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[smokeythecat]

I think my computer motherboard is giving up the ghost. I have been uploaded stuff to the cloud now for a few hours...

 

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[jeff of pa]

good luck

 

[smokeythecat]

It really won't matter now. Everything is saved and MicroCenter is open tomorrow.

 

[RobNC]

It could be the power supply. A weak power supply will cause all kinds of issues.

 

[smokeythecat]

True, but it was replaced last July 2019. Good thing my daughter has a degree in computer science. Waiting for the blue screen of death to come back on and will give her a screen shot and she'll be able to tell me exactly what it is. Probably better to go get a new machine. Mine is old.

 

[Louie D]

Good luck dude! Getting yips in the PC always sucks.

 

[DeepseekerADS]

I've had a PC since 1983, and along the way I've had quite a few die. One thing I do is pull out the hard drives and save them. Picked up docking stations for each kind of hard drive. Plug a drive in and then instant access to old data. Over the years, saved my butt a number of times. I also ensure that I regularly back up my data somewhere, to some drive. Just lost a system again last year. Bought a new one and transferred my data to the new machine.

I lose about a day each time a system drops out, and systems do drop out - regardless of who you are and whatever "protection" you're running - hardware fails....

 

[smokeythecat]

I hasn't happend for hours now. Odd. On the other hand, the power company is "playing" with those huge towers, 345,000 volts or something like that or more. Every day or two the power goes off momentarily. That could have something to do with it. They are restringing the biggies.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I keep running them until the magic blue smoke leaks out.

Violated all my early prejudices and am running an iMac now. That is working great!

 

[Truth]

I don’t know who you are and they’ll fix it for free

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Electricity is a PC's greatest enemy. Power surges, even if it's so minor that you won't notice it. Over time, this seriously ages a system.

To protect my PC, I use two levels of surge protection. First is a spike bar, and from the spike bar I connect to a "power center"..... Then to the PC itself.

I generally get 7 to 8 years out of a system before I have to replace some devices.

 

[smokeythecat]

Still taking a lickin and no blue screen of death all day today. However, that being said, I think I need a new starter for the truck. Tow truck here I come.

 

[Louie D]

Still taking a lickin and no blue screen of death all day today. However, that being said, I think I need a new starter for the truck. Tow truck here I come.

The fun never ends...

 

[DeepseekerADS]

I think I need a new starter for the truck.

I've two dead vehicles in my driveway. My goal is to buy a new car this coming week. I'm too old & ugly to hitch-hike

Back when I was a young man I hitchhiked from Greensboro, NC to El Paso, TX. Managed to make it there in less than 24 hrs. I did have to deal with "crawling hands" a couple times on the way. Perves existed in the 60's too!!!

 

[smokeythecat]

I put a new battery in the truck. I KNEW that was not the real problem but when I checked the date it was almost 6 years old and no way I want to get stranded a couple hundred miles from here or in the dead of winter. Better safe than sorry. I'll have it towed to my repair guy tomorrow and I have insurance for that and today's tow. AND I still have some cash on hand, so no problem. Computer hasn't failed yet today. Maybe it IS the power company, as the Verizon network works when it feels like it these past few weeks. My local friends have noticed the same problems with the Verizon network.