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Technological achievements today:
Light bulbs replaced: 1.
Computer power supplies replaced: 1.
I'm getting scarily proficient at replacing power supplies. I'm not sure I like it.
No idea what happened - weather probably - but both computers, one in each room, switched themselves off very suddenly a little while ago (everything else electrical seemed okay, lights stayed on, TV stayed on, so must have been a fairly minor surge or one especially bad for computers?). Mum's came back to life without any complaints, mine stayed dead. It's very fortunate mum's old computer was still lying around, with its brand new power supply... decided to give it a try before succumbing to tears and wailing and yes, it did the trick.
I ought to go buy a new power supply soon now... first, it seems that it's good to have one at hand (one learns, after the third or fourth replacement in a relatively short time), and second, the one in this computer now is a 350W one instead of the 400W it had before, so I'd rather have a more powerful one around. Just in case.
Blegh, in any case.
Light bulbs replaced: 1.
Computer power supplies replaced: 1.
I'm getting scarily proficient at replacing power supplies. I'm not sure I like it.
No idea what happened - weather probably - but both computers, one in each room, switched themselves off very suddenly a little while ago (everything else electrical seemed okay, lights stayed on, TV stayed on, so must have been a fairly minor surge or one especially bad for computers?). Mum's came back to life without any complaints, mine stayed dead. It's very fortunate mum's old computer was still lying around, with its brand new power supply... decided to give it a try before succumbing to tears and wailing and yes, it did the trick.
I ought to go buy a new power supply soon now... first, it seems that it's good to have one at hand (one learns, after the third or fourth replacement in a relatively short time), and second, the one in this computer now is a 350W one instead of the 400W it had before, so I'd rather have a more powerful one around. Just in case.
Blegh, in any case.
