Broken Computer

After several shipments from newegg.com and a lot of money and hardware exchanging hands, I find myself at tonight. My computer will stay on for some time, but then suddenly shut off for no reason. At first I thought it was a power issue with the power supply or a short happening somewhere between the motherboard and the case, but after some “tests” I’m now fairly confident it’s just a heat problem. The thermal goop on my CPU is a bit crusty and looks like it’s not doing its job properly anymore. A stop by my local CompUSA tomorrow should get me to the next step.

In other news, my 21^st birthday is coming up (this Saturday)! Wh00t! I don’t have any particular plans as of right now, but I’m sure I’ll come up with something good.