Neal... It aint easy being stupid.. I practice a lot Dave N8DC Happy turkey day :)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Neal Campbell" <[email protected]> To: "FlexRadio List" <[email protected]>, "DXBase List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 2:31:12 PM Subject: [Dxbase] Worst case scenario Why is it we always go for the worst outcome first? I have been building and testing a computer today and everything was going smoothly until it just turned off. Would not power up no matter what! So, I unplug everything from the motherboard and bring out the PSU tester, which shows a bad power supply. So, I plug in the bench PSU and try the computer, no luck. So I put the power supply tester on the bench power supply and it shows dead. This is too much stuff dead but my first suspicion is that the PSU tester isn't good so I throw it away and look for my spare one (not found). Then I look down and see the power cord is not fully plugged in. AHA! So I unplug the bench PSU and get the PSU tester out of the trash. Plug the original PSU back in, hit the power button and nothing happens! So I plug the PSU tester into the original PSU and still no reading. Well, maybe the original PSU really did die! So I am looking in inventory for a replacement PSU and see I have none available (the bench PSU is very underpowered for anything but testing). But, I figured, at least confirm the motherboard isn't dead so I plug in the bench PSU and hit the power button, nothing. Usually at this stage its a sign I need to walk away because frustration will start to blind me. So I push back my chair to leave and then see the power cord for the power outlet on my test bench has worked its way out of the power socket. Why didn't I check that at the beginning and save myself an hour of frustration and picking my PSU tester out of trash twice??? At least its up and working normally again! 73 -- Neal Campbell Owner Abroham Neal LLC Work: +1 540 645 5394 Mobile: +1 540 645 8171 ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
