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 I've been having computer issues at home, so I'm sorta on and off.  My computer freezes up, shuts down and/or starts beeping.  And when I get it to work, LJ won't load at all, even when every other site loads normally.  Firefox won't open lj at all and IE barely opened my Friends page but wouldn't skip back.  Both stay "loading" permanently.  I'm not sure if it's a virus (AVG is giving me an all clear, though), a software error, a hardware problem or just regular whathefuckery.  

I'm extremely frustrated.  it's a fairly new computer, but I bought it at CompUSA so making use of the warranty with them seems unlikely.  I'll probably end up giving it to one of my bf's, who's a computer genius, or take it to this computer sales/repairs store that's pretty reliable.  I hope I don't have to replace any hardware....

Why, Gateway baby, whyyyyyyy?!?!?!?