Thursday, February 16, 2006

I didn't do it! I promise!!

ACK.

OK, so here I was, just minding my own business, when *CLICK* my computer just died. What happened you might ask? My PSU went blooie. :-( I actually had smelled something kinda like burning plastic earlier (you know the smell) and I could *kinda* tell it was coming from the vicinity of my computer, but I couldn't be 100% sure. Well, apparently I was right, cuz *blooie* and it's gone. Now that I have it out, I smelled near the fan on the unit itself, and - WHOO - um, yeah, it was the PSU. BUT, everything else is OK. (I'm typing this on my computer, currently using a loaner PSU from my Dad) The plus side? I get to get a really sweet replacement! I was looking around on Tiger Direct, (great computer place, I must say) and I think I found just the one. Features:
  • 550 watts
  • Adjustable 120mm fan
  • Color switchable LED lighting inside (shines out through the fan)
  • The cables are wrapped in green UV reactive cable sleeves
  • You also get a blue UV-emitting 120mm fan to put anywhere in you case, along with a fan speed control knob thing that can control up to 5 fans (I think you just plug one fan into it, then just daisy-chain the rest from that one, and it controls all of them at once [most case fans have a power connector pass-through] )
I think it'll go well with the rest of my computer, (in the lighting department) because I have 2 LED fans, (one blue and one reddish-pink) and one of those bright blue "cold cathode lights" that I can switch on and off.


I'll make sure to post details (maybe some pictures too) when I get it. Bye for now!

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