[SOLVED] When to replace MB.

CalScot

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I have a motherboard
ASUS M4A785TD-M EVO. I'm on WIN 10

My PC's behavior has been a little strange recently. Especially where Google has been involved.
Google Drive seems to think I'm offline all the time.
I get a constant alert, 'securing connection' message.
GMail doesn't load all the icons.
Weird things like that.
Word/Excel/Photoshop/After Effects still work fine.
I feel like the problems are Google centric but I'm not certain.

Now, the MB is @ 11/12 years old.
Does anyone feel that there's a recommended interval for replacing the MB?
 
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I have a motherboard
ASUS M4A785TD-M EVO. I'm on WIN 10

My PC's behavior has been a little strange recently. Especially where Google has been involved.
Google Drive seems to think I'm offline all the time.
I get a constanb alert, 'securing connection' message.
GMail doesn't load all the icons.
Weird things like that.
Word/Excel/Photoshop/After Effects still work fine.
I feel like the problems are Google centric but I'm not certain.

Now, the MB is @ 11/12 years old.
Does anyone feel that there's a recommended interval for replacing the MB?
There is no recommended interval...replace it when it no longer serves it's purpose. In your case a complete new system is the better choice...that's going to be motherboard, memory and...
I have a motherboard
ASUS M4A785TD-M EVO. I'm on WIN 10

My PC's behavior has been a little strange recently. Especially where Google has been involved.
Google Drive seems to think I'm offline all the time.
I get a constanb alert, 'securing connection' message.
GMail doesn't load all the icons.
Weird things like that.
Word/Excel/Photoshop/After Effects still work fine.
I feel like the problems are Google centric but I'm not certain.

Now, the MB is @ 11/12 years old.
Does anyone feel that there's a recommended interval for replacing the MB?
There is no recommended interval...replace it when it no longer serves it's purpose. In your case a complete new system is the better choice...that's going to be motherboard, memory and CPU at least. It's really not worth throwing money at a 12 year old computer.

But it's more likely a clean install of Windows will help get the system running better (or as good as 12 yo tech can) so try this first:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-clean-install-windows-10-a.html
 
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CalScot

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Nov 16, 2021
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There is no recommended interval...replace it when it no longer serves it's purpose. In your case a complete new system is the better choice...that's going to be motherboard, memory and CPU at least. It's really not worth throwing money at a 12 year old computer.

But it's more likely you need to clean install Windows so try this first:

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-clean-install-windows-10-a.html
Thank you...I'll give it a go.
I do have a new cpu/MB/memory but if I can keep the old one working....