Newer Comp Incoming!
Oct. 20th, 2017 04:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
owsf2000My primary computer is now having thermal issues. As a result it shuts down within a minute of booting. I'm sure it's likely a case of needing to redo the thermal paste or something like that - although I also need to do a serious cleaning in the case.
But I'm not exactly a mister fix-it and I've never done something like removing a heat sink (on an old comp no less) before. I will attempt it, but it's something I'd rather prepare for. Even if I managed to get the heatsink off the CPU there's always a chance I'll screw it up trying to get the damned thing back on. XD
I've been meaning to get a newer comp anyway for the last year. Going to see what's what at the store near me today and I'll likely pick something up tomorrow. They still have some Win7 machines I believe unless they've changed that to Win10 in the last couple months.
(Currently on my backup ubuntu box, and the state of the bookmarks shows me exactly how long it's been since I've been on here. Had to dig up dreamwidth's url.)
On a plus side I also got a chance to test out if Tiled Map Editor works on this comp. It would bluescreen the other comp. And it works! I can use that in my 7800Basic game design later on. I just need to draw up some actual suitable tiles.
But I'm not exactly a mister fix-it and I've never done something like removing a heat sink (on an old comp no less) before. I will attempt it, but it's something I'd rather prepare for. Even if I managed to get the heatsink off the CPU there's always a chance I'll screw it up trying to get the damned thing back on. XD
I've been meaning to get a newer comp anyway for the last year. Going to see what's what at the store near me today and I'll likely pick something up tomorrow. They still have some Win7 machines I believe unless they've changed that to Win10 in the last couple months.
(Currently on my backup ubuntu box, and the state of the bookmarks shows me exactly how long it's been since I've been on here. Had to dig up dreamwidth's url.)
On a plus side I also got a chance to test out if Tiled Map Editor works on this comp. It would bluescreen the other comp. And it works! I can use that in my 7800Basic game design later on. I just need to draw up some actual suitable tiles.
