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   On 20/06/2024 08:44, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   > On 20/06/2024 07:12, Pancho wrote:   
   >> On 20/06/2024 06:49, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> Test suites for i386 PCs used to be common, especially for   
   >>>> memory. Something similar for the Pi2 would be a start.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Thanks for reading,   
   >>>>   
   >>>> bob prohaska   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>> The only item that I would suspect has 'wear' issues would be the SD   
   >>> cards.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> We always suspect SD cards, rightly so, but it could be other stuff.   
   >> It is quite common for routers to die of old age.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Only time I have had routers fail is after lightning strikes on or near   
   > DSL lines   
   >   
      
      
   I've had failures to: ADSL router, VDSL modem, cable router. I dunno   
   what goes wrong, but these are devices running close to design capacity   
   for many years. Whereas most desktop PCs rarely break a sweat. We know   
   electronic components like electrolytic capacitors do wear out.   
      
   Which reminds me, an even more common failure is USB wall warts, that   
   probably should show up in dmesg or journalctl as an "under voltage" error.   
      
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