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lightcastleThe question of no dsl actually running into the modem has been rendered moot by the fact my desktop has stopped turning on again.
Beep code indicates it is probably a motherboard issue. This is the same as was happening after the move, but that got fixed by cracking the case and re-seating everything. No such luck this time, so I suspect it is a more serious problem and all I did was buy myself some time before.
Of course, I don't get my first paycheque until the 15th, and I have 70 dollars to my name until then, so that's full of suck.
I am now seriously considering (since I don't have time to pick something by careful piecemeal) of going for one of the "we build it for you and it's on sale" bits I can find, with an eye for upgrading. Namely a decent core processor and room to add RAM. (And probably replace the case with an ANTEC when I can.)
It's not ideal, but assembling one from parts will leave me without one for much longer.
That being the case, anyone know a good deal on a machine? Remember I am Canada-bound, so US=centric places may be problematic.
Beep code indicates it is probably a motherboard issue. This is the same as was happening after the move, but that got fixed by cracking the case and re-seating everything. No such luck this time, so I suspect it is a more serious problem and all I did was buy myself some time before.
Of course, I don't get my first paycheque until the 15th, and I have 70 dollars to my name until then, so that's full of suck.
I am now seriously considering (since I don't have time to pick something by careful piecemeal) of going for one of the "we build it for you and it's on sale" bits I can find, with an eye for upgrading. Namely a decent core processor and room to add RAM. (And probably replace the case with an ANTEC when I can.)
It's not ideal, but assembling one from parts will leave me without one for much longer.
That being the case, anyone know a good deal on a machine? Remember I am Canada-bound, so US=centric places may be problematic.
