On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:04:55 -0500 Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Rule #1 in dealing with odd weird strange computer faults is ALWAYS > > test with another PSU of at least twice the capacity you think you > > need. > > +1 I always start with the P/S. Well, unless I see something else > unrelated letting the smoke out. Even then tho, a bad P/S can cause > the smoke to get out of something else too. It's good advice all the > way around. > > Why not let the computer shop test the P/S? If it blows up something > of theirs, it's bad. ;-) You obviously have a much better opinion of the average repair techie than I do. The average repair techie would know how to fault find his way out of a paper bag - the "change bits till it starts working" is the only technique they know. That's not to say you don't get good ones - you do - but they are rare. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
