hurinhouse

for a few weeks now, my laptop randomly starts clicking. it sounds as though it's coming from the dvd drive (which no longer works, btw), ad when it's clicking the dvd door light blinks. when I say "click," it could be the sound when a dvd starts spinning perhaps, except no spinning happens. if I tilt the laptop when it's happening, it (usually) stops clicking.

it seems as though it happens more often when I type a lot, and slows down when I stop; but other times I could be typing quickly for minutes at a time and I don't hear it at all. also, it seems as though the laptop needs a bit of time to catch up to my fast web surfing once in a while now, when it never did before.

I haven't upgraded to windows 10 yet. I tried it a few months back and it caused more trouble than it was worth, so I took it back off and went back to 7. I use Norton.

has anyone else run across this? I just want to be sure my laptop's not about to die. I definitely can't afford a new one right now.

Title: Oh, the Treasures You'll Steal
Author: hurinhouse
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters: Peter/Neal
Summary: Only Neal Caffrey would think he can get away with stealing this.
Warning: dubcon
Notes: For elrhiarhodan's birthday, only one day late

( Oh, the Treasures You'll Steal )

Title: The Quick Blue Fox Jumps Over the Greedy Dog
Author: hurinhouse
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: R
Characters: Peter/Neal
Summary: The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little. ~ Thomas Merton
Notes: Extremely super late for kanarek13.

( The Quick Blue Fox Jumps Over the Greedy Dog )

Title: Super Heroes Make Great Con Artists
Author: hurinhouse
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: PG
Characters: Neal, Peter, Elizabeth, Mozzie
Summary: Peter, Elizabeth and Mozzie tackle an adventure to help an adorably helpless Neal
Disclaimer: Entirely fiction
Word Count: 15k+

Notes: This is super late for sherylyn's fandom stocking. She requested this kind of genre and I've never written it before so it was supposed to be just a little drabble to try it out. Got away from me. Hope you like it, sherylyn!

PartII

( Super Heroes Make Great Con Artists )

Title: A Narrative Sundry
Author: hurinhouse
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: various, up to R
Characters: Neal, Peter, Diana, Elizabeth, Peter/Neal
Summary: A variety of unrelated ficlets
Disclaimer: Entirely fiction
Word Count: 674
Notes: For Elrhiarhodan's Promptfest IX for the prompts: Diana - Clutter, Peter & Neal - working late, Elizabeth - Battle, Peter/Neal - gift that just keeps on giving, Diana - Power (this is the last of them)

( A Narrative Sundry )

Title: Cheating at the Burke's
Author: hurinhouse
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G
Characters: Peter, Neal, Neal
Summary: Nothing good comes of Neal Caffrey's boredom, but Peter learns something from his own
Disclaimer: Entirely fiction
Word Count: 588
Notes: For Elrhiarhodan's Promptfest IX for the prompt: Peter - Bored

( Cheating at the Burke's )

Title: Survival Skills
Author: hurinhouse
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G
Characters: Neal, Peter, Elizabeth
Summary: Independence only carries you so far when you're on death's door.
Disclaimer: Entirely fiction
Word Count: 512
Notes: For Elrhiarhodan's Promptfest IX for the prompt: Neal - recuperate

( Survival Skills )

Title: Illogical Eastin
Author: hurinhouse
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G
Characters: Neal, Peter, Mozzie, Elizabeth, Kate
Summary: An assortment of WTH?s
Disclaimer: Entirely fiction
Word Count: 1399
Notes: For Elrhiarhodan's Promptfest IX for the prompt: Logical

( Illogical Eastin )

Title: The Icing on a Mud Cake
Author: hurinhouse
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G
Characters: Peter, Neal
Summary: Will anything go right for Peter today?
Disclaimer: Entirely fiction
Word Count: 547
Notes: For Elrhiarhodan's Promptfest IX for the prompt: Peter - Salvage

( The Icing on a Mud Cake )

Title: The House on Riverside Drive
Author: hurinhouse
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G
Characters: June, Neal, Mozzie
Summary: A trio of First Meetings from The Pilot, S1, E1
Disclaimer: Entirely fiction
Word Count: 2105

Notes: For Elrhiarhodan's Promptfest IX for the prompts:
June - Arrangement and
Neal - Sunshine.
The third part here is a new addition and could be thought of as Mozzie - Games

( The House on Riverside Drive )