I have finally swapped out the PSU on this system as it yet again
stopped dead in the middle of something I was trying to get done today.
It took me an awfully long time to get everything disconnected, PC
apart, PSUs swapped, all back together again, and booted up and running.
So as the oldest swinger in town, it took me all day to do what I used
to do all day :-(
As in, I used to strip and rebuild PCs and swap and copy discs all day,
but now it is probably six months to a year between visits to PC
internals.
Amazing how much you forget.
Now to see if this runs on for a few weeks.
I didn't fancy setting all the web site links and email accounts from >scratch. :-)
On 12/04/2025 in message <m5vvm6F9uc7U1@mid.individual.net> David wrote:
I didn't fancy setting all the web site links and email accounts from
scratch. :-)
Backups are even more important (if that is possible) in your situation.
You can export bookmarks from browsers and my email program allows me to export settings so I can import them after a reinstall.
Obviously lots of other stuff as well.
On 12/04/2025 21:50, Jeff Gaines wrote:
On 12/04/2025 in message <m5vvm6F9uc7U1@mid.individual.net> David wrote:
I didn't fancy setting all the web site links and email accounts from >>>scratch. :-)
Backups are even more important (if that is possible) in your situation. >>You can export bookmarks from browsers and my email program allows me to >>export settings so I can import them after a reinstall.
Obviously lots of other stuff as well.
If you are using the Firefox browser with an account then you don't need
to back up or export any bookmarks.
On Thu, 03 Apr 2025 17:14:22 +0000, David wrote:
I have finally swapped out the PSU on this system as it yet again
stopped dead in the middle of something I was trying to get done today.
It took me an awfully long time to get everything disconnected, PC
apart, PSUs swapped, all back together again, and booted up and
running.
So as the oldest swinger in town, it took me all day to do what I used
to do all day :-(
As in, I used to strip and rebuild PCs and swap and copy discs all day,
but now it is probably six months to a year between visits to PC
internals.
Amazing how much you forget.
Now to see if this runs on for a few weeks.
The system has been running without halting until now - which must be 9
days.
I realised today that I have been not allowing CCleaner to run from
start up because I don't use it to clean anything these days.
Started it a couple of hours ago and <BANG> the whole system went again.
I started it because I realised that I had changed two things at once,
so couldn't be 100% certain that it was the PSU.
Now to uninstall CCleaner and see how things go.
Squeaky bum time because I lost my user profile, but thankfully it came
back after a reboot.
I didn't fancy setting all the web site links and email accounts from scratch. :-)
Nothing is easy.
On Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:10:46 +0000, David wrote:
On Thu, 03 Apr 2025 17:14:22 +0000, David wrote:
I have finally swapped out the PSU on this system as it yet again
stopped dead in the middle of something I was trying to get done
today.
It took me an awfully long time to get everything disconnected, PC
apart, PSUs swapped, all back together again, and booted up and
running.
So as the oldest swinger in town, it took me all day to do what I used
to do all day :-(
As in, I used to strip and rebuild PCs and swap and copy discs all
day,
but now it is probably six months to a year between visits to PC
internals.
Amazing how much you forget.
Now to see if this runs on for a few weeks.
The system has been running without halting until now - which must be 9
days.
I realised today that I have been not allowing CCleaner to run from
start up because I don't use it to clean anything these days.
Started it a couple of hours ago and <BANG> the whole system went
again.
I started it because I realised that I had changed two things at once,
so couldn't be 100% certain that it was the PSU.
Now to uninstall CCleaner and see how things go.
Squeaky bum time because I lost my user profile, but thankfully it came
back after a reboot.
I didn't fancy setting all the web site links and email accounts from
scratch. :-)
Nothing is easy.
Stopped again.
So not CCleaner apparently.
Also brand new PSU.
Starting to look like the motherboard. :-(
On Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:10:46 +0000, David wrote:
On Thu, 03 Apr 2025 17:14:22 +0000, David wrote:
I have finally swapped out the PSU on this system as it yet again
stopped dead in the middle of something I was trying to get done
today.
It took me an awfully long time to get everything disconnected, PC
apart, PSUs swapped, all back together again, and booted up and
running.
So as the oldest swinger in town, it took me all day to do what I used
to do all day :-(
As in, I used to strip and rebuild PCs and swap and copy discs all
day,
but now it is probably six months to a year between visits to PC
internals.
Amazing how much you forget.
Now to see if this runs on for a few weeks.
The system has been running without halting until now - which must be 9
days.
I realised today that I have been not allowing CCleaner to run from
start up because I don't use it to clean anything these days.
Started it a couple of hours ago and <BANG> the whole system went
again.
I started it because I realised that I had changed two things at once,
so couldn't be 100% certain that it was the PSU.
Now to uninstall CCleaner and see how things go.
Squeaky bum time because I lost my user profile, but thankfully it came
back after a reboot.
I didn't fancy setting all the web site links and email accounts from
scratch. :-)
Nothing is easy.
Stopped again.
So not CCleaner apparently.
Also brand new PSU.
Starting to look like the motherboard. :-(
| Sysop: | Keyop |
|---|---|
| Location: | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK |
| Users: | 497 |
| Nodes: | 16 (2 / 14) |
| Uptime: | 69:56:16 |
| Calls: | 9,766 |
| Calls today: | 7 |
| Files: | 13,747 |
| Messages: | 6,186,254 |