Various Occupations
We’re back!
PAX flew by. Some Pokemon happened, I bought some fancy dice, and watched two grown men play Beyblade for a chance to win a trip to Australia. Good times.
What’s less good is that my desktop PC has been crashing like a developer’s first MMO on launch day.
I’ve been tearing my hair out trying to lock down what’s causing it, doing a reset install of Windows, re-installing all the drivers, and a dozen other things that have also not worked. So my best guess is it’s hardware.
Apart from not using windows, I’d fire up memtest86+ and let it run for a bit. Simply cleaning out all the dust and re-seating memory and expansion cards, if any, can help, too. Doing the same for the CPU requires thermal paste, which might need refreshing anyway. Next is inspecting the visible caps for bulging (shouldn’t happen these days), and if you have or can loan a spare PSU, swapping it out is worth a try. Do mind the static electricity precautions, but otherwise it’s not very high brow to do a quick check on desktop hardware.
Is it happening at a consistent time point if you let it rest a bit in between? Could very likely be temperature.
On the strip, like the action update. Death is honestly less annoying to me than multiple CC. Easier to come back from.
The time to crash is wildly inconsistent. Sometimes it won’t crash all day, other times its every five minutes. Doesn’t seem to correspond to any particular activity, either.
I have an irrational fear of messing up something when doing that (just cleaning the dust is more stressful for me than going to a doctor), so I always ask a friend to do it for a bottle of something nice. He usually has spare parts lying around if something is dead, which is an added bonus.
I have no problem messing around with software, but hardware troubles are my nightmare fuel.
Plug – my wife and I commisioned outline pieces as a coloring book reception activity for our wedding – it was great! 11/10 fun for kids and adults – highly recommend!
Lys’ face, lol.