UPDATE: I took both the computers to the computer doctor this morning and as I suspected the problem with mine was the power supply. He put a new one in and it revved up right away. I then asked him if he could add more memory to it and he told me the price for 1/2 a Gb and for 1 Gb.. I chose the 1 Gb.. I also told him that every time the power goes off I have to reset everything so he checked and the backup battery was dead so he replaced that also. He is also going to put a new copy of Windows on Roys old PC. They should both be ready this afternoon by around 4 PM and he is usually pretty close with his timing or has been other times. The cost for all of this work will be around $130.00 CAD or about 1500 pesos. Good deal!!!
Last night I was sitting in my recliner reading a book, when suddenly a loud bang almost made me jump out of my skin. Roy and I both looked at each other wondering what on earth had happened. I thought it had sounded as if something had slammed into our door, HARD. We turned on the outside light and went out to have a look. Nothing, all normal, quiet and still. Hmmmm........ back inside we came and looked around. Everything seemed normal. Roy went back to his computer and I sat down to mine. Turned the screen on and nothing, looked down and the power light was off. Strange, as it had been on a while before. Hit the power button and nothing, nada, zilch, no action. Hit it again, still dead.
Then it hit us both, I guess my computer must have blown a gasket or something. Very weird !!!
My computer is old for a computer, I purchased it at the beginning of 2004 I think and have spent next to nothing on it for repairs. It has served me well.
I have been saving everything lately onto discs and other online storage sites so am not too upset about losing any data.
I am really hoping that it is just a power supply issue or something simple and he can just repair it for me as I really don't want to buy a new computer right now. We are going to take Roys old one that I am using right now and get a new version of browser put on it. It quit working for him quite a while ago for a simple reason; but he hasn't wanted me to reload my legal copy of XP onto it. So today we dragged it out and I managed to download the Chrome browser onto it and it has been working fine for me; but it does need a reload. Anyway, if mine can't be repaired cheaply I think we will just get his old one revamped and he will take it back and I will take over the laptop that he is using now. We will have to see what happens when we check in with our favorite computer guy. He did a good job for Roy several times so we have some confidence in his ability.
Wish me luck. See you tomorrow, maybe.
