I've only owned 2 computers in my life. The first one was purchased in 1996 and I finally had to unplug the cord 2003. She (yes, I do sometimes give inanimate objects genders) anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, she'd started sputtering, whirling and making all kinds of weird sounds. I knew then I would have to pay for some major power supply repair. Since she was so old, I knew I'd have to practically rebuild her with newer doohickeys and such. So, I had a decision to make, and rather see her suffer through prolonged power supply repair. I let her go and got my new computer whom I call Mr. Dell.