Fucking Hell.

[jackshoegazer]

I had a long and frustrating and not-very-profitable day at work.  Ethan went to his mother's house.  Jacquelyn is at the opera with brdgt.  I arrive home to a dark and empty house.  I turn to my trusty friend the internet and poof, my monitor flashes black a few times and goes out.  Now, instead of at least getting some writing done while ignoring the persistent growl of my belly, I will now spend my evening on Jacquelyn's laptop chatting with a Dell representative from India, trying to figure out what's wrong. I want to scream and punch a deity in the face.  It doesn't matter which one.  Probably not Shiva Nataraja, that's my favorite.

EDIT1:
I'm going to call it now - the video card is fucked.  Now I will wait and wait to see if my Indian Helper comes to the same conclusion.

EDIT2:
I am either totally right or half-right.  It is either the DVI cable or the DVI portion of the video card.  It seems to work when I switch to the VGA cable.  (My God, VGA is so blurry after one gets used to the awesomeness that is digital!)

EDIT3:
Dell won't send me a new cable until they know it is definitely the issue - which means, I have to buy or borrow a DVI cable to test my computer to see if it's the cable or the card.  Anyone got an extra DVI cable laying around?

Comments

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

If I tried to get to India right now, I don't even want to think of the evil shit that would happen to me. It would probably be all Temple of Doom complete with a daring mid-flight escape on an inflatable raft.

[hellocthulhu.livejournal.com]

But then you'd be Indiana Jones (pre-Crystal Skull), which would be AWESOME!

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

I don't even have a whip.

[hellocthulhu.livejournal.com]

I knew a kid who owned a whip once. He's now a heroine whore on the streets of Boston.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Now you see the dangers of whip ownership.

[hellocthulhu.livejournal.com]

It eventually got Indy into Crystal Skull... I see your point.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

No, that was an evil combination of George Lucas, Calista Flockhart, and a midlife crisis.

[hello-momma.livejournal.com]

i have a whip. i keep it in the drawer with my fake gun, condoms and goth porn.