on 12/30/04 12:48 AM, JO Sirmans at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hidy ya'll; > I'm looking for information on determining if the power supply on my trusty > B&W G-3 350w 1.0GB ram upgraded to a Sonnet ZIF G4 500mhz OS X.3.7 is on the > verge of needing replacements. Any ideas on problem identification and > possible sources for replacement would be useful. The problem seems to me to > be power supply related because I hear a clicking noise coming from the power > supply on start up and a very faint whine that goes away after about 20 > minutes of operations. Since I've added 3 hard drives (total of 4) and I've > filled the PCI slots I'm starting to think I may be stressing the powersupply > on the little beast. Any and all help is appreciated. > > Best regards > Jake > > Clicking noise is likely the fan starting up (?). The whine is likely the system warming (this does not necessarily mean temperature-wise) up to catch up to the operating requirements of your system. If you have that much of a load going on, I�d worry more about one of your HDs failing. If you are cycling the power that often with all those components involved, the MB is eventually not going to be up to the task as components (like the zip drive) which may not necessarily need the power immediately are still designed to take their share anyway in the off chance that you will someday require it to boot from. All that power literally exploding across your hardware is like a ball player always wearing his lucky pants whenever he slides into a stolen base�eventually they will tear. Your car can�t go from 0-55 in a matter of seconds but consumer demand has required that computers do it. Personally I�d rather my system took about 1/2 hour to boot up if it meant a safer ride for my equipment/data in th long run!! ;-)
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