02.15.2015 - Terrence Marks:

As you may have seen, Isabel's been having computer issues. It was turning off after a minute or two. This makes it hard to work on comics. Turned out that her heatsink bracket broke. This is the second time this has happened to us, albeit on a differnet computer.

The big difference is that this time, Fry's doesn't carry heatsink brackets. Our options were:
Find a place that sells the part.
Find a heatsink that includes the part.
Order the part online.
Use the laptop instead.
Get a new motherboard.

So the first two didn't pan out, despite having Newegg and Monoprice warehouses locally. I spent three days trying to find it, which is why there was such a delay. And our options were to either pay for rush shipping or wait 2-4 weeks for the piece, and I won't pay more to ship an item than to buy it, as a matter of principle; it would've been $20 or $30 to express ship the $4 part.
And unfortunately, the laptop's color profile is just different enough to make it unsuitable for coloring comics. And it hurts her eyes if she uses it for long periods of time.

So Isabel got a computer upgrade. We're back to operational. Sorry about the delays. Hope you had a happy weekend!