I have an update on the desktop that died a few weeks ago. Every time I plugged it in it would go through its restart cycle after about 15 minutes.
When I was having this problem I was plugging it in to a surge protector that had something in every one of the other five outlets in addition to the decrepit desktop. Then a few days ago I plugged into my other surge protector that only had something plugged into two other outlets. And it worked. It can now be on for days at a time. It looks like that may have solved the issue.
So when my firewall (which is my oldest machine) dies I may not need to buy a new machine.
Image from Wikimedia, assumed allowed under Fair Use. Illustration of Lydian Kings from Alexandrian World Chronicle, 5th century Greek chronicle.
