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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TogaMario" data-source="post: 3129376" data-attributes="member: 10966">Power supply failure is getting a lot more common than it used to be. I've had two friends that had to replace their power supply a month after buying pre-made PCs and another more recently that had to replace one in a PC he built after a power blink (not even during a storm) and he was on a newish surge protector. I guess if I had to replace anything, I'd rather it be a ~$100 purchase than the whole computer, still makes you wonder if it's because we're travelling into the 650+ watt range or if the manufacturers are cutting corners or something?Also, to add fuel to the embers <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Last night my Mac started acting loopy right after I turned it on. I went to open Illustrator and the icon bounced insatiably for a few minutes, so I force-quit it and tried to open something less demanding, like Safari. Bounce bounce bounce, etc. So I get angry and start clicking on all the programs, making them dance in the midnight air. I force-quit finder, hoping it might recover (possibly from a one-time glitch from startup). No such luck. I tap the power button on / off to see if that'll recover it. Nope. Hold the button in for five seconds and start anew. Ahhh, I love my PC <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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