07-03-2003, 05:32 PM
Last Friday my computer decided to die. For no apparent reason, in the middle of the morning. One minute I'm tapping away at the keyboard, and the next -- nothing. Blank screen.
So I fiddle with the power swich and button. Nothing. Nada. Not a peep, click, or whir of fans powering up. This can't be good.
So I'm thinking I blew my power supply somehow, since I get no response whatsoever when trying to power it on; If the problem was something else like the mobo, I'd at least be seeing the power supply's fan turning. So now I need to hike down to the only computer shop in town and hope they stock power supplies (I don't see why not, but I've yet to enter the store, and with my luck they won't). I don't have a CC or PayPal account, so online ordering is out of the question.
This morning, I decided to open the case up (had been meaning to for awhile, but this past week was one of those "surprise every minute" ones) and see if it was, maybe, just a loose connection somewhere. Hey, I could hope.
Oh holy jeebus, the horror...
Dust... everywhere. Ugh. I have no idea how all that dust got into my little comp's innards, but there it was. The power supplie's air intake (I guess they're intakes, anyway) slots were caked with it, and there were unhealthy-looking amounts around the CPU fan and the video card. Ugh.
I wiped away what I could readily get to with some paper towels/napkins, although there's still alot in various nooks and crannies. I can't do much else with what I have available at home. I suppose I'll check in the computer shoppe for those cans of compressed air; those seem to always get mentioned in relation to cleaning out a computer's innards.
So... yeah. I (hopefully, only) need a new power supply (probably meatier than the 300 watt one I had, if I blew the original) for which I have no idea what I'll have to shell out ($40? $60?), I also really need to de-dustify my computer (which doesn't seem to have been noticeably effected by the buildup, but still, nipping it in the {belated} bud can't hurt). Until then, I'm on these crappy no-games no-downloads library computers.
Yeah, my life sucks. :blink:
- WL
So I fiddle with the power swich and button. Nothing. Nada. Not a peep, click, or whir of fans powering up. This can't be good.
So I'm thinking I blew my power supply somehow, since I get no response whatsoever when trying to power it on; If the problem was something else like the mobo, I'd at least be seeing the power supply's fan turning. So now I need to hike down to the only computer shop in town and hope they stock power supplies (I don't see why not, but I've yet to enter the store, and with my luck they won't). I don't have a CC or PayPal account, so online ordering is out of the question.
This morning, I decided to open the case up (had been meaning to for awhile, but this past week was one of those "surprise every minute" ones) and see if it was, maybe, just a loose connection somewhere. Hey, I could hope.
Oh holy jeebus, the horror...
Dust... everywhere. Ugh. I have no idea how all that dust got into my little comp's innards, but there it was. The power supplie's air intake (I guess they're intakes, anyway) slots were caked with it, and there were unhealthy-looking amounts around the CPU fan and the video card. Ugh.
I wiped away what I could readily get to with some paper towels/napkins, although there's still alot in various nooks and crannies. I can't do much else with what I have available at home. I suppose I'll check in the computer shoppe for those cans of compressed air; those seem to always get mentioned in relation to cleaning out a computer's innards.
So... yeah. I (hopefully, only) need a new power supply (probably meatier than the 300 watt one I had, if I blew the original) for which I have no idea what I'll have to shell out ($40? $60?), I also really need to de-dustify my computer (which doesn't seem to have been noticeably effected by the buildup, but still, nipping it in the {belated} bud can't hurt). Until then, I'm on these crappy no-games no-downloads library computers.
Yeah, my life sucks. :blink:
- WL