On Montag, 12. Februar 2007, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Sunday 11 February 2007, Jeff Rollin wrote:
> > On 11/02/07, Kent Fredric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I would go with Hammann with
> > > "Make sure, that it is overheating and not a weak/dying PSU."
> > >
> > > Many people neglect to realise how important a decent PSU is, and
> > > how major an effect it can have on systems. A dodgy PSU in my
> > > experience can do everything from -CAUSING- overheating, to random
> > > shutoffs, and MURDERING hard drives.
> > > I had one which killed 3 Hard Drives before I realised thats what
> > > the problem was, and the last hard drive was so cooked it didn't
> > > even spin up.
> > >
> > > --
> >
> > Joy. I should certainly hope it is NOT the PSU as it is new, and
> > replaced a dead one.
> >
> > ("New" as in "bought sometime in the summer")
>
> fwiw,
>
> I've given up on the consumer electronics industry being able to
> consistently build high quality power supplies for ANYTHING that plugs
> into the mains. The normal build quality is terrible, and the ability
> of the designer to do the job leaves much to be desired. It almost
> looks like the things are deisnged to be "good enough to just make it
> past a years warranty"
>
> Saying you might have a dodgy and new psu surprises me about as much as
> saying that the sky is blue and water is wet....
>
>
> alan
>If you can read german (or if you know someone who is able to translate it for you): http://hardware.thgweb.de/2007/01/15/stresstest_netzteile_2007/index.html Luckily, I own the same enermax they tested... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
