The old computer we used to serve the internet connection died. Dunno how it happened, I was upstairs for lunch, but I came back downstairs and found it turned off, and it wouldn't turn on. The PSU probably died, it was old and had been having problems for a while... dad has the computer open now and is taking a look, but even if the computer is completely fried it's not a big problem, it didn't have anything important on it. Well, except the internet connection, but I unearthed the driver CD and installed the connection on my computer instead. (Good thing I have a memory for trivial stuff like internet connection username and password.) That and the scanner, which is ancient, and needs a special card to work... so if the old computer's dead I might just get a new one (unless I get a bleeding edge one they're quite cheap, I've looked, I've wanted a new scanner for a while), rather than opening up another computer and seeing if there's space for the scanner card in it. Either way, that can wait, I don't use it that often.

Oh, and the title? The old computer's named Aragorn. ;)

[EDIT] Dad made the computer come back to life. Guess what was wrong? The switch was broken. Heh. Talk about pissy computers...

[EDIT the second] It died again. And dad resurrected it again. If it dies a third time I'm moving the modem to this computer again. Hmpf.

I had a computer with a power switch that refused to line up with the button connected to it. You had to turn it on, then hurriedly give the sides of the case a good bashing to ensure it popped out again. That was a best. Dad never quite got the hang of it, he beat the front of the case instead. Meaning he rarely got it to turn on properly, and also that several of the panels got knocked back into the insides of the thing. Maaaadness.

It sits down in his office at the farm now, with the printer not working, stocked full to the brim of virii, spyware and "internet chat servers" he's downloaded.

Perhaps "Boromir" would have been a better name for your computer.

Or, seeing as it's come back from the dead, Gandalf.