"I've got good news and bad news," the computer said to me.

[alexandraerin]

You all remember when I said I was having problems with my email client not properly showing me all the emails it downloaded? I still don't know what exactly was causing it, but cleaning up all the accumulated crapware on my compy has rescued hundreds of email from limbo.

And that's not counting the spam that's in my main spam-catching address.

(Fortunately a lot of them are just Livejournal and Facebook notifications, though.)

So, in addition to all the email I haven't seen because my email-checkin'-computer was out of order, I also have older emails going all the way back to before my trip to New Orleans that I'm just now seeing.

Fun!

I suppose I'm going to set up some rules/filter-thingies to try to sort them into more manageable masses (in particular, to get the notices from PayPal about sponsors and such separated out where I can see them).

Comments

[akailaughingman.livejournal.com]

computers are much easier than metal and wood. You have tabs, and you have slots. Try opening the case to your computer, dusting it off (yes it'll be dusty. hope you don't have spiders), and getting used to unplugging and plugging things back in. Most of the crazy wires will trace back to the power supply, and the others will trace back to the motherboard.

You seriously can NOT break anything while pushing these on and off. There is more delicate work to putting a computer together (most notably adding a cpu. takes xylene among other things to do it right. and a delicate hand so you don't bend the fine pins). But you really ought to get used to the easy stuff.

I hotwire my computer whenever I turn it on, ever since the power switch broke.

oops!

[akailaughingman.livejournal.com]

do not do any of the above without either a static strip (recommended) or some good grounding (hand on metal near power supply generally works, so long as puter is still plugged in to a good ground.)

[sage-blackthorn.livejournal.com]

Oh I've plugged and unplugged a few things in before. Had to get the tower case open just to clean the dust out to get the fans spinning again. I'm just more mechanical minded than electronic (much to my dad's disappointment, I'm sure. He's an electronics engineer). But mostly I just make a note of where things were plugged in that I had to clean, and make sure they get back in that spot.

[akailaughingman.livejournal.com]

then switching out a power supply should be no different. (get one that's a little larger, and recommended by arstechnica -- saggy power sucks (ask yer pap if you don't know what that means, teehee)). Just remember which went where (write 'em down if you have to), and plug them back in.

It really is simple.

And if you order from newegg, it's fairly easy to send back if you get the wrong one (I too heart newegg).