Hi Chris,
By any chance did the case use screw in stand off spacers ?
> Why, yes it did. I briefly thought it could be a case problem, but
> couldn't think of what would heat up and expand enough to short out/
> shut down the system.
> Chris
Did you check for any in the wrong place ?
I had a machine that, after varying amounts of time, would simply die !
It turned out that a stand off had been screwed into a wrong hole, just
under the right hand edge of where the CPU socket was. One of the four
Used to mount the CPU fan on some machines. The board got heated up
enough to cause the stand off to short out the 5 volt line. It did no
damage, other than to kill the PSU.
I have also had a shorting problem with cases that use pressed domes in
the mainboard mounting plate !! But in every instance it kills the PSU
stone dead the instant the power button is pressed ! Lift the
mainboard and everything is Ok. Only happens with ASRock mainboards as
far as I am aware.
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
plug at play-net.co.uk
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