> > $25 power supply, especially if the circumstances are such that you > > estimate P > .99 that a blown fuse is the problem?
So I did this a few months ago. I was doing some stuff with the power supply (I don't want to say) and it blew the fuse. Well, considering the .99 cent to 25$ ratio, I went to radio shack and got a replacement fuse, opened the power supply, and soldered the new fuse in place. Nope, it didn't work. I totally blew the P > .99 prediction way off the Standard Deviation. I paid 45 bucks for a new power supply. Which brings up a problem I had yesterday. I had been working on my parents computer for a few days, switching a Mboard with another because my mom like the other chassis. I could not get one of them working... trying every thing I could think of... The computer would almost power up, but would then spin down (the fans, that is). Power was there, but not enough. Great... F$$%ing Great!" I said. My 3 year old was very helpful in repeating this statement as he handed me a screwdriver. I figured another 45 bucks to get a new power supply. After working on it for a couple of hours, I noticed that the little switch in the back of the power supply everyone ignores was switched to 220V... this computer was in Pakistan a few weeks before, and had not been used since getting back to the States. I had a good laugh over that! Alberto - I blame you and your stinkin' foreign 220 V standards! Nerd From Hell
