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I got the parts in and started to get the machine back together. Then I found out the chipset fan was broken as well. So I decided to cannibalize one of my older machines chipset heatsink/fan to get the primary desktop running. Well, that fan wouldn’t plug into the new motherboard, but the heatsink was a bit beefier, so it’s sitting on the chipset without a fan and doing fine. I tried...
read moreLast night I was trying to figure out why my Bluetooth headset didn’t want to connect to my computer anymore. After a few plugs and un-plugs, I thought I’d give the Ole Windows machine a reboot. When it shut down, I heard a Ka-thunk. It didn’t boot back up. Repeated attempt to start the machine revealed a very quiet room. I soon found that my power supply had died. It’s an...
read moreWe now have a contract on our house. Of course it’s not for as much as we originally asked, but it’s an acceptable offer and will get us out from paying both mortgage and rent at the some time. The big plus, it the offer has no contingencies. That in my mind is worth a lot. We are going to meet the new buyers in a few hours and go over everything they should know about the house....
read moreMy wife’s laptop has been acting up a lot lately. It’s a Dell Inspiron 1000. It’s not the fastest or the best machine, but for someone that basically uses the laptop for e-mail and chat, it’s great. So we decided to re-install the OS. I recently started looking into Ubuntu as an easy to install linux distro, so I thought it’d be nice to try out on her laptop instead...
read moreNot much to say at the moment. I was hoping to have the website fully functional about a month ago, but the move to North Carolina has made things interesting to say the least. We have definitely got settled in and most of the boxes are unpacked. We are still waiting for my job to go permanent before we start house hunting. Of course selling our house in Virginia would be a good thing as well....
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