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My computer rebooted into 2005...
Jun. 7th, 2011 09:31 pmEarlier tonight, the power went out. Our whole block was apparently affected, despite the fact that it wasn't unusually hot and there wasn't a cloud for miles. After about an hour, the power came back up.
My computer didn't.
it would boot up normally as far as starting windows, and then just went to a light blue screen. No text, no errors, no...anything. I tried unplugging everything except the video lead and power, thinking it might be a misbehaving USB device (this has happened in the past), but no luck.
To be fair, my video card has been acting a bit flaky of late, so I was beginning to suspect that it might be in need of replacement soon. In the meantime, I rummaged around in my desk drawer and managed to extract a replacement.
So I'm currently up and running on an nVidia GeForce 7600 GT, a video card that was state of the art when I bought it six years and two computers ago.
Ah well. I get my first paycheque on June 15th, and then I can see about getting something that will at least let me finish Portal 2. (Sometime in the not-too-distant future, I planned on replacing the entire system, but what I want costs a bit more than I'm ready to just drop yet, especially with at least three out of state trips in the next few months.
My computer didn't.
it would boot up normally as far as starting windows, and then just went to a light blue screen. No text, no errors, no...anything. I tried unplugging everything except the video lead and power, thinking it might be a misbehaving USB device (this has happened in the past), but no luck.
To be fair, my video card has been acting a bit flaky of late, so I was beginning to suspect that it might be in need of replacement soon. In the meantime, I rummaged around in my desk drawer and managed to extract a replacement.
So I'm currently up and running on an nVidia GeForce 7600 GT, a video card that was state of the art when I bought it six years and two computers ago.
Ah well. I get my first paycheque on June 15th, and then I can see about getting something that will at least let me finish Portal 2. (Sometime in the not-too-distant future, I planned on replacing the entire system, but what I want costs a bit more than I'm ready to just drop yet, especially with at least three out of state trips in the next few months.
