It's alive!

After a harrowing week, the computer is alive and working.

My first scare when bringing it back from the shop was that the monitor just wouldn't turn on. I opened it to check the new videocard was correctly installed and nothing. After pulling my hair for half an hour, I realized that the keyboard and mouse sockets were backwards than from my old motherboard. Switching them was the secret to a) correct startup, b) feeling silly.

There were no more scares, actually, just the drag of reinstalling all my software and utilities. Luckily, I had backed up on DVD the contents of the My Documents folder (inside which is everything I've done on Nahast), as well as the color palettes and some filters. However, I discovered that in my font archives were missing two very important ones: the one I use for the chapter titles, and the one I use for Draconic. A quick dive on the net and I have them again.

So... the next page that would have gone up last week is ready to go up on Monday.

Now, the only thing that I lament is that I'm US$320 dollars poorer. Well... $310, counting LazyP's generous donation. While more pages and stuff is lined up, work with potential pay will take priority over Nahast.

And for the curious, here's my new gear:
*AMD Sempron 3800+ Processor at 1.8GHz.
*PCChips motherboard, with enhanced audio (replaces my old Creative Live! 5.1+ audio card)
nVidia GeForce 7200 videocard, PCI-E, 256MB but can emulate 512MB (replaces my old FX5200), honestly, I could have gone without this upgrade
*1GB RAM, DDR2

I'm looking to sell my discarded components, but don't bother replying if you don't live in Mexico. You're better off looking at local alternatives, since the shipping charge would eat up any benefit.


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