Das Boot

[Lemur]

O pity me, my friends, for I have descended into hardware hell. My boot problems are minor and gone, to be replaced by cascading hardware failures that make me weep and throw ashes upon my head.

I bought a new terabyte drive from NewEgg to give my gaming PC some breathing room. The drive is a bust, but I didn't know that until I had tried every combination of cables, settings and cursing for the better part of a day. Not how I wanted to spend my weekend.

Now my router went blammo, and everything in my house goes through the router. The 'puters, the Tivo, the phones, everything. I upgraded the firmware from 1.8 to 1.9, and now I appear to have an expensive brick. The only reason I can type this to you is that I have a neighbor who doesn't understand how to secure his wireless.

Pardon me while I limp and shudder and drip blood all over your nice carpet. I am in a poorly way. Wish me luck.

-edit-

Fixed the router. That was scary.