It looks like I’ve fallen out into space with as long as I’ve been gone. About a month ago, my computer started crashing. I was getting the blue screen, the computer was constantly locking up, etc. I figured it was the memory going bad, the motherboard, or the power supply. Since I didn’t have the funds to fix it and had no intentions of using a credit card, it had to sit. I opened it up less than a week ago after buying a can of air. I started cleaning it out while it was on its side. I was able to look at the underside of the graphics card and noticed the cooling fan was tilted. In case you didn’t know it, most of your components nowadays have cooling elements or fans. Memory, CPU chip, graphics card, etc. It’s because we want our computer to be blazing and it has to cool itself off to keep from burning up. Well, that’s exactly what my graphics card did – it heated up and burned the fan off. There was melted plastic on the card. I think I got pretty lucky because it really could have been worse.
So my husband happened to be at Best Buy and asked if I wanted him to pick one up. $75 later and a dustless case, it seems as though my computer is running much better. I haven’t had it lock up since replacing the card. I did that less than a week ago and have been in a “testing period” since. I didn’t want to hold out too much hope and then still have problems. The video is still a bit choppy so I have to work on that. I figure it’s probably the need for memory or it’s on the same IRQ as something else. For me? It’s fixed for now. I can work on that when I have the time.
Now that I’m back, I’m ready to get started. I figured I’d start you off with a freebie today. I also have another one zipped and ready for you that I’ll show you later this week. For now, Kimberly Stewart has a great kit out called Winter Blessings. One of the fantastic team ladies, Tammy Dunlap, created a great quickpage for you. Here are today’s Peeks and Perks:
