# POS Computer! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 9, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pos-computer/174024 "2003-05-09T01:53:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pos-computer/174024/1 "2003-05-09T01:53:44Z")
I bought you years ago, as a sign of the times. Something to play with and enjoy and ramble around the internet on. I began to learn more and more about you and whenever I could I did what I could to make you run smoother, be happy. Such as defragging you and putting in a new CD Writer. I did my best to keep you happy. Oh we had our problems at times, such as when you kept telling me that I had too many of one file… and when I deleted one you decided that I suddenly needed that specific file again and it was the _other_ one you wanted gone. But we got past that. I opened you up and blew out the dust, I joyfully upgraded programs and we were happy! And now you’ve done this. You left me. You decided that now was the time to leave me. When I am stuck with nothing else to do as I can’t afford to pay for cable or vacations. I managed to afford to pay for internet and _you do this!!!_ _sobs_ You just… went kablooey… with barely a warning. and I can’t afford to fix you… I can’t even afford to replace you! _sobs_ Lost… I’m lost without my computer and internet… [sub]So yeah… my comp went kablooey… apparently the motherboard fried. If this is a result of my roomie attempting to make my comp work better I am going to kill him. See you when I can people.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pos-computer/174024/2 "2003-05-09T02:17:52Z")
That’s too bad…I feel your pain. My hard drive died a couple of months ago, and it has taken me this long to save up enough to replace it. How much will it cost to replace the motherboard? ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pos-computer/174024/3 "2003-05-09T20:57:57Z")
Preliminary talks with the fixer person seems to indicate $300… because we have to replace the motherboard with an upgraded one (my comp is like 5 years old) and upgrade the RAM as well… ugh… ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pos-computer/174024/4 "2003-05-09T21:03:01Z")
How are you posting this? Has it risen from the dead? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pos-computer/174024/5 "2003-05-09T21:10:46Z")
EEP! An undead computer! Though I think that explains how my comp has gone on this long. I think someone finally staked it through the heart. But you gotta love cyber cafes!