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Solve : Is my PC likely done at this point??

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I have a HP I5 BS1XX i3, the PC is just under three years (it will be three in April).

I've posted here about BSOD's that I was having when the battery was plugged in. The BSOD's do not happen when the battery is not in and the device is powered straight from mains. However, I did get a STOP 0x9F error code the other day which probably suggests that the problem is more than just the battery being faulty?

I have been having issues with the WIFI adapter as well recently. The WIFI used to power off before the BSOD's struck and I suspected something may have been wrong with that at first.

I even tried using an EXTERNAL wifi adapter which will not solve the lost connection issue so it is probably more than just the Wifi adapters at fault?

I managed to correct the issue by using the Netshare app to reroute the wifi from my Android device (the PC then works well when it is on the internet without cutting).

I'm now under the belief that the PC has too many issues to bother about repairing.

The housing is also damaged from a fall in late 2019 and I have it together with superglue so perhaps components may have loosened over time?

The one good thing is that it is still fairly fast and can my work done for now. I'm under the impression that I should probably just USE it until it dies for good and then savage whatever I can and invest in a new laptop?

Or is there something I can do to fix the wifi issue?

For your reference, the BSOD dump files can be found on the following link. (Apologies, I tried to attach it here but it was over 1mb).

https://gofile.io/d/3QiNvwIf you replace the battery as suggested earlier you may get another year or two SERVICE out of it...up to you.

Don't buy a generic this time...I would consider it but do you have any idea what is likely the cause of the WIFI issue?

As mentioned, it is not connecting well to my router. It only works for about 10-15 minutes if connected to the router and then disconnects. I tried from both the internal wifi card and a USB wifi adapter which I bought.

The WIFI does work perfectly when I either reroute via my phone (via Netshare) or RUN a hotspot directly from my phone.

If this is likely a hardware issue, I'm guessing the PC is probably not worth investing further in but the fact  that both the wifi card and USB adapter have issues to maintain he router signal gives a glimmer of hope.



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