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| 194511 | 2003-11-25 09:49:00 | > Otherwise you may have a heater or something that's > chewing a lot of power down on the same circuit as > the computer's running on and it's not sharing the > power out evenly between the Computer and heater. Most of what you have said is OK cyberchuck, but the last part is well off target I'm afraid. If a shared load (heater or otherwise) was overloading an outlet sufficiently to seriously affect the output voltage of the circuit, the fuse or circuit breaker would soon fail. Alternatively, if the feed point at the switchboard (or at the powerpoint) was high impedance due to a corroded or loose connection then the connection would overheat with plenty of burning smells etc and the heater would lose output. A computer sharing that load would keep going for a while, but would probably reboot as the power dropped down. The computer load coming off would allow a reboot but it might not get right through the boot process. None of this would cause the effects described here. This sounds like a computer power supply that is either faulty, not starting or shutting down because of overload, or failing to start because of insufficient load. Best test is a new supply. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 194512 | 2003-11-25 10:29:00 | Good god, with comments like that from Cyberchuck, I'm doubting whether what he's written in his recent exams holds any accuracy :p I'll just add that I once had a similar problem (computer not booting), but that was because I dropped my graphics card on the mobo... must've ruined a circuit or something, but that was one dead mobo courtesy of my work. And this other time, I pressed the power button too hard in my rage at the PC, and got it jammed in as such that the power button served no purposeful function. Happily, it came unstuck later :D |
agent (30) | ||
| 194513 | 2003-11-25 10:37:00 | Well it seems quite obviously it's the power supply. Makes no difference whether you buy a new PSU on it's own, or buy a case/PSU kit. Provided the case has enough room to fit all your gear (card slots, drive bays etc) and is the right form factor for your motherboard. If in doubt, check with the supplier before you buy. Chances are any generic sort of case will be fine. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 194514 | 2003-11-26 04:20:00 | Thanks for all your replies, much appreciated So, what are the chances of starting up again, if I get a new PSU? How does this www.qmb.co.nz look to you? Good, or should I avoid cheapos? Cheers, |
~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054) | ||
| 194515 | 2003-11-26 05:11:00 | Don't worry all... many thanks for your help... All fine now, Dad went and brought a power supply from the people next door to his work. Cheers, |
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