Mary M S
Screenwriter
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- Mar 12, 2002
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I've had, oh about 4 blue screens in the past two years. That's doing everything with them you can imagine
Carried away with poetic license. I have not had a blue screen in 4(?)or more years even when the last harddrive was rotten to the core with infestations. I kept beating it all back and the most irritating issue I had (and still do) is an occasional screen freeze, which one reboot resolves. When I yanked the last harddrive I still had not yet had a system wide crash.
But it is the loss of one of my necessary functions (for business) like the printer or my DSL, for any length I fear. It's easier to just purchase and reload something new,...except as we all find out on occasion, this too is never guaranteed; just plug and play.
Additionally those little glitches short termed lockups, slowdowns, or temporary "when you hit enter with your tongue held just right" momentary device conflicts that nibble you to death I hate.
Really this old DT has been exceptionally stable (for what it has been subjected to at times). But I dread the learning curve of upgrading everything, learning the ends and outs of shopping a new socket architecture, choosing a chip and the best compatible cards: sorting it properly. I am sentimentally attached to this one, since it evolved over so many years. I know when it goes. This time I will gut from the case up all at once, for the next one.
Thanks Max very much for the backup suggestion. I will look into the product.
Carried away with poetic license. I have not had a blue screen in 4(?)or more years even when the last harddrive was rotten to the core with infestations. I kept beating it all back and the most irritating issue I had (and still do) is an occasional screen freeze, which one reboot resolves. When I yanked the last harddrive I still had not yet had a system wide crash.
But it is the loss of one of my necessary functions (for business) like the printer or my DSL, for any length I fear. It's easier to just purchase and reload something new,...except as we all find out on occasion, this too is never guaranteed; just plug and play.
Additionally those little glitches short termed lockups, slowdowns, or temporary "when you hit enter with your tongue held just right" momentary device conflicts that nibble you to death I hate.
Really this old DT has been exceptionally stable (for what it has been subjected to at times). But I dread the learning curve of upgrading everything, learning the ends and outs of shopping a new socket architecture, choosing a chip and the best compatible cards: sorting it properly. I am sentimentally attached to this one, since it evolved over so many years. I know when it goes. This time I will gut from the case up all at once, for the next one.
Thanks Max very much for the backup suggestion. I will look into the product.