Computer fall down, go ffffpppt*

[gridlore]

Greetings from Kinkos, where I am posting to let y'all know that my home box has gone on strike.

It started with a definite clicking sound on start-up. Then, the machine would suddenly mysteriously reset and go into the whole boot process at random moments. Now, it refuses to start at all.

sigh

Hopefully, it won't be something dreadfully expensive.

If you need to contact me, call me at (408) 269-3637.

Comments

[mdlbear]

On the reasonable assumption that you need a not-very-big IDE drive, I think I have a couple in the house in the 2-4 GB range. Not huge, but enough to get you back on the web.

It's also possible that the problem is the CPU fan, especially if it's been noisy recently.

[isomeme.livejournal.com]

Betcha it's the power supply. Those can be had pretty cheaply, but try to avoid the *very* cheapest or you'll just be buying a new one (and possibly frying other components) soon.