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December 14, 2017

My primary desktop is dead

Filed under: Computer Hardware,My Life,Tech Related — Suramya @ 12:00 AM

The fan on my computer was giving me some problem (it sounded like an aircraft taking off) so I thought I’ll replace it with a new one. The new fan/heatsink arrived earlier this week and today I finally had the time to try installing it.

First I had to remove the old fan and heat sink so I looked at the video online on how to remove the fan and followed the instructions exactly. But unfortunately the Glue used to stick the CPU to the heat sink was a little too strong and while I was trying to remove the heat sink I managed to get the top half the CPU separated from the bottom half. So now my computer is a very expensive paper weight still I get a new CPU. 

Looking online I found that the AM3+ socket that my motherboard uses has been phased out and even though there are processors that will work with it for the same cost or slightly cheaper I can get a new more powerful CPU and motherboard. So obviously I am going for the latter option.

I have selected a new board and CPU on Amazon but didn’t order it yet because I want to check the cost at some of the local shops before I order. Plus the Amazon order will take a couple of days to get here and I want to avoid the delay.

Its not that I don’t have a machine right now as I have two laptops but the desktop was my primary machine configured to be exactly the way I like it and it’s annoying to have to use a laptop which is not configured exactly the same as the desktop. 

I am dictating this blog post on my phone using the Google voice type and it’s about 99% accurate which is pretty cool. I still can’t figure out how to put punctuation during the dictation but other than that it works perfectly.

Well this is all for now will write more later hopefully on my new desktop.

– Suramya

2 Comments »

  1. On iPhone you just speak out the punctuation. I am guessing that will work for android too?

    Testing. Testing? I am typing this using iPhone and giving it punctuation, and then I’ll; oh boy.

    Comment by AA — February 2, 2018 @ 5:25 AM

  2. Yeah, there is and everytime I hit this issue I go look up the syntax (punctuation words) so that the next time I don’t have to do it manually but since I never remember what they are I end up manually typing them.

    Comment by Suramya — February 2, 2018 @ 3:55 PM

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