All machines are revolting!

So after my work computer failure, there is a program which replaces the machine quickly by shipping you only the machine part. You have to replace the hard drive, memory, optical drive, and any other accessories... but your machine is up and running because the replacement machine is the exact same machine type/serial as the original machine for which your hard drive was configured. Pretty nifty, huh?

So I was able to quickly get the replacement machine up and running. However, within a day, this machine started to fail, too. And whereas at least with the old machine, I could somehow boot up on occasion, eventually with the replacement machine, I could not boot up at all.

Coincidentally, I also received the new ThinkPad I ordered for my mom. ThinkPad G41 which is a desktop replacement which means it has a 15" screen and a 3GHz chip. Pretty nice. Anyway, I tried swapping memory in my work machine, but no difference, so apparently, the memory is not the problem. The hard drive was checked by Norton AntiVirus while I was able to boot the machine so according to Norton, there are no viruses.

Bummer.

And so it continues...

Today, the Internet stopped working (at home, not all over the world). It turned out to be the router. I had to reset the router which meant re-entering all the set up values. Yes, I have a backup file saved SOMEWHERE...

And one of the ReplayTV's is on the blink. Could be a hard drive problem. I was going to make one for my mom anyway. (This would be my first HD failure of a Western Digital drive.)