Still Busted
Hi all. Well, my computer is still in a non-functional state. It looks like my motherboard has bent CPU pins which is the most likely cause of trouble. It would have been nice to have known this before reinstalling Windows. To add insult to injury, the technician who was supposed to fix things up on Thursday went to the wrong city, and then called to inform me that I was outside his service area. The Friday rescheduling then fell through because – according to the Dell robot – they were too busy to come out to fix things.
Anyway, the upshot is another week with no comic. I do want to get back to this as soon as I can. I’ve been thinking of buying one of the large Cintiqs. They’re expensive, but I’ve read posts of artists saying they like them. I have a 12″ one which is nice to draw on, but so small it’s very difficult to see what you’re drawing as you draw it.
“…so small it’s very difficult to see what you’re drawing as you draw it.”
Look on the bright side, at least you’re not trying to etch a periodic table onto the head of a pin using an electron microscope.
That would be cool.
Bummer, but thanks for keeping us updated! 🙂
Maybe go low-tech and do the comic on bark for a change? 😉
Sorry bout all the troubles. Hope it all gets sorted out soon.
JUST my uneducated opinion, but…
Motherboard has bent cpu pins?!? And how long have they supposedly been bent?? I’d really want a 2nd opinion on that one. Pins don’t bend themselves; that had to be done when the cpu was installed or removed-and-reinstalled. Computer should have been showing problems from that time-point on.
Have you tried straightening the pins? Not likely to help on something as delicate as a computer cpu; but, if it’s dead anyway, it shouldn’t hurt to try…-carefully-.
The motherboard was installed as a replacement about three weeks ago. Amazingly, the machine seems to have worked despite that. I had it replaced again earlier today (along with the CPU), but I’m still bluescreening every time I log in and try to run something (even something simple like Windows Explorer).
Anyhow, after having about six service visits in as many weeks, Dell now wants me to return my system for a replacement. It’s the surest way to fix the problem, but does mean I have to wait to receive the return label, mail the box back to them and wait for the replacement.