Well I’m back after two and 1\/2 days without a computer, but first I want to talk about something tragic that means alot to me.
\n3D Realms, the makers of the ass-kicking, women-loving, blond hair and sunglasses-wearing guy known as Duke Nukem, is no more. 3D Realms has closed it’s doors for good due to the recession, or some other reason that they just ran out of money.
\nThis means the long-awaited “when it’s done” game. The game that seems like it would NEVER be released, much less have any news about it, is no longer in production.<\/p>\n
Why this is such a big deal to me is because I will miss them dearly. 3D Realms not only made great games, but they helped to continue making FPS’ the way they are now. Not to mention having one of the first free map editing softwares available with the game, titled ‘BUILD’.
\nDuke3D is the game that it came with. Featuring a guy named Duke Nukem kicking alien ass in Los Angeles.
\nI remembered when I first got into BUILD. It was so complicated. But I began to learn about the building blocks that made up the game world, known as ‘Sectors’ and ‘Sprites’. I learned how to work with them. And soon I made a few maps, with several revisions of them. Why? Well, BUILD also had a tendency to want to crash when you least expect it. It can be triggered by putting a sprite outside of the game world, a sector getting all spazzy, bugged sectors(which happen alot).
\nAnyway, Duke3D was a great game. And it will be missed.<\/p>\n
Now. As I have said I’ve been computerless for a few days. I went up to this computer repair place and asked them to do a diagnostics of my hardware. Had to wait ’till the next day to get the results.
\nOnce they came in, it showed as nothing is wrong with my hardware. No viruses. No faulty hardware. No nothing. So it has to be the PSU. Unfortunately I had to wait another day to get a replacement. And so I finally get it back(today), get it home. Play a few games… and WHAM!! Lock up!
\nI felt lost and alone after that. But after some discussions with angry and his friend, I should now know my next course of action. Which is to say, never trust a computer repair company to give you a good PSU. In other words… I got ripped off! \ud83d\ude1b
\nNot only that, but it sucks so much, there’s no brand name! All I got is the model number; LPK2-30.<\/p>\n
So I’m going to start saving for another new PSU and have the money by June. But this time, once I get it, I’m going to install it myself. That’s right. It’s a very risky surgery. But I’m going to scrub in and do the job that’s needed. I’m looking through Google as I speak for a “Power Supply installation for Idiots” book. lol<\/p>\n
As I’m saving for a PSU, I’m also going to look at this from a software level. Meaning, start randomly uninstalling and reinstalling games. The first game I’m going to start with is WoW, because it’s the last known game I was playing before it began to lock up in March. And here it’s May and I still haven’t figured out the true source of this issue.
\nIf the software level fails of just uninstalling\/reinstalling. Then it’s time to do the final … test.
\nEl reformat-o. The most dreaded word in all of computer language. Pretty much a complete reformat of my system, starting from the basics. If it is truly a software-level issue, a reformat will kill it. It will also kill my spirit, since reformats are painful.
\nSuch pain as “OH SHIT I FORGOT TO GET something here ON MY EXTERNAL!!!”<\/p>\n
So that’s basically why I haven’t reported in on my “success” that the PSU was truly the culprit. I hope somewhere in the future, will I have this issue tied around my finger, then stabbed with a knife, burned with the breath of a dragon, and kicked out the door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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