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An update on my life.
18 years ago
General
Well this is just an update on my rather dull life at the moment. Nothing really spectacular has happened lately aside from a few things I suppose, both good and bad.
I shall start with some of the bad. As some may know, about two weeks ago or so my computer's PSU (Power Supply Unit) exploded. Not necessarily boom boom, but definitely up in smoke. Nothing beats the hideous stench of an electrical fire and burning plastic, yay... Losing the PSU was the least of my concern though, I was more concerned about any other damage that the internal components may have suffered from such a serious incident.
So I spent the next few days pacing the floor wondering if my computer was completely totaled, unable to install a sufficient temporary PSU to attempt a full power up. Luckily for me though, a friend was building his own computer rig just a few days after my computer took a dive. He wanted me to help, since he had never built a computer before, and I was more than happy to oblige his request, that and I wanted to see if I could perhaps borrow his 700W PSU for a couple of seconds to see if my computer would even boot up.
When that day finally came, it was about an hour from midnight when I got the call. It was about ten minutes before I was at his house and we were unpacking his parts. I setup my rig and removed the side panel, dropping in the rather heavy 700W PSU into my computer. It was more than enough power to get my computer back onto its feet and running strong. Satisfied that it was only my PSU that went out, I unhooked his own PSU, packed up my computer, and began to assemble his own.
About ten minutes till four A.M. and the entire build was completed and was running Windows XP Pro. Aside from my envy (the bastard got a 8800GTS graphics card and a 3.0 Ghz AMD X2 for christ sakes!) I was proud of the effort to construct another power hungry gaming machine. Not to mention I was also relieved that my computer was undamaged.
So back home I went, spending about 30 minutes online my laptop as I browsed for parts (I refused to sleep until I found some suitable parts). It didn't take me long before I found a replacement PSU as well as a new harddrive and Processor. I was sick of my old 40GB IDE harddrive and the heavy bottleneck it established in my system, as well as my lack of a dual core processor seated in my system... so what better to replace those parts with than a 320GB SATA Western Digital Caviar with SecurePark technology (Read up on it if you dont' know what it is and know that I transport my computer a lot to LAN's) and a Dual Core AMD Opteron 165 1.8 Ghz processor.
I ordered my parts and went to bed, feeling extremely edgy the next 4 to 5 days as I waited for my computer parts to come in (I ordered them from newegg on a friday... go figure). Monday the replacement PSU came in, and on tuesday my new HDD and CPU arrived. I quickly dropped the parts in (after flashing my motherboard BIOS TWICE for CPU support... oiy) and reinstalled windows. God it is so much faster now...
So thats that one I suppose, good and a bad too XD.
On another part of me I've been job scouting. Haven't had much luck since my move back to Wisconsin 3 years ago, on and off jobs... bleh... So, I'm hoping to strike up a more stable job at the local casino. Wish me luck, god knows I'll need it...
And so yeah, thats a bit of an update I guess. So I'll leave ya with that. Hope I didn't bore ya too badly with that XD. Catcha around either way.
-Skie
I shall start with some of the bad. As some may know, about two weeks ago or so my computer's PSU (Power Supply Unit) exploded. Not necessarily boom boom, but definitely up in smoke. Nothing beats the hideous stench of an electrical fire and burning plastic, yay... Losing the PSU was the least of my concern though, I was more concerned about any other damage that the internal components may have suffered from such a serious incident.
So I spent the next few days pacing the floor wondering if my computer was completely totaled, unable to install a sufficient temporary PSU to attempt a full power up. Luckily for me though, a friend was building his own computer rig just a few days after my computer took a dive. He wanted me to help, since he had never built a computer before, and I was more than happy to oblige his request, that and I wanted to see if I could perhaps borrow his 700W PSU for a couple of seconds to see if my computer would even boot up.
When that day finally came, it was about an hour from midnight when I got the call. It was about ten minutes before I was at his house and we were unpacking his parts. I setup my rig and removed the side panel, dropping in the rather heavy 700W PSU into my computer. It was more than enough power to get my computer back onto its feet and running strong. Satisfied that it was only my PSU that went out, I unhooked his own PSU, packed up my computer, and began to assemble his own.
About ten minutes till four A.M. and the entire build was completed and was running Windows XP Pro. Aside from my envy (the bastard got a 8800GTS graphics card and a 3.0 Ghz AMD X2 for christ sakes!) I was proud of the effort to construct another power hungry gaming machine. Not to mention I was also relieved that my computer was undamaged.
So back home I went, spending about 30 minutes online my laptop as I browsed for parts (I refused to sleep until I found some suitable parts). It didn't take me long before I found a replacement PSU as well as a new harddrive and Processor. I was sick of my old 40GB IDE harddrive and the heavy bottleneck it established in my system, as well as my lack of a dual core processor seated in my system... so what better to replace those parts with than a 320GB SATA Western Digital Caviar with SecurePark technology (Read up on it if you dont' know what it is and know that I transport my computer a lot to LAN's) and a Dual Core AMD Opteron 165 1.8 Ghz processor.
I ordered my parts and went to bed, feeling extremely edgy the next 4 to 5 days as I waited for my computer parts to come in (I ordered them from newegg on a friday... go figure). Monday the replacement PSU came in, and on tuesday my new HDD and CPU arrived. I quickly dropped the parts in (after flashing my motherboard BIOS TWICE for CPU support... oiy) and reinstalled windows. God it is so much faster now...
So thats that one I suppose, good and a bad too XD.
On another part of me I've been job scouting. Haven't had much luck since my move back to Wisconsin 3 years ago, on and off jobs... bleh... So, I'm hoping to strike up a more stable job at the local casino. Wish me luck, god knows I'll need it...
And so yeah, thats a bit of an update I guess. So I'll leave ya with that. Hope I didn't bore ya too badly with that XD. Catcha around either way.
-Skie
But its nice to see you back!
:3
Meh, it was a cheapo power supply though, I'm surprised that it lasted for the two years that it did XD. The new one I got will last much much longer I'm sure.
Now all I need is that Zalman HSF and a little overclocking knowhow to get that Opteron up to a better speed. Going down from 2.0 Ghz to 1.8 Ghz wasn't too bad of a drop since I gained another core, but I know this sucker is capable of much more.
Also, yay porn.
And as for the terminology for HSF, it means Heatsink & Fan. =P