RIP Athena

Last night, I reached out to my mouse as I sat down at my sweet, sweet laptop, felt a small shock, and watched Athena die.

Now, if I press power, the green light flashes rapidly for as long as I hold it down, and it is otherwise dead as a doornail. Using battery or plugged power doesn’t make a difference, so either the MB or CPU are toast.

Of course, it’s just over 3 years old, and so just outside of the extended warrany.

I hope to spend a little time today researching the cost of a replacement MB, because this is otherwise an excellent laptop – 17″, 1920×1200… The only things out of date (HD, RAM) are easily upgradeable. If it costs more than a few hundred dollars to replace the hardware, though… I may have to start thinking about a new computer.

*sadness*

Doesn’t change much about my internet access – I still have my work laptop, which I bring home every night. Thank pete that I picked up an external hard drive a month or so ago and copied everything of consequence onto it.

*mourns*

~ by Skennedy on March 13, 2008.

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10 Responses to “RIP Athena”

  1. I’m so sorry for your loss.

    silverbriar said this on March 13, 2008 at 12:53 pm

  2. I’m so sorry for your loss.

    silverbriar said this on March 13, 2008 at 12:53 pm

  3. Awww. *hugs* My condolences on your loss.

    cjtremlett said this on March 13, 2008 at 12:59 pm

  4. Awww. *hugs* My condolences on your loss.

    cjtremlett said this on March 13, 2008 at 12:59 pm

  5. I’m sorry. And I shouldn’t read first thing in the morning as I was seriously convinced that you had a mouse named Athena who died in your hand, this morning, and I didn’t know you raised mice.

    mactavish said this on March 13, 2008 at 4:16 pm

    • *chuckle* I do not, but Lucy loves ratties – she has one, and two of her vet friends have two more, which they all keep together.

      atdt1991 said this on March 13, 2008 at 4:33 pm

    • *chuckle* I do not, but Lucy loves ratties – she has one, and two of her vet friends have two more, which they all keep together.

      atdt1991 said this on March 13, 2008 at 4:33 pm

  6. I’m sorry. And I shouldn’t read first thing in the morning as I was seriously convinced that you had a mouse named Athena who died in your hand, this morning, and I didn’t know you raised mice.

    mactavish said this on March 13, 2008 at 4:16 pm

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