Well, poop...

I was hoping I wouldn't be making this post so soon.  I was really hoping that late tonight, maybe early tomorrow morning, I would be posting my "It's Done" post, complete with a picture of my new tower as it is processing every nuance of that exact post.

It takes a while to put together a computer, and even longer to install the operating system, updates, then relevant software.

But, I hit a brick wall, and I'm bummed. 

Turns out I bought the wrong RAM for the computer, and the process of replacing it is....complicated. Plus, it turns out the Operating System I ordered won't be in for a week. 

What I want to do is go to Indy right now, get the correct RAM and Operating System, and damn the cost.  But that would be unwise.

We have already discovered that sending the RAM back to NewEgg is costing us 56 bucks, so that stings.  And the RAM we did purchase was cheap because it was a much older type, so replacing it is going to cost us.

And I also discovered very recently that I somehow got the wrong brand of video card if I want to also install Linux and use the video drivers.  ATI will not cooperate with Linux, and that's the card I got.

There was a time I wouldn't even touch a computer to put it together.  I was strictly software oriented.  Now I know why.

So, it looks like my grand reveal of my new computer will be at least a week out.  Remember that picture from this morning?  Yeah, I don't look like that anymore.

*grumble*  I know it's just a computer, but still.....

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