[dba-Tech] Emotion vs. Dollars

[Gary Kjos]

There is satisfaction to be had in getting things to work that were
not working.  Power supplies are pretty inexpensive.  I'd start there.
But you are right that you might invest more money in parts than it
would take to replace it.  But maybe a good repair shop could have a
look for a fair price say $50 or so to diagnose what the problem is?

On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have only two computers, a nice laptop and an ancient HP Millenium tower,
> the latter of which is exhibiting bizarre behaviour. Specifically, it can
> power up, but no signal arrives at the monitor. Also, having powered up,
> eventually it gives up and then dies. At some later point, it spontaneously
> powers up again, tries valiantly, then once again expires.
>
> For over a decade, this box has been my  fallback position, running email
> etc. to free up the load on my laptop. I've owned her for so many years of
> total reliability that I feel the need to resusitate her, but I suspect
> that I could replace her for less than resusciation would cost. I guess
> she's done her duty, and I suppose I could perform an organ-harvest and
> plonk her big drive into whatever I replace her with. But it makes me sad
> to do this. Who would have thought that one could have an emotional
> relationship with a computer? And yet, apparently I do. Woe is me.
>
> --
> Arthur
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