While I had no intention of replacing 7X, our household computer, our recent lightening episode had made it a necessity.
After enough attempts at resurrection, I have arrived at the conclusion it is just dead. Not the whole thing mind you, just any connection to the internet. I can not get the on-board or external NIC to connect to the world at large. Since I live online, this is a problem.
So, a new motherboard bundle has been ordered from TigerDirect. I was hoping to reuse components from the current system, but, being an ancient 3 years old, those components are not compatible with the new system.
The shipment includes an MSI motherboard with Intel Core 2 Dual processor (2.20 GHz), a GeForce 7300 PCI Express video card and 2 GB of Corsair 800 MHz RAM. I’ll repurpose my case, fans, power supply and drives.
7x was a good computer. I’m not sure what I’ll do with it now. Any ideas?
(And yes, I name my technology. 7x was 7 times faster than my previous computer, hence the name. The new one will most likely be named Huginn to compliment Muninn, my digital camera.)
