First post, by maximus
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Let the paranoia commence... 😁
We all know that computer components are vulnerable to excessive overclocking, electrostatic shock, accidental droppage, and so on. But how often do things die on their own, for no apparent reason?
In my experience, not too often. Here are the things I have seen kick the bucket spontaneously:
* several power supplies
* one hard drive
* one GeForce2 GTS (almost certain it was natural causes)
I also know from research that motherboards and other components can develop bad caps over time, but so far I haven't had to deal with this.
I don't think I've ever heard of a CPU dying of old age, though. Has anyone ever seen this?
More generally, what hardware components have died on you without any help? (User error doesn't count!)