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Stupid ****** ******* mother-******* computer! I'm in such a state right now that I'm undecided whether I want to shoot it or myself....
Last Friday, the outer power button on my PC physically broke, as a result of which I obviously couldn't turn it on. (My machine is also 9 years old, so the odds of finding a replacement part were slim to non-existent.) Well last night, I figured out a temporary solution to my problem -- or at least I'd thought I had. I'd finally managed to remove the front cover to my tower, which enabled me to just push the power button directly. It was inelegant, of course, but at least now I could run my computer (thus preserving my sanity while I shopped for a new machine). Simple, right?
Wrong. Because now, two more issues have cropped up. First off, my monitor insists it's not hooked up to the computer properly, despite my having redone and rechecked all the connections (and I mean *all*) about 5-6 times now. Even worse than that, however, is the fact that my computer is no longer starting up properly. It just "hangs" there, not even getting to the point where I can enter my password for Windows -- there's a telltale beep that indicates when I can enter my password, and it no longer beeps when I fire it up.
So now I am well and truly screwed until I can buy a new PC. My roommate has kindly let me use her laptop for web-surfing and whatnot (it's the only reason that I'm even able to post this), but I'm still stuck not being able to play MTW and my other games until who knows when.
Dammit. And I was enjoying my Fatamid campaign too....![]()
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Sorry. Just had to get that off my chest.
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