Delay of Service

[xyzzysqrl]

Today we attempted to upgrade my PC!

Note the word 'attempted'. New motherboard, new CPU... PC no longer powers on.

We solved that in typical fashion. The BF whimpered and swore and gnawed at it, and I offered helpful suggestions.


Sqrl: "It IS plugged in."
Woof: "Yes."
Sqrl: "And everything is seated right."
Woof: "Yes."
Sqrl: "...Have you tried reversing the polarity?"
Woof: "Actually... yes."

I was stumped.

Sqrl: "Well, I'm stumped. Wanna kill all humans?"
Woof: "THAT DOES NOT SOLVE ANYTHING."

Eventually we compared his old PC to the layout of my new board and noticed something interesting.

Woof: "This wire ... the power supply to this fan on MY PC. It's not plugged in."
Sqrl: "Oh! Could that be the problem?"
Woof: "No, I mean, it's not plugged in on my PC, but it is on yours."
Sqrl: "So unplug it."
Woof: "And plug it into what?"
Sqrl: "No, just... unplug it. Leave it out. Unplugged."
Woof: *expression of 'that is the dumbest thing ever'* "Okay."
*unplug* *power button* *BOOP*
Woof: "I fucking cannot believe that fucking worked. That is the DUMBEST POSSIBLE THING you could've suggested, after hours of me reading 'make sure all the wires are plugged in'."
Sqrl: "Hazards of a mind raised on point and click adventures. 'Already tried all the SMART ideas, let's try the dumb ones!'"

So now my machine powers on. Yay!
Unfortunately, my old boot drive is an IDE. My new motherboard only has SATA connectors. Boo. We can get a converter overnighted! Yay! But... no PC for me today. (I am typing this on his.)

Woof: "I am reconsidering my stance on killing all humans."
Sqrl: "I can show you the world..."
Woof: "What."
Sqrl: o/~ "A WHOLE NEEEEEEW WORLD! WHERE I'VE KILLED EVERYONE BUT YOOOOOU~"
Woof: "When did I become the moral compass of this relationship? That's terrifying."

Oh well. Now I am lounging around on the couch, watching Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Mysteries from 1977 on Netflix and occasionally posting to Twitter on the 3DS.

Sqrl: "Y'know..."
Woof: "Huh?"
Sqrl: "You said that was the dumbest possible thing I could've suggested, but I can think of at least eight other DUMBER things I could've asked you to try, if you want to hear them?"
Woof: *sigh*

He's no fun.

Comments

[silveradept]

Your adventure game training pays off! Well done.

[swordianmaster]

You wanna really make steam shoot out of woof ears like in a Looney Tunes cartoon?

Let him know that, by having that cable plugged in where it was, he had a non-zero chance of completely slagging whatever it was plugged into. I'm no electrician but I'm pretty darn sure that the cord he plugged in is pretty much used as a grounding cable, meaning plugging it in will give the full amount of current to whatever it's attached to, instead of a carefully monitored and tested amount.

[xyzzysqrl]

Oh, we're both quite aware. No idea what was going on there.

[dang-bunni.livejournal.com]

I actually have a SATA drive you can have, if you want. I can't overnight it, but I could mail it off.

It's a Western Digital VelociRaptor 10,000 RPM 600 gig drive. It's not as fast as an SSD, but it's pretty damned fast.

It actually improved my framerate in LOTRO by reducing texture seek times when I switched from a 5400 RPM drive to it! I have an SSD now tho so it's just sitting here with a backup of stuff on it.

[xyzzysqrl]

I don't strictly NEED another drive, but it wouldn't HURT to have another option. We did just order one, but it is part of a complex scheme in which the BF gets the new one and reformats his old one and I transfer a bunch of stuff to the old one and put it in my PC and ...

...I wouldn't say no if you have no other use for it.

[kiruppert.livejournal.com]

I am at least nominally human, so it would make me sad if you were to kill me.

It would really ruin my day.

[swordianmaster.livejournal.com]

Likewise, without this fragile earthly shell, I would have no way to properly enjoy pleasures of the flesh (read: shameless furry pornography) so I kind of enjoy the "not killing all humans" angle.

[xyzzysqrl]

You pansies.

[hat-of-nikitich.livejournal.com]

I'm glad someone else solves problems with the adventure game method!