NOT AGAIN!

[Magus]

My idiot computer has started randomly rebooting again! That means it will be croaking again fairly soon. I've had it with this POS, Next time it dies, I'll be gutting it to build a new one!

 

[Cascadian]

That is probably what they are saying about Federman right about now.

 

[Buffalo]

That is probably what they are saying about Federman right about now.

The 95, 95, 95.....

 

[Buffalo]

My idiot computer has started randomly rebooting again! That means it will be croaking again fairly soon. I've had it with this POS, Next time it dies, I'll be gutting it to build a new one!

Just a thought Magnus: In my body shop, we have a couple of computers out there, exposed to the dirt and dust of a shop environment. A friend of mine who is an IT guy suggested that instead of putting full towers out in the shop, we get mini workstations instead. They don't have a fan or anything in them, the power supply is external from the computer, so they stay cooler, aren't as susceptable to dust damage but still have the computer power for most tasks. Granted, you wouldn't be editing videos or touching up photos on them, as they don't have that kind of graphics power, but we've been abusing these things for three years now with no issues, while the standard tower pcs would usually make it about 18 months before they crapped out. Might be worth looking into being that you've had a run of bad luck with electronics over the last year!

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-7080-i5...ments=p_89:Dell&s=pc&sr=1-4&ts_id=13896591011

 

[Magus]

I can get a net runner for under 300$, I got to have my games and graphics though.
My luck...LMAO! Just call me Mr. Badpenny.

 

[Supervisor42]

Just a thought Magnus: In my body shop, we have a couple of computers out there, exposed to the dirt and dust of a shop environment. A friend of mine who is an IT guy suggested that instead of putting full towers out in the shop, we get mini workstations instead. They don't have a fan or anything in them, the power supply is external from the computer, so they stay cooler, aren't as susceptable to dust damage but still have the computer power for most tasks. Granted, you wouldn't be editing videos or touching up photos on them, as they don't have that kind of graphics power, but we've been abusing these things for three years now with no issues, while the standard tower pcs would usually make it about 18 months before they crapped out. Might be worth looking into being that you've had a run of bad luck with electronics over the last year!

You touched on a very important part: the power supply.
If @Magus has a power supply that is going lame and he builds a 'new' pc with it, he will still have problems with it, like in the recent past when the 'computer guy' had to work on it.
The pc's I had in the past all had problems with the cooling fan for the ps, including the one I have now. It has been sporting an oversize industrial-quality fan mounted on the outside for over a decade now .

 

[Magus]

Just replaced the power supply, its why I took so long about getting back on after you guys helped me get out of the hole like chucked me in.

I used to have a "squirrel fan" mounted to one of my gamer rigs. I had a heat sink the size of a box of 9MM ammo mounted on the processor too. LOL

 

[Magus]

I miss those old Jap made computers. they were tanks. my current HP should be on a bud light bottle.