On Mon, 16 May 2022 at 22:49, steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk wrote:
My 2p is this: Is it worth trying to save this machine? You could chuck some money at new (to you) ram and still find out it's the motherboard, then replace the motherboard and probably consequentially have to buy some more ram in a different format. I'm wondering if it's quicker to just go to a new motherboard and ram, or a new machine (or new to you, 2nd hand). You'd probably end up with a newer, faster machine. It depends on how much time and/or money you want to invest in the problem.
Very good point. It may be harder to do now that we have the cost of living crisis, but that approach does seem to be the most logical.
An alternative is that someone from Phil's locality meets face-to-face to help diagnose the machine / bring spare parts for testing. I'd consider doing that, but I'm no longer in East Anglia. Are there still any LUG-like meets in pubs etc where a meeting could be arranged with more local members I wonder?
Srdjan