computer woes

Computer woes

I'm at the library posting this because I finally got off my lazy tush

and brought my computer somewhere to be repaired. The power supply fan

is making a hell of a noise when it starts up, and was starting to

bother me. Parts of the computer are original, which would make them

over four and a half years old now - the power supply, the

motherboard, some of the RAM, and the video and sound cards. (The hard

drive, DVD-ROM, CD burner and the other RAM chip/card/thingy are all

less than two years old.)

And I just remembered that I forgot to mention to the person who will

be repairing my computer that the hard drive felt unusually hot to the

touch, and there was a funny smell (but that could have been from

outside.) Maybe I should call them back.

(And the thing about the library computer is that I'm using a French

keyboard. It's not all that much different - the keys are still in the

"qwerty" position, but I can't find certain puncuation keys. Or, I

should say, I couldn't find them until I stopped looking for them and