If I'm hearing this right from my parents.

I hope it doesn't.

But if it does, that means that the people I asked to fix my computer... broke it further.

Did you send it to Geek Squad. :|

Yeah.

... that might explain it :|

Supposedly they sent it off to HP, which is really not much better.

yeeeeeeeeep.

Considering this fan problem...

Not that my computer had much space to vent hot air in the first place, so uh

Geek Squad wanted to send my tower to get it fixed and I was all like "...HELL NO, LEMME FIX IT MYSELF."

And I did just that.

Trouble is, that costs money we don't exactly have room for in the budget right now

and, more importantly (especially considering the family's spending habits -- I'm really not sure what there is room for in the budget_

anymore) requires skills neither I nor anyone else in my family has.

Go find a place to lift your hard drive files off and then go purchase another one.

It's like... 50 bucks.