◆ [Date updated: 2022/07/16(Sat) 18:18:33]
　■I think the Pentium D CPU I bought for my XP machine just died - the PC 
　│had been failing more and more ever since I put it in, then today it 
　│stopped POSTing entirely (;´Д`)
　│
　│I thought it might be the motherboard finely giving up the ghost, but I 
　│put the old P4 CPU back in and now it boots perfectly again ヽ(´ー｀)ノ
　│
　│Sayonara, silky smooth Dual Core™ experience...
　│
　└■It has waited in some dusty box for more than a decade, so it would get bought
　　│by you and used to run games as old has itself. It had no regrets (´人｀)
　　│
　　└■That is a nice thought, though the shitty "2006 prebuilt"-tier CPU 
　　　　cooler I was using in the middle of a global heatwave (I don't even 
　　　　have AC (;´Д`)) while trying to run a game that seemed to double as a 
　　　　CPU torture test probably didn't help...
　　　　
　　　　I did buy a l33t cooler for it, but I couldn't install it - the back-
　　　　plate from the old one is stuck to the motherboard with some kind of 
　　　　strong adhesive, and it seemed like I might break something if I used 
　　　　any more force to try and remove it (;´Д`)