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Soooo...Monday night...Put the computer on...Go do something else...Start talking to McWife up the stairs, 'cause that's where she was at that particular moment...Realise there's a really hideous grinding noise coming from towards the computer...Walk in that direction...
That's when I realised it was pouring forth blue/black smoke...

...Sooooo...I ran around like a headless chicken!!!

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NO!!...Wait...Instantly figuring it was an electrical problem, I switched the socket off...Took a moment to think about it and then pulled the comp from its shelf - whilst hearing the sizzling going on inside - unplugged it all and then carried it out to the front garden...All the time aware of the continuing smoke...
*Sigh*...
Sooooo...
I can't help but wonder if it wasn't trying to run Elite Dangerous which overtaxed the already wonky graphics card fan...

...Which it turned out was what had gone
on fire...

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And, me being me...I can't help but think about the..."What if I had been somewhere else..."...Aspect of things...
Aaaanyways...New comp...New stuff..."New and improved" iTunes...*Sigh*..."
Noooo...Give me
all of my stuff...Not just the last three months, you arse..."...
Similar brains to the other one, just with 1TB hard-drive...Should run Elite easily now...Though I'm not sure, given how I tend to work, whether I can now be arsed...*Sigh*...
But of course...On top of the past year...It really
is getting a bit much now...
Still...Only two weeks until I'm off...
That really can't come quickly enough...Though, I guess it'll take as long as usual...

...Dammit!!...