Yikes!
I was vacuuming. The vacuum cleaner hit the stand the CPU is on, which has metal legs. There were sparks. I didn't think anything but "hey, those were blue sparks!" I kept vacuuming. When I came back to go on the computer, it was clicking, and the screen was frozen. I turned it off, waited, and turned it on. Absolutely nothing. Black screen. I tried it again. Nothing but black.
I screamed.
I turned off all the electricity to the computer and computer-related electronics by turning off the surge suppressors. Turned them on, turned the computer on, crossed my fingers and held my breath.
It came on normally. **whew** (There was a weird message I didn't catch because it went by very quickly, but it didn't seem to stop anything from going on normally.)
That was SCARY!
Huh. LJ is having icon troubles again, isn't it? the first icon I chose was supposed to be Dean, but it was Spam Carter. That was even scarier than a potentially dead computer.
I screamed.
I turned off all the electricity to the computer and computer-related electronics by turning off the surge suppressors. Turned them on, turned the computer on, crossed my fingers and held my breath.
It came on normally. **whew** (There was a weird message I didn't catch because it went by very quickly, but it didn't seem to stop anything from going on normally.)
That was SCARY!
Huh. LJ is having icon troubles again, isn't it? the first icon I chose was supposed to be Dean, but it was Spam Carter. That was even scarier than a potentially dead computer.