[Gllug] Power Supply loaner in West London?

[Phil Reynolds]

On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 04:59:41PM +0100, Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
> Hi folks.
> 
> I'm having some weird hardware lockups on my system.  It's not a 
> CPU temperature problem -- it locks up in BIOS with the BIOS open 
> showing low (sub-30C) temperatures.  It's probably not RAM since it 
> locks up just sitting there in BIOS not doing anything.
> 
> My suspicion is that it's the power supply's voltages fluctuating.  BIOS 
> shows the voltages going up and down a reasonable amount, which I don't 
> remember seeing before.
> 
> Soooo...  To diagnose this, I need to borrow a known-good ATX power 
> supply to rule the PSU in or out as the source of the problem.  Is 
> anyone in West London (W14 Barons Court area) willing to lend me an ATX 
> power supply with >300W output or so?  Will only need it for one 
> evening.

I may be able to - I will see what I have got.

Do you need a P4-ready one or will just a plain ATX do?

I am a bit out of your area but there is nothing to stop me bringing you
a PSU.

One point to check - I have noticed this on P3 and P4 boards - are all
the electrolytic capacitors looking normal or is there any kind of
swelling, corrosion or leakage? I have had three boards go down within
the last 18 months with this definite problem.

I will check my spares tonight.

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