D.O.A Machine
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The D.O.A Machine was a rather tragicomical attempt at replacing the mysteriously broken [[My Computer]] in 2007. | The D.O.A Machine was a rather tragicomical attempt at replacing the mysteriously broken [[My Computer]] in 2007. | ||
| - | As My Computer had been mysteriously broken, I quickly needed a computer capable of at least printing and Internet browsing. My parents told me that they had an old "work computer" laying around, and with some very minor changes, it could be converted into a "just the | + | As My Computer had been mysteriously broken, I quickly needed a computer capable of at least printing and Internet browsing. My parents told me that they had an old "work computer" laying around, and with some very minor changes, it could be converted into a "just the basics"-style of a computer - which was just what I needed at the moment. The computer had a 1Ghz Pentium-based processor, ??? of hard drive space along with ??? of RAM. Not much else was known about it.. To me, that is. |
So, I decided to go to my parents to pick the computer up. There was about 300-400km's between me and them, and I had to use the trains to get there. As I left from their place after a few days packed with the computer, transporting a computer in the train was hard enough - but unfortunately the shittier surprise was still ahead of me. As I got home and hooked the computer up with power, nothing happened! You've got to be fucking kidding me! After a few desperate tries, I opened the computer up and pretty much concluded that everything was supposed to be in its' place. Despite everything seeming to be OK, it clearly fucking wasn't! | So, I decided to go to my parents to pick the computer up. There was about 300-400km's between me and them, and I had to use the trains to get there. As I left from their place after a few days packed with the computer, transporting a computer in the train was hard enough - but unfortunately the shittier surprise was still ahead of me. As I got home and hooked the computer up with power, nothing happened! You've got to be fucking kidding me! After a few desperate tries, I opened the computer up and pretty much concluded that everything was supposed to be in its' place. Despite everything seeming to be OK, it clearly fucking wasn't! | ||
Current revision as of 16:00, 1 September 2009
The D.O.A Machine was a rather tragicomical attempt at replacing the mysteriously broken My Computer in 2007.
As My Computer had been mysteriously broken, I quickly needed a computer capable of at least printing and Internet browsing. My parents told me that they had an old "work computer" laying around, and with some very minor changes, it could be converted into a "just the basics"-style of a computer - which was just what I needed at the moment. The computer had a 1Ghz Pentium-based processor, ??? of hard drive space along with ??? of RAM. Not much else was known about it.. To me, that is.
So, I decided to go to my parents to pick the computer up. There was about 300-400km's between me and them, and I had to use the trains to get there. As I left from their place after a few days packed with the computer, transporting a computer in the train was hard enough - but unfortunately the shittier surprise was still ahead of me. As I got home and hooked the computer up with power, nothing happened! You've got to be fucking kidding me! After a few desperate tries, I opened the computer up and pretty much concluded that everything was supposed to be in its' place. Despite everything seeming to be OK, it clearly fucking wasn't!
The Dead-on-arrival machine was still kept inside my apartment, but I was still forced to buy The Temporary Orange Box shortly afterwards. I finally sacked the D.O.A. Machine in 2009 after I returned from my tour-of-duty in the army. I disconnected all the hardware inside of it, threw them in the bin and finally got rid of the frame. Yet again, good riddance.
