2 Bit Hacker

I left SimPro last night with my computer working fine, everything spinning happily away, everything more or less as good as it gets. I come back today, and the keyboard lights are on, and nothing else. “Oh, no problem,” I think to myself, and go to press the power button. Nothing happens. I figure the UPS tripped badly, so I check that. Nope, working fine. So I pull apart my machine, and figure out that the heatsink has fallen off the CPU. “Oh crap!” I think to myself. I pull it apart, get the heatsink back on, try to power it up. Nothing. I figure the CPU is dead.

I go to CompUSA. I buy a new CPU. I get back to SimPro. I try it out. Nothing.

I check the bottom of the old CPU. It has scorch marks.

I figure now the motherboard is dead as well. I’ve contacted mwave.com to see if it’s still covered by warranty. Hopefully it is, and I’ll be able to get a new mboard by midweek. Till then, no CS.

Man, 2002 has sucked so far. I hope it doesn’t get any worse.

Geek Stuff

and my wrist is feeling quite a bit better. Still hurts to pivot up an down and side to side, but normal activities like typing don’t hurt anymore, though it still feels a little weird.

Other than that, life is pretty much the same as ever. I’ve been house-sitting for my mom and stepdad this week. They’ve got 2 cats, who normally go outside during the day. I was having trouble getting them to come home at night, so now they’re trapped in the house.

Drove to Net-Temps last night to pick up jtn, due to his recent car troubles. Andrea thinks I’m a “sucker” for doing so, but I figure if one of my friends needs a lift, I’m happy to help, and I hope any of my friends would do the same for me.

Thinking about updating my home page soon. I’ve been working on some minor tweaks, and I think it looks pretty good. Might do that later today.

Random Junk