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Well Crap
10 years ago
As the title implies... CRAP!
On Monday my computer decided it didn't want to turn on. All it would do was turn on with the fans going and a small bit of hard drive activity then nothing. Not even an active monitor.
After a little bit of fiddling and research I came to the conclusion that what may be wrong is the power supply. So I took it to a computer repair place to diagnose the problem.
Whelp, two days of waiting and I get a call from them. The diagnosis. ..
Crapped out motherboard.
Yep. That's right. The damn motherboard died. Best bit. The CPU socket is an outdated 1156 pin type and not the 1150 current systems use, so to get a new motherboard and a new CPU will have to set me back $575 or so for the same equivalent.
Stuff that.
So I go online and I find a couple of places in the good ol US of A who are selling the exact same model of motherboard that died on me. And all for around $120. Hell yes. So I'll be without a computer for around 3 weeks but it looks like I'll be back up and running with few hassles.
On Monday my computer decided it didn't want to turn on. All it would do was turn on with the fans going and a small bit of hard drive activity then nothing. Not even an active monitor.
After a little bit of fiddling and research I came to the conclusion that what may be wrong is the power supply. So I took it to a computer repair place to diagnose the problem.
Whelp, two days of waiting and I get a call from them. The diagnosis. ..
Crapped out motherboard.
Yep. That's right. The damn motherboard died. Best bit. The CPU socket is an outdated 1156 pin type and not the 1150 current systems use, so to get a new motherboard and a new CPU will have to set me back $575 or so for the same equivalent.
Stuff that.
So I go online and I find a couple of places in the good ol US of A who are selling the exact same model of motherboard that died on me. And all for around $120. Hell yes. So I'll be without a computer for around 3 weeks but it looks like I'll be back up and running with few hassles.
Aside from that, do enough of a hardware change, and Windows will want you to reactivate it (this has been that way since Windows XP)
Also, I agree with Keda, I miss seeing you on Skype.