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Spike88 12-08-10 01:22 AM

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-----
 
Just noticed my charge icon turned off on my laptop. After finagling with the cord and not getting anything, I brought the adapter part close to my head, don't ask why.

What do I hear? A faint beeping sound. :dead: 1 quick google search later and I find out my charger may have bitten the bucket. :damn:

As my warranty is still good until January, hopefully I can get a new one for free.

God knows how long it'll take.


I'm down to 82% battery and counting. Had wanted to mess around some more on ARMA 2 editor and then start my campaign, but that will eat through my battery. :wah:


...73&. Just put her into Power saver mode.


This ship is going down. All hands abandon ships.

BAH. Even on Power saving I'm already down to 71%.

Girlfriend would probably bite my hand off If I tried using her computer.





66%.... Just looked up HP's price for a replacement.... 79.99 D:.

Reece 12-08-10 03:56 AM

Gone now!!:dead:

Spike88 12-08-10 10:50 AM

Sadly, I had to turn her off before she completely shut down. Techsupport is on the phone now(not that I really need a determination for what's wrong, I just need the bloody part.)


On the misses computer while she's in the other room. SSSSHHHH don't tell her.



EDIT: Baah. Bloody tech support "Let's go through troubleshooting".

"What the eff for? I know it's the charger!"

Herr-Berbunch 12-08-10 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spike88 (Post 1549463)
EDIT: Baah. Bloody tech support "Let's go through troubleshooting".

Step one: Power recycle (turn if off and on again) :yep:

Step two: Plug it in another socket, just in case :yep:

Step three: Repeat step one, just in case :yep:

Step four: Thow it in a strop (disconnect from both ends first - very important) :damn:

Step five: Buy your missus some wine/chocolates and tell her she should visit her mother/sister/friends more often :03:

Step six: Create your own (admin) account on the wife's PC, and change her password. Deny doing this! :88)

Et voila! :D

Spike88 12-08-10 12:06 PM

Pretty much the steps I went through before hand.

But I already had an admin spot on her computer, so that step was taken out. Surprisingly she said I can use it while I wait for my cord(must be because my birthday is this week, and she's in a Christmas sort of mood.)



The only bad thing is that this 1.8ghz Single core AMD Sempron Processor isn't going to run anything, save maybe minecraft.



Anywho, HP says they'll send a new one out and it should be here by Monday 12/13.

Ended up getting the misses to talk to the techsupport guy. Dealing with someone who's just reading off a prompt and knows less about computers than you is a bit troublesome.

longam 12-08-10 12:51 PM

Hot wire that sucker. JK :O:

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...s/01-15600.jpg

SteamWake 12-08-10 01:05 PM

Uhhh there is a reason they use solid state switching power supplies :03:

Spike88 12-08-10 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by longam (Post 1549527)
Hot wire that sucker. JK :O:

My computer would probably explode. :haha:




Edit: The waiting game sucks. Today I didn't have to do anything, job or chore wise. Was looking forward to starting my damn campaign. Instead I took care of my nephew(6 months old I believe), played about 30 minutes of GT5(which surprisingly puts my nephew to sleep, think it's the car sounds), and then napped. Now I'm letting the PS3 and GT5 update before I go out to dinner.

Spike88 12-09-10 02:11 PM

Surprisingly it came today with Overnight shipping.

SteamWake 12-10-10 10:15 AM

Whats so supprising?

I ordered a set of oscilloscope probes off ebay they showed up 2 days later. :yeah:


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