Laptop with an attitude

I bought my laptop two years ago and thought it was great. It was one of the top of the line models of its time, and even two years later, its specifications are impressive. However, a little over a year ago, it started acting up. It would reboot every time I tried to play a game that involved more than solitaire. Then it would continue to reboot, forcing me to turn it off and let it rest for a while. This problem has continued, and a couple of days ago I decided that I had had enough.

Matt's laptop broke several months ago, and he wants a laptop to take with him on deployment. I decided that it was going to be cheaper to try and fix my laptop than buy a new one. My first thought was that it was overheating, because this is a classic symptom of overheating. So I bought it a special fan. Same problem. Then I bought it a new RAM chip, figuring that this HAD to be the problem. I got the chip, replaced the old ones, and the same problem still happened. Then I decided it was a Windows problem so I reformatted the thing. Same problem.

I finally broke down and called Best Buy, the place I bought it, and asked how long I have left on my service plan. I was told that I still have a year on it, which is great. All I have to do is take it into Best Buy and they'll either fix it or give me a new one. Good thing they just opened a new store here.

Now here was my crucial mistake. I called Best Buy with the laptop in the room. You see, it heard me on the phone talking about taking it in to get fixed. It didn't like that idea, and now it's suddenly not doing what it has every single time I've tried to play a game on it for the last year. It is working perfectly all of the sudden, even though I didn't do anything to fix it. I'm very glad that I tested it first tonight before taking it in. "I swear Mr. Best Buy guy, it does it EVERY TIME. I don't know why it's suddenly working now."

Anyway, I've spent the night trying to get it to reboot like it used to, but it won't. I hate computers >:/