I'm Back

Finally got the PC sorted out.

Admittedly, since it went online last week, I've spent more time playing Lego Star Wars II than I have in reconfiguring the machine and getting on with the the work I need to do, but hey! I've not been able to game for two months. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

I've also missed a load of great stuff to blog on and I may get around to talking about some of it soon.

Ish.

PC

I've ordered the stuff, it's even arrived, and yet I'm still sitting in the library.

I've just not had a moment since the box arrived from Novatech. With any luck I'll at least get a look in it tonight. Trouble is, I've not had 5 minutes since the kit arrived. Teaching in Edinburgh all week, running around after the people-carrier and trying to get work has just left me without enough time to do it.

Oh! I've arsed up the order, having got a 256Mb model rather than a 512Mb version of the graphics card. Why the various iterations weren't listed on the same page, never mind beside each other I do not know. Their loss, though. The other one was a good deal dearer.

Tech troubles (again!)

My PC is a very sick puppy right now. It resets itself about every 5 minutes which is not only bad for the hardware, but has probably humped my Windows installation, too.

Doesn't take much to figure out why I christened the thing 'You Bastard', does it? I think it's more awkward than Pratchett's camel ever was.

*** Update***

Whilst disconnecting things to take the PC away today I noticed that there was an odd noise coming from the USB hub. It's disconnected at the moment and, so far, all's well. Apart from having run some checks & discovered that my secondary (larger) hard drive has begun to develop faults.