was actively struggling and I’d planned to replace it once tax refunds hit — and I found a good Black Friday deal. Unfortunately the sudden failure nixes transition plans, especially as I’ll be focusing on a school project, buuuuuut once Dec 9 is over I may be in for some fun.