Dale writes:
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. ;-)
I would have preferred to give them the whole PC, but I cannot carry
that around easily when going to work by bus and tram, so I could drop
it of the store when I leave work in the evening. It was easier to just
carry mainboard and CPU in a small bag.
Well, not really true, I gave them the hardware on Friday, and on
Saturday I could have used the car to transport the PC, but I was
somewhat busy that day, and just didn't think about the PSU frying the
board. And I had hoped that they would test the board right when I was
there on Friday, so I could leave with the new one. Or with the new CPU,
if that had turned out to be defective.
Wonko
