Alan McKinnon wrote:
On Sunday 11 February 2007, Jeff Rollin wrote:
On 11/02/07, Kent Fredric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I would go with Hammann with
"Make sure, that it is overheating and not a weak/dying PSU."
Many people neglect to realise how important a decent PSU is, and
how major an effect it can have on systems. A dodgy PSU in my
experience can do everything from -CAUSING- overheating, to random
shutoffs, and MURDERING hard drives.
I had one which killed 3 Hard Drives before I realised thats what
the problem was, and the last hard drive was so cooked it didn't
even spin up.
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Joy. I should certainly hope it is NOT the PSU as it is new, and
replaced a dead one.
("New" as in "bought sometime in the summer")
fwiw,
I've given up on the consumer electronics industry being able to
consistently build high quality power supplies for ANYTHING that plugs
into the mains. The normal build quality is terrible, and the ability
of the designer to do the job leaves much to be desired. It almost
looks like the things are deisnged to be "good enough to just make it
past a years warranty"
Saying you might have a dodgy and new psu surprises me about as much as
saying that the sky is blue and water is wet....
While I generally agree, not *all* manufacturers provide rubbish for
us... e.g in the current context Zalman PSUs are very good quality
(robust and quiet), and if you hunt around a bit even some of the less
spectacular brands have their moments (e.g I have a couple of
Thermaltake 560W PSUs that are very good).
Cheers
Mark
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