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| My first computer | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 28 2016, 03:42 AM (52 Views) | |
| No_man | Jan 28 2016, 03:42 AM Post #1 |
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Is dying aftr a run of about 10 years. Not to be overly dramatic, mind you. The saddest part is -how- it's dying. See, the internals like the hard drive and the ram and motherboard are all fine, might have another 5-ish years in them...but there are far too many other issues that are making this computer become ever closer to unusability. These include: -Broken screen hinges (it's a laptop) -Broken speakers -Broken onboard headphone jack (currently using a USB one) -Broken screen (it will display just fine for a bit, but will then turn pink (looks at kitiara >.>) and not long after the backlight will die.) Using an external monitor for this reason -Backspace key flies off ~20 times an hour. -F9 is stuck. I have no idea what that key can even -do- at this point. -CD drive opens itself for inexplicably no reason, sometimes even when computer is unattended. -Fan/Heat sink is impossible to get to to clean without literally disassembling the entire computer. I have done this several times in the past, the first time to replace a broken fan, and several times since to clean out the dirt/cat hair that builds up. The case is so flimsy now I'm not willing to try it. On that note: -Random bits of plastic snap off and fly in various directions occasionally. -WiFi button does not togle wifi on/off And tonight it has hit a new low. Because of the broken screen, thewifi antenna cables got damaged and broke...so to even access the internet I had to go grab a couple of small jumper wires. My computer is -literally- on life support. Because of the overheating caused by the dirt and cat hair in the heat sink, and my unwillingness to disassmble the thing (seriously, you have to take it -completely apart, remove the motherboard, before you can get at the heat sink and clean it!) again, I will be retiring it before springtime. I've been saving up some money and I'll be building a desktop tower, and probably buying a keyboard. I already have plenty of mice and monitors and keyboards, because people give me their old computer junk. >.> Anyway, I was so terribly amused by the jumpers to get my computer functional that I just had to share. ;p That, and considering what Grey has in his sig...I wonder what a computer looking like -mine- is meant to do. XD |
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| Serenade | Jan 28 2016, 10:31 AM Post #2 |
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I... Kinda want a picture of that. |
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"Would you like something to drink?" She opened the fridge. "We have water, milk, juice, spiders, Dr. Pepper-" "Spiders?" "Spiders it is then." "No, that wasn't-" But she was already pouring him a brimming glass of spiders. ![]() | |
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| Roguewing | Jan 28 2016, 10:02 PM Post #3 |
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Sorry to hear that it's dying, Jay. Happens to even the best of systems, though |
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"What would Kara Thrace do? She'd kick my @$$ for acting this way. Sunswords, form on me." --Haleanar "Roguewing" Donovan, CAG, BSG-47 Solaria ~~~~~~~~~ "You cannot play God, then wash your hands of the things you've created. Sooner or later, the day comes, when you can't hide from the things you've done anymore." --William Adama, CO, BSG-75, Galactica | |
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| Kitiara | Jan 29 2016, 04:53 PM Post #4 |
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The monitor turns pink out of the sheer excellence of pinkness, then it turns off because it's overwhelmed at the awesomeness. ^-^ Just be afraid if it starts making cute noises. Yeesh Jay, I'm gone a few days and that goes all to crap. >> Just can't leave you alone, huh? Wait, Markiplier covered the cute and pink. And kitty. >.> |
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