vegeta-sama finally comes to rest
today i finally put my "new" (as of last summer) computer, dubbed 'Susano', into the shop to have the noisy fan in the power supply replaced with a quieter one. I'd already replaced the easier fans, but homey don't fark with power supplies. that was the last thing keeping me from having my new computer on all the time--that fan's whine was just too much, even with the others replaced.
so my old computer, 'vegeta-sama', is finally going to turn off. it had been quietly serving up my domain and website and rarely ever logged into for these last few years of its' life. but it was born summer after freshman year in college, 98, HEAVILY appreciated as a reprieve from the windowless latenight cs-lab (with blissfully unpoliced computers, even for those times) that had the fattest, stinkiest hindus you've ever met. most hindus i've met are pretty clean. not these guys. and hindi, forgive me, has got to be one of the least beautiful languages to listen to shouted all the time. i built it myself from peices chosen at a local shop, budgeting what upgrades i could, and he was a celeron 300 w/ 500meg ram, a 30gb drive, and tnt1 vidcard. a fine machine to play what still is my favorite pc game of all time, quake1 creeper runes CTF (which was like a combination of a FPSshooter, capture the flag, and chess). along the way, he swapped out the celeron300 for a free p2-400, which was just about as high as the mb would go. upped to a gig of ram, added a 70gb drive, a fast cd burner for the time that is possibly one of the LOUDEST ever made when it's reading--sounds like a damn jet taking off. the 70gb drive required a ide extention card, and ever since it and the drive were installed, the power supply hasn't been able to handle the initial boot needs. don't ask me how i figured this out, but to start vegeta-sama from off, you have to flick the voltage switch up on the power supply, turn it on, wait about 3 seconds for the right kinda hum, and flick it back down to normal so it can boot. oh, and that last harddrive has been held in by duct tape for the last 5 years. and there've been magnets all over the outside of the case for about that long too. and no virus/firewall software, at least on the install that's lasted these last 3-4years. (all these are huge no-nos i've been pleased to flaunt and be trouble-free) trucked on faithfully ever since i stopped screwing with it ^_^ it lasted me through college and beyond.. there was a time it succeeded the television as the primary entertainment screen late in college, finally in an apartment with buddies.. got and watched entire seasons of subbed japanese shows, esp dbz and inu yasha. aquateen'd just come out, all kindza good stuff. and it was used with a wireless keyboard and mouse--i'd hotkey the magnifier (in start-accessories-accessibility) so i read the screen from accross the room and start the right file. there were a few summers it sat on the third floor of an airconditionless eastside milwaukee house.. it was HOT and HUMID up there, and that's coming from someone who had just left florida. the rest of the house could be ok, but i had to use a lotta fans just for my comfort, lord help the computer. it has probably been near-perpetually on for the last 6 years.
so good job old man, you've been through a lot; with this blogpost, i thee retire. you get to rest in the garage, ready to return if needed.
so my old computer, 'vegeta-sama', is finally going to turn off. it had been quietly serving up my domain and website and rarely ever logged into for these last few years of its' life. but it was born summer after freshman year in college, 98, HEAVILY appreciated as a reprieve from the windowless latenight cs-lab (with blissfully unpoliced computers, even for those times) that had the fattest, stinkiest hindus you've ever met. most hindus i've met are pretty clean. not these guys. and hindi, forgive me, has got to be one of the least beautiful languages to listen to shouted all the time. i built it myself from peices chosen at a local shop, budgeting what upgrades i could, and he was a celeron 300 w/ 500meg ram, a 30gb drive, and tnt1 vidcard. a fine machine to play what still is my favorite pc game of all time, quake1 creeper runes CTF (which was like a combination of a FPSshooter, capture the flag, and chess). along the way, he swapped out the celeron300 for a free p2-400, which was just about as high as the mb would go. upped to a gig of ram, added a 70gb drive, a fast cd burner for the time that is possibly one of the LOUDEST ever made when it's reading--sounds like a damn jet taking off. the 70gb drive required a ide extention card, and ever since it and the drive were installed, the power supply hasn't been able to handle the initial boot needs. don't ask me how i figured this out, but to start vegeta-sama from off, you have to flick the voltage switch up on the power supply, turn it on, wait about 3 seconds for the right kinda hum, and flick it back down to normal so it can boot. oh, and that last harddrive has been held in by duct tape for the last 5 years. and there've been magnets all over the outside of the case for about that long too. and no virus/firewall software, at least on the install that's lasted these last 3-4years. (all these are huge no-nos i've been pleased to flaunt and be trouble-free) trucked on faithfully ever since i stopped screwing with it ^_^ it lasted me through college and beyond.. there was a time it succeeded the television as the primary entertainment screen late in college, finally in an apartment with buddies.. got and watched entire seasons of subbed japanese shows, esp dbz and inu yasha. aquateen'd just come out, all kindza good stuff. and it was used with a wireless keyboard and mouse--i'd hotkey the magnifier (in start-accessories-accessibility) so i read the screen from accross the room and start the right file. there were a few summers it sat on the third floor of an airconditionless eastside milwaukee house.. it was HOT and HUMID up there, and that's coming from someone who had just left florida. the rest of the house could be ok, but i had to use a lotta fans just for my comfort, lord help the computer. it has probably been near-perpetually on for the last 6 years.
so good job old man, you've been through a lot; with this blogpost, i thee retire. you get to rest in the garage, ready to return if needed.
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