Bah. Technology isn't my friend.

Rather sick of computers right now, not enough to go without mind you, but still... no love lost between us.

Bought cheap used computer. Not a bad system for what I paid for it. They'd assured me it'd been thoroughly checked over, and then had the drive wiped clean (since they don't have distribution license for the various OS they sell). Not a big deal as I've got an OS I can install in it.

Got it home. Hooked it up to my monitor, and nothing...

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If anyone on my flist has suggestions, feel free to offer them up. Otherwise it's going back on Tuesday.

Bah. Technology isn't my friend.

Rather sick of computers right now, not enough to go without mind you, but still... no love lost between us.

Bought cheap used computer. Not a bad system for what I paid for it. They'd assured me it'd been thoroughly checked over, and then had the drive wiped clean (since they don't have distribution license for the various OS they sell). Not a big deal as I've got an OS I can install in it.

Got it home. Hooked it up to my monitor, and nothing...

( Click for the nitty gritty details. )

If anyone on my flist has suggestions, feel free to offer them up. Otherwise it's going back on Tuesday.