der_kluge
Adventurer
So, this weekend a vicious storm rolled through. We were in town, and when we got back home, my monitor was on, but nothing was coming on. I usually always just leave my computer on. I played with it for a bit, but couldn't figure it out. I hooked up the monitor to my work laptop and it came out, just fine, so I decided it might have been the video card. After going to the storage unit to find one, I put it in, and now the fan on the CPU doesn't even come on, suggesting more than just a video card problem, it's probably the motherboard.
Again.
This year I have replaced a hard drive, a printer, and a motherboard. And now, at a minimum, it's probably another motherboard.
And yes, I have a battery backup/surge protector. Apparently, it did no good. It's supposed to be one of those that cover the replacement of any damaged hardware, but I never sent off any paperwork for it, or anything, so I doubt they would cover anything. I was going to try to locate some paperwork on it this week to see what it says. But we'll take it to the computer store and get a new m/b for it tonight.
I told my wife that I was tempted to just claim the renter's insurance deductible on it and build me some huge computer. I don't know if I want to do that, though.
So very frustrating.
Again.
This year I have replaced a hard drive, a printer, and a motherboard. And now, at a minimum, it's probably another motherboard.
And yes, I have a battery backup/surge protector. Apparently, it did no good. It's supposed to be one of those that cover the replacement of any damaged hardware, but I never sent off any paperwork for it, or anything, so I doubt they would cover anything. I was going to try to locate some paperwork on it this week to see what it says. But we'll take it to the computer store and get a new m/b for it tonight.
I told my wife that I was tempted to just claim the renter's insurance deductible on it and build me some huge computer. I don't know if I want to do that, though.
So very frustrating.
