Feb 12, 2005 21:29
Me and computers are obviously not meant to be.
The desktop was starting to run slower, so Brandon went to get more memory to install. We couldn't figure out why it wasn't working after that. Brandon took it in to Best Buy to get a diagnostic done and apparently the mother board is fried on it. The problem wasn't the memory, it was the voltage regulator. So he gets a new mother board. Now the damn thing isn't beeping at us, but we're not getting anything on the monitor. So now, we have a new problem and it has something to do with something in the computer not being compatible with the new mother board. And he just got a DVD burner too, so that sucks. I'm learning more about computers now than in my entire life of being around them.
To get by until the damn desktop is fixed, we've set up the wayward laptop that I have to buy from Fry's because it's a piece of shit. And because the kids did a lot of damage to it. I have to plug in both a mouse and a keyboard just to do anything on this thing. At least it turns on and stays on now. It'll be a good backup computer.
I'll be happy when I get my laptop back. But I have to wait till I get my tax return for that. Mainly because Fry's won't give me mine back till I pay for this one.
On top of everything, I forgot about the party tonight until it was too late. I had already told Brandon that he could go out. So I'm stuck at home with a crappy computer. At least there's alcohol. I think I'm just going to get drunk.