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minus-squareKrackalot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoWasn’t that called the optiplex, or something similar? Pretty sure I had one myself.
minus-squareAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-27 days agoI had an Optipex from that era too. It was “horizontal” but could also stand vertically. It was the business model. This one, but beige: The image is the Precision model which was the consumer version of it.
minus-squarekbotc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoYou’re real close to the “capacitor of death” models there. GX270s failed like a motherfucker.
minus-squareoleorun@real.lemmy.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoWe could swap those boards out and in like a fucking NASCAR pit crew.
minus-squarekbotc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoBetween the capacitor plague and the tin whiskers from the phaseout of lead, hardware from that era failed constantly.
minus-squareNatanox@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoWe somehow avoided that, luckily. I had the pleasure of getting sold a cheap power supply though. It was rather fascinating to learn that, indeed, even burning hardware can still provide sufficient power to play games (for a few seconds).
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Wasn’t that called the optiplex, or something similar? Pretty sure I had one myself.
I had an Optipex from that era too. It was “horizontal” but could also stand vertically. It was the business model.
This one, but beige:
The image is the Precision model which was the consumer version of it.
You’re real close to the “capacitor of death” models there. GX270s failed like a motherfucker.
We could swap those boards out and in like a fucking NASCAR pit crew.
Between the capacitor plague and the tin whiskers from the phaseout of lead, hardware from that era failed constantly.
We somehow avoided that, luckily.
I had the pleasure of getting sold a cheap power supply though. It was rather fascinating to learn that, indeed, even burning hardware can still provide sufficient power to play games (for a few seconds).