@PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 20 days ago[crumbles into dust]lemmy.worldimagemessage-square395fedilinkarrow-up11.15Karrow-down136file-text
arrow-up11.12Karrow-down1image[crumbles into dust]lemmy.world@PugJesus@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 20 days agomessage-square395fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@kbotc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•20 days agoYou’re real close to the “capacitor of death” models there. GX270s failed like a motherfucker.
minus-square@oleorun@real.lemmy.fanlinkfedilinkEnglish6•20 days agoWe could swap those boards out and in like a fucking NASCAR pit crew.
minus-square@kbotc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•20 days agoBetween the capacitor plague and the tin whiskers from the phaseout of lead, hardware from that era failed constantly.
minus-squareNatanoxlinkfedilinkEnglish1•20 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).
![[crumbles into dust]](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/034f3400-6813-4e8c-b28a-18c23de1ee7d.jpeg){kind=link}
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).