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Posted on October 8, 2007 in the Ranting category
Yes, my computer is still broken. Right now I am using my brother-in-law’s computer while mine is out getting fixed. I would fix it myself but I am not very good at soldering nearly microscopic bits back onto the motherboard . . . here is what happend.
Back last Wednesday night, I think, was the first night of the American League Division Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. I was busy watching the game and Mary wanted to watch a movie. Being the great husband that I am, I set up the laptop in the bedroom so she could watch a DVD. As I was placing the movie in the tray, I heard chearing comming from the living room - not wanting to miss a thing (forgot I have TIVO) I raced out of the bedroom. In my haste, my foot caught the power cord for the laptop and everything came crashing down to the floor.
Immediately upon inspection, I thought everything was ok . . . but then I noticed that, even though it was still plugged in, it was operating under battery power. When it landed, the power connection broke into pieces while simultaneously breaking off various transisors, resistors, etc. from the motherboard. Lucky for me that my brother in law is an electrical engineer. He took it to work today to see if someone can put Humpty Dumpty back together again. I should no later tonight.
In the mean time, my dad may be able to set us up with a new laptop anyways. Now that I dropped it, I no longer would trust it with mission critical data. Besides, it would be nice to have a second laptop - Mary would love to actually use the computer once in a while but I am usually on it. We’ll see what happens . . .
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