So, my streak of pre-England bad luck continues.
Today, Jess calls me to tell me that my computer is off and she can’t turn it back on. I come home after work and take a look at it. I throw a tester on the system and discover something blew inside the power supply. I hit up my Best Buy contact and get a new power supply. I install it, and BLAM — no picture, no boot.
In fiddling around I discover that the power connector for my video card is short out since when I hit it with my finger, the entire fucking machine just shut right off. Okay. I turn it on again only to notice it’s not really making any noise. The fans and HDs are spinning up, but the fucker isn’t even posting at this point.
So here’s where I am at.
I know the mobo is pretty much fucked.
The video card maybe, but without a mobo, I can’t really test it.
I have no clue if the RAM or the processor is even good at this point.
So, my current situation is this: do I spend a potential $400 (post-England) to start replaceing components, or do I wait, make Lappy my main machine for a few months, and then just bite the bullet and get a new (i.e. different and current) motherboard and matching processor. Oh yeah, let’s not forget RAM as well. I know that fixing it would be cheaper, but not in the long run since I built that system almost 4 years ago.
I hate fucking computers….
