Drive home took forever due to the weather. Rain means the highway will be a parking lot, so we took surface streets. That worked out fine until the approach to Hillsdale, where a number of traffic signals were out. Crrraaaawwwwlllll.<\/p>\n
At 21st and Broadway, some poor soul had managed to turn their Jeep-thingy shiny-side-down. Hope they’re ok.<\/p>\n
But, there’s a light at the end of the street – mine! Power in the house is on, and what’s this? A package from ECS? YAY! My motherboard is here!!<\/p>\n
So, out comes the tool kit, and double-yay! I still have thermal compound for the heatsink! Woohoo!<\/p>\n
Wait, what’s that? The lights are flickering? SHIT! I don’t dare plug the thing in on a night like this, there’s no telling when the power may go tits-up, and I’ve never gotten around to buying a UPS.<\/p>\n
Well, one more night of laptop won’t kill me.<\/p>\n
**Update**
\nYeah, right – like that was going to happen.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately,it appears that the motherboard wasn’t the problem, despite all the symptoms. Next step is to replace the power supply.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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