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[cellio]

The connection to my graphics card is apparently loose, and things have degenerated in the last day or two. Tomorrow night it's time to pop the case and find out what's going on in there. (The symptom is sporadic change in the color balance -- mostly I've been afflicted by random pinkness, but as I type this my monitor has a bad case of jaundice.) I think it's a loose connection because rapping lightly on the side of the case often changes the state. I hope it's just loose, because I wouldn't have a clue how to buy and install a compatable graphics card.

Quote (from a protected post, so I won't identify the author): "On a personal note, I'd just like to add that any bedroom tip that starts 'make sure you are properly grounded' is somewhat suspect to me."

I get a fair bit of spam addressed to Christians, but today is the first time I've gotten spam that asserts that I'm a Muslim. (Looked pretty offensive on a quick glance, too -- the first few lines said that as a Muslim I am clearly working against peace, and went on to chide me to "return to the path of Allah" before it's too late.)

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jaundice update

[cellio]

Bad cable. I should have thought to test that. Fortunately, the household's QA engineer commented on it.

My case has two side panels (as opposed to one big U-shaped cover like my previous computer). Once again I opened the wrong side first, the one that doesn't actually give you access to anything. That side of the case is now annotated, so I shouldn't make that mistake again. ("Nothing to see here; open other side".)