Since my laptop went on the blink I’d been using the Mac Mini that was our MythTV frontend as my primary computer. Making out the text from the couch wasn’t all that easy (or convenient, as odd as it might sound). I decided to revive my old desktop PC so I could work from upstairs.
Problem was, the desktop PC had a bum power supply. I picked up another one yesterday from Intrex and popped it into the desktop. I was quite pleased to hear the fans start whirring and the hard drive spin up after almost a year of silence.Unfortunately, that was all I got from it. It never got to the POST stage.
I’ll clean it off and reseat all of the components as some may have jiggled loose during our March move. Its doubtful I’ll sink much work into it, though, with twice-as-fast barebones systems being sold by TigerDirect for $150 (yeah, I say that as if that’s a bargain for a PC – and it normally would be if one has a job!).
For now, the Mac Mini has become my primary computer, which is fine for now as MythTV isn’t quite healthy yet, either.