Journal #6297
Posted 14 years ago2009-12-26 17:40:25 UTC
I hope everyone's Christmas And Christmas Eve was safe (Srry, i'm sorry to hear about your oak incident) I got a lot of stuff i wanted, some i didnt even know i wanted until i unwrapped to see the magic. Once i get everything organized i'll edit with a list of what i recieved. until then, i need to spill this information.
Idk if anyone remembers my computer having random blue screens every now and again. I never found out what was causing the problem until today when i booted my computer up for the first time in 3 days to find the desktop unresponsive, and none of my computer peripherals were functioning; mouse, keyboard, any usb device..
Well come to find out my heat-sink was NEVER properly attached to my processor. And i probably would've lit the thing on fire if i hadn't used arctic silver. I opened my case to find copious amounts of dust EVERWHERE within my computer and when i got to the heat-sink, it was layered with dust. I cleaned off the dust to find the clips connecting the sink to the motherboard were broken! So that explains the hardware blue screens and the massive vibrations i'd receive upon startup.
I find myself blessed that i didnt cause more damage than i did.
So i popped onto my moms lappy (which i'm using right now) ordered another one off newegg that'll be here on wednesday.
I'm not too bummed, as i'm playing soccer tomorrow all day, i'm snowboarding Monday, going bowling Tuesday, and probably working Wednesday.
Anyway.. Here's some pics i took with my new Nikon D3000 Camera.
TLDR; Computers broken, could have been bad but is not, will be fixed soon, new camera, some pics, Merry Christmas!
Here's what i got. Quite a haul if i so say so myself:
The family got a new 40" LCD HDTV!! 1080p and prog-scan and all the goodies. We got a PS3, I got Band of brothers Blu-Ray Set. 5 dvd's with bonus features. Got a Complete car care kit: wash, wax, chamois, tire black, rim shine, armor-all interior care; you name it's in the box. As previously mentioned, i got a Nikon D3000:
And along with that i got 2, 4gig HD Sd Cards for memory. (holds total of 2K + pics) Got a case for the camera, 3 year warranty, and a 55-200 Zoom lens. My Girl got me new snowboard boots (nice white burtons, the no-tie, pull-to-tighten ones) assorted sweatshirts, pants, loads of gum (cant chew because of braces, i traded the gum for sweet tarts from my brother) I also got $40 gift certificate to EB games, some scratch-off lotto tickets (lost on most, only won $6 :-/ ) Got a Leatherman Blast
, a nice craftsman digital multimeter
And my father just handed me a card with $400 in it. He couldnt decide what to get me so he figured i'd treat myself to something nice. I will as soon as i can find time to do so.
Idk if anyone remembers my computer having random blue screens every now and again. I never found out what was causing the problem until today when i booted my computer up for the first time in 3 days to find the desktop unresponsive, and none of my computer peripherals were functioning; mouse, keyboard, any usb device..
Well come to find out my heat-sink was NEVER properly attached to my processor. And i probably would've lit the thing on fire if i hadn't used arctic silver. I opened my case to find copious amounts of dust EVERWHERE within my computer and when i got to the heat-sink, it was layered with dust. I cleaned off the dust to find the clips connecting the sink to the motherboard were broken! So that explains the hardware blue screens and the massive vibrations i'd receive upon startup.
I find myself blessed that i didnt cause more damage than i did.
So i popped onto my moms lappy (which i'm using right now) ordered another one off newegg that'll be here on wednesday.
I'm not too bummed, as i'm playing soccer tomorrow all day, i'm snowboarding Monday, going bowling Tuesday, and probably working Wednesday.
Anyway.. Here's some pics i took with my new Nikon D3000 Camera.
Here's what i got. Quite a haul if i so say so myself:
The family got a new 40" LCD HDTV!! 1080p and prog-scan and all the goodies. We got a PS3, I got Band of brothers Blu-Ray Set. 5 dvd's with bonus features. Got a Complete car care kit: wash, wax, chamois, tire black, rim shine, armor-all interior care; you name it's in the box. As previously mentioned, i got a Nikon D3000:
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Anyway, nice RAM you got there. I just despise mismatched RAM sticks like I have.
Good camera! I was considering getting myself a new one and I still haven't decided between the Nikon D5000 and the Canon 500D (aka Rebel T1i). Although after finding out the Rebel series are so incredibly small (as in, uncomfortable to hold for anyone except a 6 year old), I'm fearing I might have to raise the bet to a 50D.