Well after 10 days of being stuck on this laptop it looks like tonight I shall be getting my computer fixed.
My dad gave me some birthday money - which I promptly spent!
my computer is having a complete rebuild - the only original parts on it now are the floppy drive and the case itself.
New mother board
New power supply
New processor
1 gig ram
oh and a 250 gig hard drive! I said WHAT?? I was having trouble filling an 80 gig hard drive with my musicand artwork. Imagine how much more I can get on there now!!
and for my birthday my friend Clare has bought me a dvd writer/dvd player to go in the superfast mega machine.
That lot came in at under £200 - it's surprising how cheap it is if you do the homework (and legwork courtesy of Hedgewolf THANK YOU X)and build it yourself again - thank you to Hedgwolf who spent all day on it yesterday only to discover that the 'new' motherboard is faulty but the shop were happy enough to exchange it no questions asked.
If you're buying a computer and you live near Stourbridge, highly recommend Bytech Computers in Wollaston.
Anyway - I've just heard the wonderful cry of food - so I shall go and eat!
