Scribblings from the Mitchy Side

Compy died in a new and interesting fashion last night. It switched itself off while I was in mid-internet browse. "Umm," I thought, "that's not good!" It has been blisteringly hot in my lounge and it was making a bit of noise so I took the case off and cleaned off the fans. The box inside was seriously hot, too hot to touch. I ulped. Put everything back together and switched it on - nuffink. Totally dead.

So I left it until this morning, figuring 12 hours to cool down completely wouldn't hurt and tried it this morning. Lo! It turned on! Blue power light, gentle humming from the box. BUT - I have no power to the peripherals - no keyboard, no monitor, no mouse, no modem *boggles* If it was the motherboard, I wouldn't have thought it would have switched on at all? Likewise if there was a problem with the power supply. Hrm. Anyway, the really good news is as far as I know it's still under warranty (it was bought at the end of last July), and I will phone PC World at lunchtime and check that if I take it over to the Stevenage store and wail at them, it'll get fixed.

Now I have a very shiny laptop and, had I been able to find my modem set up cd, I could have had internet connectivity last night. But for the first time in forever, the set up cd was nowhere to be found. Isn't it bloomin' always the way? *headdesks* So until the box gets fixed/replaced or I find the set up cd, I will be internet-less from home for the duration. And while I can access LJ/FB from work, I can't get to email, so no email for meeeeee for a while. If you need me, I'm clinging to my mobile more than usual :D (Note to self: get a damn iPhone!!)