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Originally Posted by slodave
A little side story... I used to think that power cables for PC's never went bad. Plug them in, tuck the pc away and the cable never moves, should not have issues. Took me probably two occasions that were far apart to realize that the power cable can fail too. Some of the older cables are a bit heavier duty than the newer cables - thought the old ones would be the best. Wrong!  I now change out the cables with what comes in the box with a new PC/power supply, regardless of the age/how it looks. |
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Originally Posted by Rednine11
I am an IT tech in a very large factory. I have seen this a few times myself and I too change them out regardless of condition or age
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I recall being in one of our work/storage rooms one day staring at drawers full of power cables, literally hundreds and hundreds of them.
One of my guys asks if there was a problem?
I said, "every new device comes with a power cord"
He said, yeah pretty much, and?
"Where are all the devices that these power cords came with?"
Of course the answer was obvious but it really makes an impression on how much hardware even a building of 500 goes through over the years.