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Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa
We have a 5 year old Dell Precision 470 that is only used for our order entry/invoicing system...very light use at most. 2 years ago, Dell replaced every single board in it under warrantee. Today, the motherboard died. Naturally Dell won't replace it since it's pretty far out of warrantee, but how can motherboards die every 2-3 years?
How difficult would it be to plug our HD into another similar Dell? Want to get a temp computer until I can get a Mac Pro tower and just run Windows off of that.
BTW, I have a Dell from 2000 that just keeps humming along, so clearly Dell quality has gone downhill from it's earlier days.
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Someone already asked this but how is the environment the computer is in?
I've seen dusty computers running along for ever but still, it isn't something you should expect. 5 years is a long time, is the computer on 100% of the time or does it get shut down when not in use? 2 years isn't that long, are you sure it is the MB and not possibly the power supply? I would look at environmental issues (to hot, too dusty, etc) as the cause of the failure. Even in an office environment if the computer is picking up a lot of dust it can get clogged up and unable to move air through it - this will cause obvious heat buildup issues and shorten the life of the computer (as with any electronics device).
I've had decent luck with Dells but they are far from computer perfection.