Computers, Motherboards and beyond

In the beginning of december my trustworthy computer broke down (hence my absence) and I had to have it serviced as it is on lease. Having previously owned nothing but self-assembled computers without any kind of service deals I thought it nice not having to worry when the screen eventually would turn up blank as the computer undoubtedly would crash as I would only have to call the leasing company and they'd have to fix it. I now see how badly I was mistaken.

Twofold is my misfortune: December 6 was a saturday and a day in december at that, meaning that the chance of anyone actually working on fixing the broken maching was all but zero. Little did I suspect the coming worries. It suffices to say that I currently have had to return the machine twice after it was supposed to be fixed, both times being preceded with promises of how great it would be working now.

At the first return I was told no hardware fault had been detected. The first thing I detected when I fired the poor machine up upon returning home was a catastrophic video card failure. Returning it the very same day I was promised that the issue would be fixed with hast and lo! and behold, they called me up two days later claiming to have fixed it. Having brought it home it took mere hours before I detected the next hardware failure: The motherboard had given up. Currently I'm waiting for the service company to recieve a new batch of mobos so that I may have my computer back. The only slight glimmer in this pit of darkness is that the original 7950 GX2 has been replaced with an 8800 GT. Something at least.