…I may as well talk about my motherboard. Or rather, the lack thereof.

I restarted my computer the other night, to find (to my dismay) that the bloody thing had frozen at POST. “No problem,” I thought, “I’ll just power it down, reset it and let it get its knickers out of a twist.” That was a mistake.

Something has completely buggered my motherboard over with a large – and possibly rusty – spatula. After 4–6 hours of attempted fixings – at one point with the motherboard running on my desk – and borrowing components from my housemate, I gave up and bought a new motherboard.

Now, as much as I wanted to upgrade my system completely I don’t quite have the money as of yet. I’ve bought a fairly decent motherboard, and hopefully it won’t screw itself up the day I get it. That would be rather annoying.

PS: I want an Nvidea 7800 GTX. And, preferably, an Athlon64 X2. Anyone think Santa will get me one for Christmas?

9:24 pm | Posted in Hardware, Warwick Blogs, Whining