When that style of computer starts overheating, they are usually just clogged with dust bunnies. But occasionally there will be other issues that are causing problems.
Bosgame is supposedly pretty good at providing assistance. I just had a bad experience with a Beelink computer that was badly misrepresented in the ad. So, despite their popularity I am now skeptical of all of their products. Most people don’t start off by benchmarking their machines, so they are just not aware that they have a dog and leave good reviews if they can successfully use a web browser, email and retrieve their email. So, they leave good reviews for machines that do not deserve them.
Right - I don’t know what’s going on with wifey’s laptop as there was no dust in it at all, but fan error messages would pop up in the boot-up. I pulled the cover and that stopped. (No more error messages.) Have been so busy with all this other stuff that I’ve not had a chance to follow up.
Anyway, I snagged a Dell Optiplex 3070 MICRO, i5-9500T 2.2 GHz, 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM, Win 11 Pro, on eBay tonight. $112 plus shipping and tax — will come out to $126.48 all told, so, not too bad. Seller had very little feedback, so, kinda taking a chance, but, he was good about answering questions, which is usually a good sign. This machine is likely faster than my 11 Pro desktop we’ve been discussing(!), unless wifey has a zillion windows open... Hopefully RAM prices will come back down, and hopefully this machine doesn’t have any weird issues...
I suppose dogs are ok if they are not sick and all you have to do is walk the dog - hahaha!
I researched those Dell OptiPlex Micro Plus 7010’s a bit — even Brave search turns up a fair amount of info. on the overheating problem. It appears the thermal design just stinks, and fixes are well known, so, the prices fire back up in actual sales.