[Gllug] Somewhat OT - seeking reassurance

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Wed, September 13, 2006 6:26 pm, Christopher Hunter wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 Sep 2006 11:18, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
>> About three months ago the power supply on my desktop (Pentium 4 2Ghz,
>> 1Ghz RAM) burnt out and I got a replacement - 300W
>>
>> Last night, set the thing to process some video (so pretty processor,
>> memory and disk intensive), went to fill dishwasher, came back and PC is
>> off and will not come back on. Press the power switch and power light
>> flickers on but none of the fans even think of starting.
>>
>> Power supply was hot and there was a very slight smell of burning.
>>
>> This is just another burnt out power supply isn't it?
>
> Almost certainly.  I'd choose a rather larger PSU these days, because
> components seem to be ever more power-hungry as they speed up.  My
> development box (3.2 GHz P4, 1 Gb RAM, couple of "fast" SATA drives,
> nVidea
> FX something-or-other video card) has a 550 Watt PSU, and seems to run
> fairly
> cool, even when it's doing lots of intensive stuff.
>
>
Actually, it wasn't. Unless the new one is also busted.

PITA but clearly something on the mobo is knackered, as the new power
supply did not fix this problem.

Guess it is buy a new mobo tomorrow.

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