Well, after the sixth time I realized it wasn't going to spontaneously heal itself. So I ran a diagnostic. Which took 4 hours. And told me that one message block out of over several million was unreadable.
Good news is that there are at least 2 other computers here that can access the internet. A friend from my game (world of warcraft, if I haven't mentioned it) told me the steps. Except my Windows XP disc wouldn't boot up the repair utility. Finally it did. And the repair utility (after two more hours) fixed the fubarred block.
With a mind towards my graphics card update, I took the computer today to the local tech guys. This is where I would have taken it if it was REALLY messed up, for them to retrieve whatever they could get off the hard drive. Having them put in a new power supply unit (PSU for those of you into three letter acronyms, or TLAs). Talking with the guy, at first he couldn't understand why I wanted it. I explained about my graphics card, and then he mentioned his 1G card ran fine with his 420W. Then I told him my PSU was 305W. At that he filled out the paperwork and said "I think we can get a 450W in there."
So the computer is in the shop until tomorrow or Wednesday, depending on how busy they are. By then a different in-game friend should have shipped me a shiny new graphics card that he has never used.
Oh, and at school it was picture day. You can imagine how that was.
For the record, I hate how Memphis does traffic lights. Unless you are heavy enough to trigger the sensor, your light will never turn green. Treating it like a 4-way stop means that sometimes, like today, I am in the middle of an intersection when the main street goes green. Lots of honking. Selfish bastards.
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