The sudden death of the AMD Athlon 64 Ubuntu Mate tower left me somewhat disheveled. Check that, I was more properly forlorn.

The bulging and leaky capacitors on the logic board finally sounded its death knell when the system went down without warning for the last time. This ancient yet versatile beast was one of my production machines. In addition to disheveled and forlorn, I was also disappointed.

I felt like a scorned lover, complete with hurt feelings.

I futilely tried swapping power supplies and memory just to hear its fans spin one more time (sans the head that was its monitor display), but I understood all too well how leaky caps would be its undoing. I was left with no choice but to pull the plug on it, as one does a failed relationship.

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