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6/5/05 05:44 pmFor once, 'bugger' isn't strong enough. Fuck, basically.
I've buggered up my laptop. Sloshed a small amount of tea on it this morning, just on one sid. Wiped it up hurriedly, all the buttons seemed to be working, so no worries. Came back after the cleaner was done, switched it on and tried to entre my password. '3' had become a two digit number.
Basically, the tea managed to hit the point where the keyboard qll joined up to go into the hardrive. Hence, no keys at all were working properly. Took it apart with intent to clean it, but found it was all bolted down and the like. Didn't do a very good job of putting the keys back on, either. Called Chris, messed about with it bit more (and decided I couldn't fix the keyboard) and went to a computer repair shop. Since it's a Dell, it's apparently about £100 to fix the keyboard. Bought a new one and plugged that in instead. Keyboard can stay broken now.
Having done so, though, we discovered that the sound card is also bust. Now the only source of music in my room is the radio alarmclock, since I dropped and broke the MP3 player a few months ago.
My laptop is less than a year old. I've broken both the keyboard and the soundcard. Fuck. parents are going to be far from pleased, but there's not much I can do. I've got it fixed up so I can still use it for its intended purpose: essays. That's all I need, really. It's functional, and that's what mattters.
Still, if at the end of the term there's much loan money left, I might see about getting it fixed. As it is, no more DVDs or anime or music on here. And I've got to get used to a 'normal' keyboard again.
I've buggered up my laptop. Sloshed a small amount of tea on it this morning, just on one sid. Wiped it up hurriedly, all the buttons seemed to be working, so no worries. Came back after the cleaner was done, switched it on and tried to entre my password. '3' had become a two digit number.
Basically, the tea managed to hit the point where the keyboard qll joined up to go into the hardrive. Hence, no keys at all were working properly. Took it apart with intent to clean it, but found it was all bolted down and the like. Didn't do a very good job of putting the keys back on, either. Called Chris, messed about with it bit more (and decided I couldn't fix the keyboard) and went to a computer repair shop. Since it's a Dell, it's apparently about £100 to fix the keyboard. Bought a new one and plugged that in instead. Keyboard can stay broken now.
Having done so, though, we discovered that the sound card is also bust. Now the only source of music in my room is the radio alarmclock, since I dropped and broke the MP3 player a few months ago.
My laptop is less than a year old. I've broken both the keyboard and the soundcard. Fuck. parents are going to be far from pleased, but there's not much I can do. I've got it fixed up so I can still use it for its intended purpose: essays. That's all I need, really. It's functional, and that's what mattters.
Still, if at the end of the term there's much loan money left, I might see about getting it fixed. As it is, no more DVDs or anime or music on here. And I've got to get used to a 'normal' keyboard again.
