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Stephan Wells @Step

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Hardware Failing

Posted by Step - March 4th, 2010


I don't know why, but hardware seems to fail whenever I use it... It's like I emit some sort of EMP or something...

A few days ago, my iLok key, which is basically a small, key-shaped thing which you attach to the USB port of your computer when you need to run certain music programs (I use East/West Symphonic Orchestra, which is a very good orchestral VST that need the iLok key or it will refuse to work), well, it broke. I don't know why. I take care of it as much as I can, and I never dropped it or anything. I handle it with extreme care and whenever I don't need it I always put it back in its bag. It just decided to malfunction. Now I'll have to wait over 2 weeks until I get another one, which means 2 weeks stuck to making trance and all that, when I prefer classical and orchestral much more (call me weird, but I don't care). I even might have to turn down some people who asked me to make a song for their flash since it'll take two weeks for another iLok key to arrive.

My new laptop also decided to fail. At least its battery did. A few weeks ago we had to get it fixed, since the battery wasn't working, and they returned it to us with nothing fixed at all, and the battery still deciding to go down and never replenish, even when it says it's charging (typical service in my country...). Now I'll have to wait for who knows when till they get that battery fixed, OR get a new battery.

My headphones also decided to stop working, by the way, and not to mention the TV, which is outputting anything in a weird shade of green.

I wonder what'll fail next.


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