Lappy death, part 2
As promised yesterday, I made a video to show just exactly what happens..
Apologies for the sound and the commentary. I recorded this on my Acer camera, it’s great at photos, but the video and audio is truly abysmal.
Seconds ago, listerally, things have just gotten a little more interesting. There is still life in it, but only when it comes to the battery section. After I made that video, I just left it exacly as it stood, and forgot to turn it off. I looked over and noticed that the battery was flashing, indicating that the battery was low. It even beeped to alert me to this.
So, the circuitry that operates the power switch, LEDs, battery meter and audio warnings is still alive. It’s just a shame that the rest of the system is dead.
I’m just going to cut my losses and abandon it. We gave “her” a proper send off in the pub today, as it made a good excuse to go out and have a drink. I have also ordered a 2.5″ hard drive enclosure from ebay, so her spirit may live on in the form of a 60Gb external drive. Of course, this also doubles up as an opportunity to rescue any data that may still be on the drive. Therte won’t be anything earth-shatteringly important on there, as I always had a preminition of something like this happening (remember, the laptop was 2nd hand anyway), so I tried to keep clutter down to a miniumum. Also, it slowed down drastically when there was a lot of stuff on the drive anyway.
Of course, the trip to the pub also allowed me to walk home, and check up on the status of the Raby Road demolition. The following photo was taken a couple of weeks ago…
The Chester pub can be seen in that picture, up until now, it has had buildings on both sides of it. Now, for the first time, it’s completely isolated, as the shops and houses have been flattened to make way for the new development.
I was also in the chippy on the way back home, and overheard a conversation that there may be some of the other houses in Raby Road demolished, due to subsidence. They (the owners) were expected to find out today if that’s the case. I’ve taken a number of photos over the last few weeks regarding this, which can all be viewed here.
