[Sussex] Scary PC fry-up

[Gavin Stevens]

Angelo,

Marriage may not be such a block to building a new PC (cue deep laugh
with reverb)..

If your partner has a PC, look for any signs that it might be on the way
out, then offer to build her a new one. It would be only fair, after a
decent but not too long interval, when somehow your own PC displays
worrying symptoms of trouble, for you to build a new one for yourself.

This worked for me, although my partner's PC really was dying (bad HDD
blocks), was rather old (P166) & she depends on it for her business.
Also, my own PC really did cook itself. However, there is a glorious
thing called creative licence....

Gavin.

BTW: The flat case from my partner's old PC made an excellent base for
an SBC based machine made from surplus stock from work. Should be very
handy as a second PC.

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:08:00 +0100
Angelo Servini <Angelo.Servini at claybrook.co.uk> wrote:

> Grrr the one disadvantage of getting married next year!  In
> consequence I have shelved my plans for building my next dream PC!
> 
> Me is envious.
> 
> Never mind ... someday!
> 
> Cya
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Gareth Ablett [mailto:Gareth.Ablett at itpserve.co.uk]
> >Sent: Monday, 28 June 2004 12:01
> >To: LUG email list for the Sussex Counties
> >Subject: RE: [Sussex] Scary PC fry-up
> >
> >
> >Hi,
> > 
> >> 
> >> So the outcome is happy & I've made a technological leap from an
> >> AMD K6 300 MHz CPU / 5.2 GB HDD /
> >> 128 MB RAM to a Pentium 4 2.8 GHz CPU / 80 GB HDD / 512 MB RAM.
> >> 
> >
> >:) I had the same sort of problem about 2 months ago and 
> >upgraded from a
> >Duron 900 to a AMD 64 3200+ it sure is good to have a computer that
> >doesn't take a day to compile something.
> >
> >
> 
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