> I have never had a PSU fail Oh, I have.
> but mine are all branded and not on the cheap end. I see more cheapie PSUs than branded ones. I see failed examples of both. I don't think I've got nearly enough data to form an opinion of whether or not the branded ones are more reliable. > Disks die often, motherboards occasionally but mostly fatally and are > normally pretty obvious. Connectors are the most usual type of failure. I've got a failed motherboard in a PC in my office. The machine had a fire[1] in it, so we removed it from the customer and gave them something new. The only thing I can find failed is the USB ports (none of which work at all). But I had a failed motherboard a while back that was caused by a failed PSU. That one wasn't re-usable :-( Vic. [1] Yes, a real fire. There were properly blackened bits inside. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
