End of the line for an 11-year old mini-tower

This is Clare's mom's computer. It stopped accessing the internet, but the trouble runs deeper than that, it seems: the OS/mobo doesn't recognize the ethernet port, the connected speakers, or the optical drive. It would seem the motherboard is just tuckered out…

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[Danette Thompson]

11 years for a Dell is amazing.

[Thom Mitchell]

@danette Single-user and light-user. I consider it the computer version of the low-mileage used car that was just driven to church on Sundays!

[GaryW]

Time to get a new one!