10. The men who get more

[hirez]

Final scores:

Pile of HP laptop bits: Garbaldisham Road.
Replacement m/b overnighted from Novatech for sixpence: Fifth Dimension.
Maplin PSU with Barry-addons: Tewkesbury.
Sensible PSU: Distant hammering.

In short: Crab with brass hand.

Comments

[jarkman.livejournal.com]

It worked ?

[amanda-pink.livejournal.com]

If by 'it' you mean 'the drugs', yes I think they seem to be kicking in ;)

[hirez.livejournal.com]

:p

The longer version would probably contain explanations of why Maplin-sourced PSUs are rubbish and keep exploding, how I'm rather impressed with Novatech and how the old laptop I rescued from being pitched out @ work is gradually turning into a respectable BSD workstation.

[amanda-pink.livejournal.com]

Now that makes more sense! ...and buying PC bits from Maplin? Shame on you!

[hirez.livejournal.com]

It was a nice bike ride down to the shop. Honest.

[amanda-pink.livejournal.com]

But Maplins?

[echo-echo.livejournal.com]

Sometimes in desperation one must take drastic steps.

I bought a PSU from them once. Oddly enough, it blew up. One look at it's charred remains suggested it had been made by something more suited to making bread.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

But, but, but... They used to have School-of-Chris-Foss's-dog spaceships on the covers of the catalogues. (Showing my age or what?)

... Actually, their PC bits have always been complete rubbish.

Mind, who can run a mobile discotheque without one of those three-bulb sound to light things?

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Yes. I now have a spare VIA Mini-ITX board that probably works, too. Ideal for a Sand-Bent Meejah-PeeCee...

[gashinryu.livejournal.com]

Yes...but is it art?

[jarkman.livejournal.com]

Excellent. I'll start drying and nickel-plating satsuma slices immediately.