Computer woes
Mar. 21st, 2005 20:35![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
torquillI think my laptop is starting to die, very slowly.
Hesseth was bought almost four years ago... I usually expect better life from things that cost more than a thousand dollars, but I guess this is to be expected of modern laptops. It was never the fastest or the best, and more can be gotten for less money now, but... sigh. It's definitely been what I wanted in a laptop, in terms of the features.
Still, the video cable is acting up a little even since the repairs, and in the middle of running a battery power cycle (to find out how much charge the battery still holds, mostly) just now, the whole system chirped strangely once, then twice, then went dark. I plugged it in and brought it back up (thank you, ext3 filesystem) to find 80% battery listed by my intelligent battery monitor. I think something shorted. Normally that wouldn't concern me hugely except the sound seems to have gotten really, really soft now... Sigh.
I have no idea where I'm going to get the money, but I guess I should start shopping. I hear tell that Fry's has had Compaqs in the $800 range lately, and since Cq got bought by HP they've basically been repackaging the older HP models... I have no issue with that, seeing how well my older HP model has served me, even with hard use. I know my priorities in a system, and may post them later so that I can ask for suggestions.
I had hoped any summer job would go to paying down my considerable debt. I may really have to consider taking time off school, now, if I have to work long enough to replace some vital stuff... my car stereo deck is getting flaky as well (the laser alignment isn't good, and it's spontaneously rebooted a few times) and I consider that almost as vital as my laptop. I also need a scythe for the yard, and some clothes I can't justify asking my parents to pay for, like dancing shoes. I've been building up things I need for the last n years, always saying "when I get money"... it may be time to make that sooner rather than later.
Hang in there, Hesseth. I need to find a successor. And a job.
Hesseth was bought almost four years ago... I usually expect better life from things that cost more than a thousand dollars, but I guess this is to be expected of modern laptops. It was never the fastest or the best, and more can be gotten for less money now, but... sigh. It's definitely been what I wanted in a laptop, in terms of the features.
Still, the video cable is acting up a little even since the repairs, and in the middle of running a battery power cycle (to find out how much charge the battery still holds, mostly) just now, the whole system chirped strangely once, then twice, then went dark. I plugged it in and brought it back up (thank you, ext3 filesystem) to find 80% battery listed by my intelligent battery monitor. I think something shorted. Normally that wouldn't concern me hugely except the sound seems to have gotten really, really soft now... Sigh.
I have no idea where I'm going to get the money, but I guess I should start shopping. I hear tell that Fry's has had Compaqs in the $800 range lately, and since Cq got bought by HP they've basically been repackaging the older HP models... I have no issue with that, seeing how well my older HP model has served me, even with hard use. I know my priorities in a system, and may post them later so that I can ask for suggestions.
I had hoped any summer job would go to paying down my considerable debt. I may really have to consider taking time off school, now, if I have to work long enough to replace some vital stuff... my car stereo deck is getting flaky as well (the laser alignment isn't good, and it's spontaneously rebooted a few times) and I consider that almost as vital as my laptop. I also need a scythe for the yard, and some clothes I can't justify asking my parents to pay for, like dancing shoes. I've been building up things I need for the last n years, always saying "when I get money"... it may be time to make that sooner rather than later.
Hang in there, Hesseth. I need to find a successor. And a job.
