This past week a close companion of mine passed on from this plane. After a long battle against multiple organ failure, its physical form couldn’t take the strain any longer. Of course, I’m talking about my computer. I have been lucky to not have to deal with my human friends and family passing on *knocks on wood till his fingers bleed*.

I had this particular computer, mostly un-upgraded with the exception of a new video card and some RAM for just shy of 5 years. I had assembled it from pieces I bought during my first co-op at Small Army way back in 2004. I could only afford to buy the motherboard, processor & ram at the time and those sat around till my next co-op where I could afford to buy the remaining pieces. It has since been my faithful companion. It got me through the remainder of college. I got me through a few freelance projects that I’ve done over the years.

The last couple of years, a few of the fans on the motherboard died as well as the fan on the video card. I’m honestly surprised it lasted as long as it did considering the circumstances. It would constantly run hot. Towards the end it’d run very hot. And finally one day the video card decided to not work anymore. In an attempt to see if I could get it functioning again I took it out and reseated it. The motherboard decided at that point that it had had enough and stopped turning on. It was tough coming to realization that it couldn’t be saved.

So, once I’ve got the new machine built, I’ll be taking my old one over to Earthworm and send it off to it’s final resting place.

R.I.P.  My Computer – 2005 – 2010

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