I know this is a music video thread but I'll derail it for a bit of tech talk. The biggest culprit to old electronics failure (or even new electronics)
is usually either bad capacitors or capacitors well past their use by date. All caps, even the really good Japanese solid caps, have a
lifespan of about 15 years maybe up to 20 if you are lucky. Worse, if they are cheap Chinese ones. When I buy my parts, I try to make sure
the caps are the good Japanese solid caps rather than the cheaper more failure prone electrolytic capacitor. My computer did
reach the 13 year old mark and I put a lot hours on it so it was inevitable.
That's usually the first issue to start troubleshooting from. Then work your way down the electronic parts list.
I probably could have done that with my old rig but it was rather showing its age with the more modern games.
To make up for this non music derailment
is usually either bad capacitors or capacitors well past their use by date. All caps, even the really good Japanese solid caps, have a
lifespan of about 15 years maybe up to 20 if you are lucky. Worse, if they are cheap Chinese ones. When I buy my parts, I try to make sure
the caps are the good Japanese solid caps rather than the cheaper more failure prone electrolytic capacitor. My computer did
reach the 13 year old mark and I put a lot hours on it so it was inevitable.
That's usually the first issue to start troubleshooting from. Then work your way down the electronic parts list.
I probably could have done that with my old rig but it was rather showing its age with the more modern games.
To make up for this non music derailment
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