Sweet, I finally have 512MB of memory in my laptop again. It’s actually been about half a year since my computer decided it didn’t want a memory chip in the 2nd slot, limiting me to a slow 256MB running Windows XP pro… not too fun, but actually, the computer was running pretty well for the most part. The slowness finally got to me this spring when it started taking a minute to load word or any other useful application I need to use during the day. So I finally checked into the problem and found out I had a bad system board. A friend of mine (who works for AIT service) ordered me a new mainboard on my warranty, and just finished putting it in.
Wow, there is a lot of pieces that come integrated into a new mainboard. I have new fans, new ports on the back (nice because I was missing some screw mounts), and it seems like I have new latches for my expansion ports (tighter lever now). The best part is I think I had at least one blown speaker…. and the new board comes with new ones. I feel like I have a new machine. And with another 256 coming from Nick, it’ll be even speedier later this week.
Thus ends my computer rambling for the week.