My main computer is down...

[teyrnon]

The computer I use for just about everything is currently nonfunctional. A capacitor on the motherboard is blown. Until something can be done about replacing the cap the machine is unusable. Unfortunately for me I have no way to access that hard disk which means the project I'd planned to work on this week will be delayed. That was the only functional desktop I had that can handle SATA drives. The other fast machine in the house with SATA needs every cap on its motherboard replaced. Actually everything I'd planned to do this week will be delayed. There are an embarrassing number of files I'm now wishing I had copied to a thumb drive.

This is the trouble with working with older machines. Every motherboard failure I've ever had was due to bad caps. On the positive side they can usually be replaced.