If everything works at your place but not at his place, then I would suspect a noisy source of power. Did you have it plugged directly into the wall? If so, try putting it through a (good) surge suppressor. If you're still getting problems try putting through one of those cheap UPSs. If you already have a surge suppressor, try a different one.
A 250W power supply is a little small, but may be just fine (does he have multiple drives? DVD/CDs? USB devices that get their power through the USB? Do they all run at once? If not, then 250W is probably fine. Again though - it works fine at your place (presumably with the same PS), so that shouldn't be the issue. HTH some.... Shawn On Thursday 27 January 2005 23:43, Jason Louie wrote: > I've recently replaced a HDD from a 8Gb to a 80Gb for a family member. > Also seemed well and no problems until I brought the computer back to > him. The computer had issues booting up. The computer would start up > but would not boot the OS and sometimes the HDD was not detected, > (everything was working at my place.) I wiggled the wires and same > odd results. I figured the HDD was damaged on the trip over so I > brought it home. Once again everything worked. So I figured that it > might be the cold, (was -20C to -30C the last time.) Once4 again the > computer had issues booting up. I left it there and the next day the > computer still does not boot up. > > So on a hunch I thought I'd test out the outlet power. In my house I > get 120V. In his house I was getting 116V to 117V even from the > outlets by the fusebox. > > Questions: > What is the voltage that should be coming out of the outlet? > > Would the drop in 3V - 4V cause HDD power issues and odd shutdown / > power save modes, HDD detection issues and intermitent OS boot > failures? > > If the power isn't causing the issue what else might be causing the > problem? > > I've also been told that the power supply might need replacing since > it is only a 250A PS. Also I've been told the new HDD might push the > rail over. > > Ideas? > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
