At 21:20 +1000 10/16/2002, Paul Shand wrote: >Not again. Replacement Power Supply blew after eighteen months. Hey >who had the url for the Adaptor for the ATX 300W upgrade for the S900. > >I wonder if the 8500 and 9500s ever blew a supply twice in the same >machine in the same eighteen months?
You may just have hit the anti-jackpot power supply-wise. Coincindences do happen. You may wish to check the resistance between the 3.3V and GND and between 5V and GND pins on your motherboard. There are capacitors that straddle those connections in order to filter the power. It's conceivable that you've got a low level short in one of the caps which is causing your MB to draw too much current and shorten the life of your PS. It's really unlikely, but it's possible. I think the resistance from power to GND should be about 500 ohms. Certainly if it's any lower than that, report back. Build your own adapter: http://www.io.com/~trag and look for the file titled Umax_ATX_PS.sea or something like that. Buy an adapter, the vendor was Power On. I don't the URL, but you can probably find it from their front page which is where you'd expect. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
