[Tfug] Hardware reliability

[keith smith]

I started buying computers around 1986.  Of the ones I've bought I have a laptop that randomly turns itself off.  Bought it in 2002 or 2003.  Worked good for about 3 years then it started to just shut down.  And it happens often.  Other than that and the battery it is perfectly good.  That is a funny statement.

I think I lost a video card about 15 years ago. Currently I have 2 computers that are coming up to 3 years and a file server that is over 4 years old.  Everything works fine.

About 12 years my boss lost a hard drive and a month or two later I lost my hard drive.

I guess these guys are more reliable than I was thinking they are. 


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Keith Smith


--- On Fri, 4/17/09, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Tfug] Hardware reliability
> To: tfug at tfug.org
> Date: Friday, April 17, 2009, 12:18 AM
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I had to replace the cooler on the graphics processor in
> a machine tonight -- which got me thinking...
> 
> Aside from fans (and one CD-RW), I can't recall any real
> hardware failures in any of my machines (that's over the
> course of 30 years -- and I tend to hold onto machines for
> much longer than the average joe  :-/  )
> 
> I know there have been certain systemic failures in the
> industry caused by bad *components* (e.g., bad Ecaps).
> But, it seems like most of this stuff just keeps on
> ticking (or, the bathtub is a lot wider than I had
> imagined!)
> 
> Have other folks had similar experiences?  Have I just
> been
> "lucky"?
> 
> 
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