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Thread ID: 90691	2008-06-13 01:07:00	Power cut stopped my pc, PS shot?	Strommer (42)	Press F1

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678002	2008-06-13 04:43:00	Don't worry about resetting the BIOS. Hold down the power button to turn the PC off, then plug everything back in, turn it on and it should start and hopefully boot up. Get a new PSU anyway though. :thumbs:	wratterus (105)
678003	2008-06-13 05:02:00	:) AMAZING - it boots up and all looks OK now. What exactly happened? I reconnected everything except the floppy (which did not work anyhow). OK, I am open to suggestions for getting a new PSU. Don't want to spend heaps though. Sometime I may upgrade my mobo but for now the P4 3Ghz ASUS does just fine. Gotta leave for work now. Back later tonight. Thanks for the help everyone. I am happy my trusty desktop is now OK but it is puzzling how I got it working!	Strommer (42)
678004	2008-06-13 05:44:00	Amazingly, its very common. I see it all the time. If you'd unplugged it for a day and plugged it back in, it probably would have worked too. I don't know a lot about it, but basically draining all the power from the PSU and the board (often after a power cut/brown out there's 'dirty' power left in capacitors etc) and leaving it a few minutes will allow it to boot again. More often than not, there's absolutely nothing wrong with the hardware. For a entry level PSU, something like this (ascent.co.nz) this (ascent.co.nz) or this (ascent.co.nz) would do the job nicely. You'll be able to find cheaper, but Ascent has excellent after sales service and free postage. :thumbs:	wratterus (105)
678005	2008-06-13 06:41:00	thats awesome that it works again. I cant imagine the amount of hardware that has been replaced under the impression it is faulty. If you upgrade your mobo, won't you need to upgrade everything else too? If it makes you feel any better, I'm still using a 6 year old Athlon 1800+. Does everything I want except play the latest games and HD content :)	utopian201 (6245)
678006	2008-06-13 08:42:00	:) AMAZING - it boots up and all looks OK now. What exactly happened? I reconnected everything except the floppy (which did not work anyhow). OK, I am open to suggestions for getting a new PSU. Don't want to spend heaps though... I would suggest a Hyena PS, but then there's nothing wrong with your present Hyena, is there? This computer I'm using right now has its original Hyena supply, from about seven or eight years ago, - all I've had to do is replace the fan. Go Hyena, a great power supply!	rumpty (2863)
678007	2008-06-13 10:58:00	Hi Steve Now you have everything up and running again, you should really consider buying/installing a decent surge protector. Your current surge protectors are really not up to the mark. If they are the type I think they are, trying to protect sensitive computer equipment with them is an act of faith. From your brief description my guess is they are simply single outlet types with a red led. This led indicates they are ok and ready to protect??. Power Sentry and various other names were used to market these elcheapos. They are simply a one component (MOV's) box that is little better than nothing. Connecting two together really adds very little to the overall protection. Surge Protectors are hotly debated here on Press F1. Many reckon they are crap and don't work. Most times this is due to a similar experience to yours. The Surge Protectors used were crap to start with. Others of course, are entitled to have their view but as you have probably gathered, I'm all for them. My desktop, lappie and axillary gear was saved by them when a tree fell across the power lines. Other stuff like cellphone chargers, microwave, fridge, radios etc were history. Fortunately, the stereo, tv etc was not on at the time but the freezer relay contacts were welded together!! My Surge Protectors were made by Intaract, at the time available from Dick Smith. These are a Six way Multiway Boards and protect the phone wires as well, thereby protecting the modem etc. If you want to get see the debate on Surge Protectors, click HERE (pressf1.co.nz). BURNZEE	Burnzee (6950)
678008	2008-06-13 12:36:00	I would suggest a Hyena PS, but then there's nothing wrong with your present Hyena, is there? This computer I'm using right now has its original Hyena supply, from about seven or eight years ago, - all I've had to do is replace the fan. Go Hyena, a great power supply! I'd love to know the state of the capacitors in that thing... actually I wouldn't - it would probably traumatize me for the rest of the week... :yuck:	Agent_24 (57)
678009	2008-06-13 22:31:00	I would suggest a Hyena PS, but then there's nothing wrong with your present Hyena, is there? This computer I'm using right now has its original Hyena supply, from about seven or eight years ago, - all I've had to do is replace the fan. Go Hyena, a great power supply! You own one Hyena. Lucky you, it didn't blow up. We people that deal with hundreds or thousands of PCs though see that far too many Hyenas do. Which makes them crap. Don't advise people on ONE or two you may have seen work OK, when you see the total failure rate of loads of them, then you can juddge. Coolermaster do some decent cheaper ones.	pctek (84)
678010	2008-06-14 01:32:00	I'm in a similar position to rumpty, I've got 2 of the things and both are still "working" 1 came with my first computer and the other came with a case I bought BUT: I don't use either of them and most of the secondary side capacitors in the first are bulging - which means they have failed. If I had the equipment I'd measure the ripple, but as a good guess it's probably not within spec anymore (if it ever was!) Truth be told, I did use the first one for quite a while (didn't know how bad they were) until I upgraded and started getting error messages from the nvidia drivers that my card (a 6600GT) wasn't getting enough power. I researched and after finding how bad hyenas were I upgraded to a thermaltake, and then later on, an enermax..	Agent_24 (57)
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