[mdlug] Power supply & hard drive

[Garry Stahl]

Mark Thuemmel wrote:
> I guess in my world, I buy the cheap motherboards and keep computers in
> dirty areas with dust and such.  I don't clean the insides as often as
> they should be, and the power suppy and cpu fans eat the dust,
> literally, and die in a few years.  I don't remember ever having a
> motherboard die the same time as a power supply, even when the power
> supply over heats when the fan clogs.  When a cheap power supply limits
> the life of my motherbaord to 3 years, it's time to get a new
> board/cpu/memory anyway.
>   
I clean my machines out twice a year.  My last desktop is still
running.  Bought in 03, and upgraded and upgraded. 


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