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The Sad Death Of Galaxy

June 2, 2010 in Disasters

It is with great sorrow and much confusion that I have to announce the death of my beautiful black behemoth computer box “Galaxy”. Galaxy has served me – almost 24-7 – for over two years now. For some reason he gave up the ghost at 4.02am this morning, just as I was writing something about Fergie on Oprah.

At the moment he’s lying prostate on my bed with his guts spilled out like an unlucky whale. After a deep inspection of his wiry innards – and a deep clean with every available nozzle from my 10 year old Dyson – I’ve narrowed it down to either the power supply unit, or the motherboard. Of course, I’m browsing new power supplies on eBay as I type. After I get one (probably Friday or Saturday) hopefully I’ll be back up to speed. If I attach the new power supply and Galaxy doesn’t spark into life, then it’ll be the motherboard, and that generally means a whole new computer box. Which means I’ll be stuck using the 11 year old beige backup box thing I’m on just now for the foreseeable.

Anyway – if there’s been a delay in answering your most recent death threats/poetry/rants today, that’s the reason. I’ll get around to them as soon as I stop constantly cursing.

Fingers crossed!

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  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/fictionsinmotion/ Vaquero

    Fingers crossed!

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/shelwood/ shelwood

    I’m so sorry for your loss.

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/fracturedacetabulum/ FracturedAcetabulum

    I’m just going to go ahead and assume you meant prostrate, VWS.

    I hope you can fix her.

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/katekate/ katekate is squared

    Lying “prostate,” eh? I’ll chalk that up to the typing lag and stop being an asshole.

    I’m sorry about your computer, man. I think mine is also on its way out. But when my motherboard died, it did not herald the end!

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/mockingbird/ mockingbird

    My laptop, Mr Sparky, had to get a new logic board recently. He was in the shop for over a week waiting for the part, and when it finally came in, it was bad, so they had to order another. He’s now having issues with thinking his battery is dead when it hits 83 %, but I can’t be without him for another ten days so I’m just keeping him plugged in until I can pry my fingers lose from him. The old desktop is just too slow, and means sitting in a closet to write. There are too many metaphors in that sentence.

    Good luck with ol’ Galaxy, Virus. Have you tried hitting her? Calling her names? Tell her she’s useless and all the other computers put out so you’re dumping her. Should bring her around.

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/militantrubberducky/ MilitantRubberDucky

    Good luck, Virus. The power connector for my laptop charge is sort of..bent… so I’m constantly losing charge and/or dying in the middle of all-important stuff. I spend half my time wiggling and twisting it in the port like some weird sort of techno fore-play.

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/wannaspankinplz/ EclipsedbyLife

    I have “the blue screen of death” on my desktop. It also turns on and off at will. Is there any hope or should I toss old faithful in the recycle bin?

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/rosie-cheeks/ Rosie Cheeks

    Virus, Virus, he’s our man…. *pom poms flailing*

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/geodejane/ GeodeJane

    The death of a pet is always hard.
    My condolences.

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/strawberry-shortcake/ Strawberry Shortcake

    I blame the chip van really.

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/viruswithshoes/ VirusWithShoes

    I can’t be bothered fixing my prostate/prostrate error. Or even pretending I was clever by saying I meant it because my hand was up it’s ass a lot of yesterday.

    Fuck this beige shitbox I’m using.

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/voxpopuli/ VoxPopuli

    I hope Galaxy is up and working again soon. Now I know that when they said “In a galaxy far, far away” that far, far away = Scotland. It’s nice to have closure on things like that.

    If, god forbid, you need to get a new computer, may I humbly suggest a Mac? I’ve been buying them for almost 20 years and they last forever. I usually give them up being outdated more than anything. The only one that died on me was murdered – by me. I was drunk and angry that it wasn’t syncing my iPod properly. I took out the optic drive and hard drive by pounding my fists on it. That was a bad, hungover morning the next day when Mr. Sad Mac appeared with his little dead eyes.