realcestmoi wrote:

> A driver probably from MS update messed up your enhanced usb controller as
> computers do not get tired (lol)

I'm not sure it's quite that cut-and-dried. A power supply could in principle
fail slowly, i.e., be unable to produce as much power as the computer needs to
function properly but not be completely dead. I don't know how frequently this
happens in practice, maybe never.

I do have experience with two different computer models which exhibited a high
failure rate after reaching a certain age. In many cases, if you gave them a
"rest", i.e., physically disconnected them from the mains for a week or so,
they'd revive and function normally for several months. This amounts to the
computer "being tired". (The underlying issue in one case was related to
inadequate cooling, in the other to dodgy capacitors on the motherboards.)

(In this case, I'd agree that a driver issue is at least as likely as a hardware
issue, and should be investigated first.)

Harry.