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50% Operational Capacity Achieved
12 years ago
(Re-posted from this image: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12706720/ )
I'm at 50% of optimum output currently, and that's actually an improvement! Here's what's going, further broken down:
-My new PC is, essentially dead weight. Here's the e-mail I sent to Newegg's "We Care" line, still no response:
"I bought a computer from Newegg, manufactured by CyberPower PC, and within two days of using it it began to behave erratically: randomly and frequently shutting off and restarting, by the fourth day it couldn't run for longer than fifteen minutes at a time. I contacted the manufacturer and they offered to ship and repair it for free. This took three weeks total, I work from home as a freelance illustrator and this is my sole means of income due to a bevy of medical problems brought on by Lyme disease. During this time I was unable to complete any of my client's orders as they are all for digital illustrations, I have lost time that was worth more than this computer's price essentially. I did get the unit back though. When I did, however, it was running even worse than before. Trying to use it for just one hour it could barely run a basic internet browser, experienced multiple shutdowns, lock-ups, and even complete power failure. I contacted the manufacturer wanting a refund, it was very difficult to get through as their queue system is designed to drop calls after three minutes, but Cyberpower did get back to me. They claimed that they could only offer to repair the PC again, which they have proven incapable of twice now, and only the retailer (Newegg) could offer a refund. Thus I got in contact with Newegg wherein I was told that by sending in the computer for repairs I had voided the warranty. Thus I am stuck with a computer that the manufacturer is incapable of fixing (I have posted about this to my art blog wherein multiple clients and readers have told me that Cyberpower has in some cases taken up to eight months to fix a computer) and I cannot get my money back on. It cannot and will not work and I require a working PC to do my work. Thus far the handling of this situation has been completely inadequate and I cannot say that I would be likely to buy from either of these sources again as they have cost me a lot of money and time that has, thus far, proven completely fruitless."
Shitty right? Yeah, totally. Anyhow I worked out a deal so that I can work from home and brought home my old rig to work on. It's slower and not as good the one I bought (well I guess it's better actually, in that it works) but I can actually finish digital commissions again! YEAH!
Part 2: I'm still a sick motherfucker. Lyme's killer and, even though we're decently sure we eradicated it from my body it left behind a smattering of what are known as "co-infections"; the big one being fibromyalgia/CFS and I could be dealing with that for awhile. Still knowledge is power and I'm getting smarter about fighting all this crap everyday.
In short: things are still gonna be slow but when I get my computer issues worked out I'll be faster than ever, and once all these sicknesses are battened down I'll be even more productive than that!
I'm at 50% of optimum output currently, and that's actually an improvement! Here's what's going, further broken down:
-My new PC is, essentially dead weight. Here's the e-mail I sent to Newegg's "We Care" line, still no response:
"I bought a computer from Newegg, manufactured by CyberPower PC, and within two days of using it it began to behave erratically: randomly and frequently shutting off and restarting, by the fourth day it couldn't run for longer than fifteen minutes at a time. I contacted the manufacturer and they offered to ship and repair it for free. This took three weeks total, I work from home as a freelance illustrator and this is my sole means of income due to a bevy of medical problems brought on by Lyme disease. During this time I was unable to complete any of my client's orders as they are all for digital illustrations, I have lost time that was worth more than this computer's price essentially. I did get the unit back though. When I did, however, it was running even worse than before. Trying to use it for just one hour it could barely run a basic internet browser, experienced multiple shutdowns, lock-ups, and even complete power failure. I contacted the manufacturer wanting a refund, it was very difficult to get through as their queue system is designed to drop calls after three minutes, but Cyberpower did get back to me. They claimed that they could only offer to repair the PC again, which they have proven incapable of twice now, and only the retailer (Newegg) could offer a refund. Thus I got in contact with Newegg wherein I was told that by sending in the computer for repairs I had voided the warranty. Thus I am stuck with a computer that the manufacturer is incapable of fixing (I have posted about this to my art blog wherein multiple clients and readers have told me that Cyberpower has in some cases taken up to eight months to fix a computer) and I cannot get my money back on. It cannot and will not work and I require a working PC to do my work. Thus far the handling of this situation has been completely inadequate and I cannot say that I would be likely to buy from either of these sources again as they have cost me a lot of money and time that has, thus far, proven completely fruitless."
Shitty right? Yeah, totally. Anyhow I worked out a deal so that I can work from home and brought home my old rig to work on. It's slower and not as good the one I bought (well I guess it's better actually, in that it works) but I can actually finish digital commissions again! YEAH!
Part 2: I'm still a sick motherfucker. Lyme's killer and, even though we're decently sure we eradicated it from my body it left behind a smattering of what are known as "co-infections"; the big one being fibromyalgia/CFS and I could be dealing with that for awhile. Still knowledge is power and I'm getting smarter about fighting all this crap everyday.
In short: things are still gonna be slow but when I get my computer issues worked out I'll be faster than ever, and once all these sicknesses are battened down I'll be even more productive than that!
That is pretty craptastic situation about the computer, comical even...
The symptoms it exhibits seem to point to PSU, but it could be mobo or the GFX card aswell but latter normally does not cause shutdowns, only lockups and restarts.
As for your health I wish for the best. Seems the hard part of the battle is over, and less hard ones await.
I wish you well with your health problems. I can't understand everything that you're going through, but I very much want you to get better and be as as strong as ever. Please let me know if I can do anything to help.