Computer Died
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Computer died. Well apparently it was my ssd's The operating system and another data drive with Thea Render. They're going to try and save my documents data, the Quixel materials and the Thea materials and models. Luckily I have most of my cad dwgs, a lot of Sketchup and D5 models.
That said I have to reinstall and reconfigure a lot of programs including Windows 10 ugly set-up.I'm using my last computer here and I have a lot of stuff from Sketchup 2021. He said it might have been an electrical spike.
It's going to be a real pain in the ass. It's depressing. I find myself leaning over to find my new box.
One moral of the story: get a UPS and a big cloud account for back-up. Another is, "listen to your doctor."
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I used a decentralised backup called Storj along with some external SSD hardware.
I’ve had 2 PC failures due to power surges. It’s soul destroying
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@Rich-O-Brien Should I get a UPS or a power strip with a better surge protector? Which one actually works? Mine is on this one:
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Depends on whether you are running off laptop or desktop. I've been laptop for a few years because our electric grid in my area is prone to surges or outages.
If I was on desktop I'd feel a lot happier with a UPS over a surge protector.
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You will only see an uptick in power consumption as the UPS charges. A UPS for a desktop would add ~10w of additional electrical draw to whatever your desktop is drawing.
If your PSU is drawing 300w then attached to a UPS you would probably see 310w at most. Unless you go for a beefier UPS.
I think for the additional piece of mind and if you suffer from dirty power I think you would get more from a UPS
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I have used Belking surge protectors for no idea how long now. One ssd failure in that time and no idea if it was a surge wot done the deed.
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They're finished. $550 for diagnosis, replace the two SSD's, save whatever data can be saved, and load Windows 10 Pro. By data I mean the contents of Window's documents folder, Quxel, Thea materials, etc.
So back to the old drawing board. Gotta reload programs like Sketchup 2022 and 2024. My trusted old Autocad 2000. That's going to cost around $120 for the Longbow software to allow its use in Windows 10. Bunch of other programs.
Then there's re-configuring Windows 10 all over again to the way I had it. I have a lot of those tweaks in my saved F: drive which is a Western Digital Black. I also have all of my drawings, Sketchup models, D5 stuff on that as well.
I'll find out on Thursday. $50 to bring it back to me. I guess it's all tax deductible.
I think I sparked it by plugging in some stupid old spot light for the backyard. I killed my BIOS with that a few months ago.
Soon we'll be an ancient breed. Like the draftsmen of old.
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No idea if products are more flimsy these days but, I have had more failures in the last five years than the prior twenty years.
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