Billy Young's Blog - Posts Tagged "psu"

I have been plagued with computer problems this week. I thought it was down to the memory but it turned out to be a little more than that. My PSU died. It was delivering some power to the main board but not enough to power the system. Of course I thought it must be a graphics problem when the fans in the case began to spin up yet there was no signal to the monitor. In my frustration I may have made things worse and damaged either the graphics port or my card. I found this out a few days later when my daughter bought me a new power unit. Looking on the brighter side of things I have now got my system up and running. Sadly though I am working with a very basic I7's built in graphics which real rules out gaming. I tried to play solitaire on it last night but even that seemed stuttery to me so I gave up. I can still use the computer for job searches and other internet related things as that doesn't really require a great deal of power.
I suppose though my problems are minor compared to what is happened in Paris. Though they don't feel so minor to me. Rather the weather outside seems to reflect my feelings well, dark stormy and wet. I don't enjoy relying on my kids buying stuff for me just because I haven't got the cash. I suppose that is due to the fact that it is my job to provide for them not the other way around.
Old fashioned, yes it maybe but that is just me.