owl: (smudgey)
only a sinner saved by grace ([personal profile] owl) wrote2006-06-02 10:40 pm

Computer brrrrrroken

The DVD drive has now stopped opening at all. When I press the button it makes a sad little 'mip' noise, similar to Smudge the cat.

I suppose that means it's definitely a hardware problem. Unless it's both. It also flashed up a couple of windows at startup:






But why would that stop it from even opening?

On the bright side of life, tomorrow's Doctor Who looks good. It's got a sort of hard sf feel to to it, judging by the pictures the Beeb has up.

[identity profile] sunshine-queen.livejournal.com 2006-06-02 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
It's amazing to me that you're so calm about it. I would be, like, crying. I hate computer problems.