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ok - here’s what happened. Mayou, the tech who worked on my machine confirmed it was the motherboard.

FRIED.

very bad.

etc etc

So he said that for $200 he could replace the motherboard.

But that it would cost $50 more if the CPU had also been zapped.

Or he could take out all my drives and memory and put it in a new case with a motherboard and zippier CPU for the low low price of $599.

Or, finally, he could just sell me a whole new system for $1100.

I told him to replace the motherboard.

He was fine with that and ran off to round up the board.

but he called back a few hours later and reported that nobody had it in stock.

But while he was farting around with the system he dismantled it.

all of it.

yes, all of it.

This concerned me at first. But I knew I was in good hands and was unsure of what the punchline was going to be so I waited.

He told me that there was dust in there.

A lot of dust

A WHOLE lot of dust. And that when he took the fan off the CPU THEN put it back, the whole thing started working again!!

HOLY CRAP!!

Its working again?!!

Happy Days!!

So now its back to normal. now I just have to pay him for his labor. I wonder how much it will be…

oh, and Ben is back from eCamp. I also wonder how he’s doing. All three kids have pieces of art in the city-wide art show at the high school. Their reception is tonight so we have to go see elementary kids’ art this evening.

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