I Hate Computers, Again
Nov. 28th, 2009 03:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gonzaiOne of the items I successfully snagged on Black Friday at Office Depot was a 2GB RAM add-on for $32. Before I bought it, the clerk looked up my computer on HP and compared notes with the RAM manufacturer. According to HP, the RAM would work in my computer. So I bought it, but didn't look at what the guy actually handed me yesterday. Today when I went to install it, I realized he'd given me memory for a laptop, not a desktop. So I take it back to exchange it. But OD is out of them, so they called around and found that only one store in the metro area still had one. Hike around town for me. Buy the proper RAM, bring it home and...there's only 2 slots on my computer and they're both occupied. So to add 2GB, I first have to remove 1GB. This will bring me up to 3GB RAM, instead of 4. But it's still an improvement, so I proceed. The new RAM? Doesn't quite fit in the slot (the pins do, but the card itself is smaller than its predecessor and doesn't latch. I tried turning on the computer anyway and it had a full-blown hissy fit. No extra RAM for me. I'll try to take this back, hopefully they'll accept it opened. ETA - They remembered me from earlier and took it back no problem. Phew.
On the other hand, my 'new' monitor (courtesy of the office) is installed and rather nice. And the new hard drive is already chugging along. But geez, could a computer thing go smoothly just once?
On the other hand, my 'new' monitor (courtesy of the office) is installed and rather nice. And the new hard drive is already chugging along. But geez, could a computer thing go smoothly just once?
