- 10:35 am Finish pot of coffee
- 10:36 am Locate Windows XP Professional SP2 CD
- 10:37 am Find huge scratch on CD
- 10:58 am Finish burning new CD from ISO
- 10:59 am Disconnect Computer from nest of cables at back of box
- 11:00 am Reconnect computer to download latest BIOS updates from motherboard manufacturer
- 11:06 am Disconnect Computer from nest of cables at back of box
- 11:08 am Attempt to find clean surface to do work
- 11:11 am Clean off kitchen table
- 11:12 am Crack Case
- 11:13 am Remove power leads and IDE cables from motherboard and attempt to remove same
- 11:23 am Locate final screw holding old motherboard in case
- 11:23 am Remove Hard Drives from case
- 11:23:02 am Try not to have a cigarette
- 11:33 am Place new motherboard into case
- 11:45 am Find find last screw under stove
- 11:46 am Really try not to think about having a smoke
- 11:47 am Reconnect drive IDE cables and power cables
- 11:49 am discover odd red liquid on new motherboard
- 11:50 am attempt to find Band-Aid
- 11:58 am go to car to get first aid kid
- 12:02 pm use kleenex and duct tape as handy replacement to bandaid
- 12:05 pm plug in mouse and keyboard, power and network cable into case and switch on
- 12:05:30 pm try again
- 12:06:20 pm try again
- 12:09 pm try and find manual for new motherboard
- 12:11 pm read manual, discover motherboard need another power lead: 12v ATX four prong square lead
- 12:12 pm attempt to find above lead on power supply
- 12:18 pm Remove power supply
- 12:20 pm Re-install power supply
- 12:25 pm shower to go out to get 12v ATX four prong square adapter at computer store
- 12:50 pm decide to check power supply one more time for lead
- 12:52 pm plug in 12v ATX four prong square lead
- 12:53 pm turn computer on
- 12:54 pm reverse installation of mouse and keyboard, restart computer
- 12:55 pm smile as BIOS boots
- 12:55 pm swear as BIOS report over-clock error
- 12:56 pm reset BIOS to factory settings and restart computer
- 12:57 pm Windows loads!
- 12:58 pm install drivers as prompted
- 1:25 pm restart computer
- 1:26 pm attempt re-install of graphics card driver
- 1:31 pm remove graphics card and reboot
- 1:34 pm reinstall graphics card and reboot
- 1:36 pm have a cigarette
- 1:49 pm arrive at office and look up problem on Microsoft Support site
- 2:12 pm look up problem on Google
- 2:13 pm find resolution on Google boards
- 2:33 pm get home and install non-Microsoft driver for video card
- 2:35 pm set desktop to max resolution
- 2:36 pm remove sound card and restart
- 2:37 pm re-install sound card and reboot
- 2:44 pm tell landlady that I will keep the swearing volume to a minimum
- 2:45 pm invent new alcoholic beverage: Vodka, Red Grapefruit juice and Ginger Ale, christen new drink a "Morgan Webb"
- 2:55 pm reinstall original sound card driver
- 2:56 pm install sound card patches
- 3:10 pm restart computer
- 3:11 pm Windows prompts that OS needs to be re-registered due to hardware changes
- 3:12 pm try and find registration key
- 3:18 pm realize that key is on USB storage device
- 3:18:10 pm realize that USB storage device is plugged into computer at work
- 3:19 pm have another "Morgan Webb" and cigarette
- 3:22 pm find business card that has registration key written on it
- 3:23 pm re-register Windows
- 3:24 pm Blog it!
So yay! I have my new-kick ass machine up and running. Only problem now is that it doesn't recognize my CD burner or DVD drive. Another time, after I have another "Morgan Webb"
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