after an entire friday night spent wrestling with cables, dust bunnies, driver installations, and screws, i finally got my very bloated desktop back up and running. the video card had slid out of its slot on the mb, and i had to uninstall and reinstall the drivers for it, as well as make sure it still played well with everything else in the system. auuuugh. pain in the arse. but at least it’s back.
however, in light of the rather atrocious boot up and shut down times, i fear it is time for a reformat. auuugh.