Listening to the Voices in My Head

Got more of the grunt work done on new computer. There is a theme to the names. AcerBeast, AcerClone, and now AcerChild. Child because it's faster than its' predecessors (parents). H.T. to hal spacejock for the link earlier to a faster way to get all the updates. Might share the file, not the link with the rest of the world. Gotta love torrents.

AcerClone isn't going to be junked, or even retired. It will still be used, but I will be calling around all the Acer parts/repair shops about getting it a new fan.

Just have a few more things to set up (screen saver, and a few more audio editing programs) and I should be good to go.

AcerClone's hotsink fan has been making some loud noises. Now I don't want a repeat of what happened with AcerBeast. IT was making loud noises, and then about 2 weeks later, the harddrive suffered a catastrophic failure, and I lost some pertinent data.

Went shopping around, looking for the best bargain,price and hardware I could get for the price range I was trying to stay in. And I found it. It is another Acer. Hey, I like them, the mainboards are great, and the architecture is fine. HDs fail, that's just part of computer ownership: you try to upgrade your harddrives ahead of their failures. Sometimes you manage, other times...eh.

I will be trying to find or fix the hotsink fan in AcerClone. And AcerBeast still works, as I am typing on it now. Will be finding a new home for it, so to speak.

Extensa 2000,2.8ghz Pent4 New 80 gig hd, 1.5 gigs ram, new DVDRW (Replaced the crappy Matshita drive that was originally installed),and new Battery. Original OEM discs and back ups. 'Relatively' cheap.

Stopped in at 'Netways' to see if Acerclone was sporting it's new harddrive and the bluetooth module. I was told the tech couldn't figure out how to put the module in, and that HighPoint hadn't gotten back to them. Umm ok.... so I came home, called Highpoint, was on the phone for about 5 minutes, and 'splained the situation..Gave Matthew the tech Netways phone number, and he contacted them and told them how. *sigh* So, it should be ready tomorrow.

P/T session today. Typical stretch/bend/twist/work with weights.

Got a bluetooth adaptor for AcerClone. Ordered it from "OFFICIAL ACER PARTS", and specifically asked them to pack instructions on how to put the thing in. What did the braintrusts there send me? TWO copies of the bill of sale. Fuqwits. After opening all the bays, and turning the computer over and trying to find some other way through to the innards, I called Netways and 'splained the situation. I was asked to bring it down. He had asked me if it was a USB and I told him twice, no, it was a module to be inserted in the computer, not in a port.

So, packed AcerClone into backpack, hopped onto my trusty e-bike, and pedaled my way to Netways. He was surprised that it was actually a module specifically for my Acer. He thought I was 'mistaken'. Typical of guys when talking to women on the phone. Yanno, I have ovaries and breasts, so how the hell would I know the difference between a module and a USB item. :p

After much dissassembling, we could not find (yes, we, I assisted much to his surprise, cuz I knew what I was doing) where the damned thing goes. So, I guess the scheduled replacement of the harddrive will happen sooner than later so I can have the blue tooth module put in at the same time.