27 -- Sat Sun Computer Run
May. 4th, 2008 08:04 pmSaturday I spent most of the day at work. We stayed open for an extra 4 hours because of the Grand Opening of the H.O.T. lanes on Highway 167.
We got very few calls during those extra hours, but we did get slammed during the last 2 minutes. One call was placed into the que at 4:49:42 PM, which I took at 5:03.
After work I scrambled to change out of my work closes and drive up to Ballard. I picked up to![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
miertam and we drove to Renton to visit Fry's. miertam had some ideas on how to make my computer work. I returned the graphics card that I couldn't use for partial store credit and a large refund to may credit card. Then we picked up a 430 watt power unit and some RAM. The power unit took up almost all of the store credit. Now.... miertam was very generous and bought the RAM. ...and treated me to a most splendid GEEK dinner of splendid sandwiches in a tech store while surrounded by electronics, ...and Anime.
The memory and the power unit did the job. The computer works great! Yeay the Computer Wizardmiertam!
Today Juli and I drove to Edmonds to deliver a Mom's Day present to her mother and have a look at her computer. The power button wont light the demons inside the computer into activity. We took it to Geek Squad where they tested it with another power unit. Now power. The Mother Board is dead. Were guessing that a power surge jumped the tiny surge protector and bit the computer.
I've pulled out my old one Ghz machine and looked it over. I think it may be just what she needs. It's a little slower then what she had, but it's free. She just emails, surfs and word processes. So that may all work out. Except the the hard drive is small and there may be very little RAM.
Sounds familiar.
We got very few calls during those extra hours, but we did get slammed during the last 2 minutes. One call was placed into the que at 4:49:42 PM, which I took at 5:03.
After work I scrambled to change out of my work closes and drive up to Ballard. I picked up to
miertam and we drove to Renton to visit Fry's. miertam had some ideas on how to make my computer work. I returned the graphics card that I couldn't use for partial store credit and a large refund to may credit card. Then we picked up a 430 watt power unit and some RAM. The power unit took up almost all of the store credit. Now.... miertam was very generous and bought the RAM. ...and treated me to a most splendid GEEK dinner of splendid sandwiches in a tech store while surrounded by electronics, ...and Anime.The memory and the power unit did the job. The computer works great! Yeay the Computer Wizard
miertam!Today Juli and I drove to Edmonds to deliver a Mom's Day present to her mother and have a look at her computer. The power button wont light the demons inside the computer into activity. We took it to Geek Squad where they tested it with another power unit. Now power. The Mother Board is dead. Were guessing that a power surge jumped the tiny surge protector and bit the computer.
I've pulled out my old one Ghz machine and looked it over. I think it may be just what she needs. It's a little slower then what she had, but it's free. She just emails, surfs and word processes. So that may all work out. Except the the hard drive is small and there may be very little RAM.
Sounds familiar.
