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Well, i guess i haven't updated this in ages, and possibly longer than that! :)
i don't know why i don't update this more often. i guess it's that i don't think anything that i want to write is interesting enough for this journal. But it's probably because i am insecure about sharing my thoughts/feelings with people, even friends sometimes. i know i am shy about that sort of thing, and i'm not the type of person who feels thay can really open up to anyone. i guess i need to work on that.
Anyway, i was supposed to be updating this journal :)
Well i was really just gonna mention that i'm finally going to finish upgrading my computer (hopefully the last 2 parts will arrive tomorrow, and then i should have a happy stable computer!
The reason i am upgrading is that my PC keeps crashing randomly, even when i'm not doing anything, but more often when i'm playing games. i know it's a hardware issue, because it happens with both Win98SE (main hard drive) and Win2000 (second hard drive).
i originally thought it was the power supply (only 350W and i was running 5 PCI cards, and 4 USB devices AND my monitor through it), so i got a 550W one, but it didn't change anything. So i upgraded the hard drive next (because it needed it, as it kept making horrible grinding noises when starting up). The i upgraded the memory, as i thought the memory might be faulty, and could be the cause of the crashes, but no...
So i saved up some more money, and upgraded the graphics card (partly because i thought that might be the cause of the crashes, and partly because i needed a better graphics card to play my new games *grins*).. But that didn't alter anything...
next on the list - Either the sound card (an old SB Live card), or the motherboard. Well a new sound card would set me back 60 pounds, whereas a new motherboard was 90. So i settled for a new Audigy 2 card, and that sounds GOOD! but still the computer crashes!!! *grr*
So more saving up, and finally i can afford (well, okay, i can't afford it, but my VISA card can! *evil grin*) a new motherboard and a new processor, which should be arriving tomorrow!!! Yay! My computer will be nice and fast, and hopefully won't crash. And out goes Win98SE, and in comes Win2000 on the main hard drive, and the second hard drive will be housing a version of Linux (although i'd be happy if someone would give me advice on which version of linux i should go for - as i only have a very small experience of trying out Mandrake 9 for a few weeks without a clue as to what i was doing!)
Well that was a slow, but (almost) complete upgrade in a period of around 9 months. Roll on tomorrow! (Although i may still wait until the weekend to fit and install everything, as it always seems to take hours to re-install the drivers, and programs etc.)
Anyway, i guess that was a LONG update (especially for me!)
i don't know why i don't update this more often. i guess it's that i don't think anything that i want to write is interesting enough for this journal. But it's probably because i am insecure about sharing my thoughts/feelings with people, even friends sometimes. i know i am shy about that sort of thing, and i'm not the type of person who feels thay can really open up to anyone. i guess i need to work on that.
Anyway, i was supposed to be updating this journal :)
Well i was really just gonna mention that i'm finally going to finish upgrading my computer (hopefully the last 2 parts will arrive tomorrow, and then i should have a happy stable computer!
The reason i am upgrading is that my PC keeps crashing randomly, even when i'm not doing anything, but more often when i'm playing games. i know it's a hardware issue, because it happens with both Win98SE (main hard drive) and Win2000 (second hard drive).
i originally thought it was the power supply (only 350W and i was running 5 PCI cards, and 4 USB devices AND my monitor through it), so i got a 550W one, but it didn't change anything. So i upgraded the hard drive next (because it needed it, as it kept making horrible grinding noises when starting up). The i upgraded the memory, as i thought the memory might be faulty, and could be the cause of the crashes, but no...
So i saved up some more money, and upgraded the graphics card (partly because i thought that might be the cause of the crashes, and partly because i needed a better graphics card to play my new games *grins*).. But that didn't alter anything...
next on the list - Either the sound card (an old SB Live card), or the motherboard. Well a new sound card would set me back 60 pounds, whereas a new motherboard was 90. So i settled for a new Audigy 2 card, and that sounds GOOD! but still the computer crashes!!! *grr*
So more saving up, and finally i can afford (well, okay, i can't afford it, but my VISA card can! *evil grin*) a new motherboard and a new processor, which should be arriving tomorrow!!! Yay! My computer will be nice and fast, and hopefully won't crash. And out goes Win98SE, and in comes Win2000 on the main hard drive, and the second hard drive will be housing a version of Linux (although i'd be happy if someone would give me advice on which version of linux i should go for - as i only have a very small experience of trying out Mandrake 9 for a few weeks without a clue as to what i was doing!)
Well that was a slow, but (almost) complete upgrade in a period of around 9 months. Roll on tomorrow! (Although i may still wait until the weekend to fit and install everything, as it always seems to take hours to re-install the drivers, and programs etc.)
Anyway, i guess that was a LONG update (especially for me!)
