On Sunday my self made rocket ship computer bit the big one. Think it was the power supply, not sure. All I know is that it was the server I’ve used for my satellite dish and without it connecting, I couldn’t do work.
Got a cheapo HP to replace it. Actually, what I did was I took the old TV computer (which was having video problems), and made that the new server then used the HP as the new TV computer. It fits in my tv cabinet … just barely.
Was able to take all the old stuff out of the TV computer and put them in the HP. Then took all the stuff out of the dead computer and put them in the little machine. Everything seems to be working.
One thing I don’t like about the HP is with the small case and the multimedia card reader they installed, there isn’t a drive bay open for a 2nd hard drive. So I had to double up hard drives on the little machine, which is putting a strain on the 200w power supply. I ordered a new 250w “whisper quiet” power supply to replace it. HOPEFULLY that will do the trick and stop the crashing when I’m playing City of Heroes.
I’m also having tivo problems. I ordered a new one. It’s identical to this one except it’s a phillips branded one instead of a hughes branded model. Right now I’m resetting the hughes so I can install the phillips. I’m giving the hughes to my parents. I mean it works but it was just being a PITA when I was exporting stuff to this machine.
It took 2 hours to clear off the old machine so yah, umm, I guess I have been over working the frigging things lol.
I hate waiting though and I have 20 minutes until I need to have the new unit installed and going or else I miss a show. Bastards. Complete bastards.
Nothing else going on. Other than (obviously) going insane.
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