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1. SaraMG :awesome: (saramg@mastodon.technology)'s status on Monday, 21-Mar-2022 03:33:37 UTC SaraMG :awesome:

   I suspect my desktop's motherboard has simply shit the bed. Frequently get whole system lockups, especially in early boot phase and the video card isn't even recognized in one of the two PCI slots. Evidently adding/removing USB devices exacerbates the problem.

   So either:
   1/ The south bridge is on its last legs, and I'm out $$$ to replace the whole board.

   2/ Window has lost its damned mind and I need to reinstall.

   Option 2 would be cheaper and quicker to validate so I'm trying it now. Wish me luck.

   • SaraMG :awesome: (saramg@mastodon.technology)'s status on Monday, 21-Mar-2022 03:33:37 UTC SaraMG :awesome:

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     Spoiler, I wrote that toot while the install was already underway and so far.... looking pretty good, actually.

     Now for the (hopeful) return to normalcy:

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   • SaraMG :awesome: (saramg@mastodon.technology)'s status on Monday, 21-Mar-2022 14:23:23 UTC SaraMG :awesome:

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     • Paul Gatling

     @paulgatling Yeah, that was all top of my diagnostic list. Eventually there are only so many possibilities left though.

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   • SaraMG :awesome: (saramg@mastodon.technology)'s status on Monday, 21-Mar-2022 14:23:24 UTC SaraMG :awesome:

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     No longer annoyed, because yup. Hardware IS fubar. Crashes slowed off for a bit, but they're back. :~(

   • Paul Gatling (paulgatling@bsd.network)'s status on Monday, 21-Mar-2022 14:23:24 UTC Paul Gatling

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     @saramg
     Bad RAM? Done any bios level diagnosis? It's what all the cool kids do in their spare time!

   • SaraMG :awesome: (saramg@mastodon.technology)'s status on Monday, 21-Mar-2022 14:23:25 UTC SaraMG :awesome:

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     Honestly annoyed with myself for waiting so long to reinstall. I know damn well Windows doesn't keep any stability over time. Used to be I would reinstall every six months as a matter of course. Then I went Mac and didn't come back for a decade and this foolishly lulled me into a false sense of security that operating systems actually behave themselves.