mothers and motherboards
My laptop’s been running hotter than normal, and I hadn’t heard the fan turn on for quite a while. Called Dell, they sent a technician over (since I was not stuck on stupid when I opted for a 2 year hardware warranty) and the fan was replaced.
I was up at 4am this morning, due to unforseen circumstances involving a four year old, a stuffy nose and an Elmo addiction, and realized that the laptop was burning hot and the fan still wasn’t working. Called Dell and got right through (so there’s the secret - if you don’t want to wait on the phone forever with them, I can vouch that the 4am time slot is wide open and operators are actually willing to take your call immediately.)
Anyway, I explained the problem and he said, it sounds like you need a new motherboard.
I immediately mumbled a word with the word mother in it.
At least the tech had a good sense of humor. So yes, the motherboard’s being replaced. For now, I have my Targus Chill Mat running constantly to try and prevent any laptop meltdowns.
As for mothers, mine seems to think that whenever I’m on the computer, that I’m blogging. Since she’s discovered that word, it’s all she likes to say, you’re not blogging again, are you? So I explained that most of the time, when I’m on the computer, I’m actually writing. And then I mentioned to her what Sasha’s mother said to her about how now that she’d sold she’d have to stop talking to her internet friends so much and write.
She said, See, Sasha’s mother said the same thing I always say to you. We both can’t be wrong.
I’m going to call the Contractor now and use the word mother a few times in hopes the construction can be sped up a bit.
Steph T.
September 26th, 2005 at 11:16 am
Mothers are strange. And though they mean well, they can also be darn annoying! Mine always seems to think if I’m on the computer I’m online, too. And I’m never “working” on the computer. I’m “playing”. *sigh* Yeah, Mom. Whatever.
September 26th, 2005 at 2:51 pm
ARghhh!!
You know, Mother’s just don’t get it. They’re not writers!
September 26th, 2005 at 2:52 pm
September 26th, 2005 at 9:29 pm
If I mention the word blog to my mom I get this look :frazzled:. And my husband does the same thing when I’m on the computer. He thinks I never work. And I’m curious, how did the mother conversation work with the constractor?
September 26th, 2005 at 10:55 pm
I still don’t think my mom gets blogging. “Your what?”
Anyway, I found your motherboard story very interesting, as my Dell laptop has been running hot and the fan doesn’t seem to work. I can’t tell you how that makes me twitch. I cannot. Give up. My laptop. Not even to save its life.
Do you have to send yours away to get a new motherboard? And how does he know it needs a motherboard without looking?
September 27th, 2005 at 11:23 am
I’m lucky, my mother isn’t connected to the Internet. The World Wide Web is a scary place that she leaves to my father. He isn’t much better. He actually bought “AOL for Dummies.”
She wouldn’t know a blog if it jumped up and bit her on the nose. Thank goodness for that.
September 27th, 2005 at 7:17 pm
“I immediately mumbled a word with the word mother in it.”
Love it.
September 27th, 2005 at 9:26 pm
hm, I mumble that mother word sometimes too…
I doubt if my mom knows what a blog is…and I’m not telling her
If my laptop heats up on me, I panic. I should look into one of those chill mats, shouldn’t I? But I gave up on dell ones. Got a Toshiba…Love it. Hope it’s good to me…
September 28th, 2005 at 7:17 am
Oh, I’ve had quite a few words with mother in them when my laptop dies. Or my disk drive dies and there’s no way to transfer my work because the stupid thing is too old for a flash drive. Argh! But at least yours is under warranty. After 7 years, it’s time for me to get a new one.
September 28th, 2005 at 12:21 pm
Tori & Sasha - and the more you try and explain it, the worse it gets. I give…
PJ - that would drive me crazy. My IT guy loaded a ton of games onto my laptop and I’ve never used them. If I’m in procrastination mode, I bloghop, because it usually ends up being research.
Teresa - my contractor has met my mother, which helps a lot.:wink: He’s also lived with his in-laws when his house was being done, so he understands all too well.
Amy - the motherboard got replaced about an hour ago. Also, some heat coil thingy. The fan is working again.
OMG - LOL Rene! I had to set up email accounts for my parents and they keep trying to log into gmail through yahoo. It’s scary…
*waves to Brenda* I use that word a lot.:thumbsup:
Kacey - my mom bought a Toshiba - it was half the price of my Dell and it’s a much better machine. But the chill matt is a good thing, because no matter how good the fan is, if you work with the laptop on your lap, it starts to get too hot.
Michelle - 7 years is awesome for a computer these days. I had an old IBM laptop I loved. But, like you said, the replacement parts were going to cost too much to be worth it in the end. I needed a whole new battery pack or something.
September 29th, 2005 at 10:39 pm
*note to self look up chill mat*
Kacey I LURVE My toshiba!!!!!!!!
Michael Dell made the forbes list again (like it’s some big surprise). I can’t show that to my children–not when i’m encouraging college