Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
Marc Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
I can claim firsthand experience with exactly that. Box overheated.
Fried capacitors. Required new motherboard and CPU. Fortunately I
was able to get a similar MB, only slight upgrade, so I was able to
use my old memory and didn't have to replace that, too. If the
problem is the power supply (mine was) it is much cheaper to replace
the PS now than the MB in a few weeks. Other fans and heatsinks are
still less expensive than a new CPU (and, possibly, MB).
I had much the same experience but my loss was total. That brings up
the question of how to tell if the PS is going out. My motherboard had
fan, temp and voltage sensors that I /finally/ got working but the PS
didn't seem to be represented in those. Are there physical hints
pre-death (enough pre-death for box salvage) for a power supply?
I had been hearing whining on and off from my PS for at least a few
weeks. If I had paid attention to it I could have picked up a PS
locally for about $35 and avoided the hassle, cost and downtime. I now
have mbmon installed to check the temp and fan speed. My new processor
seems to run very cool, however. I don't think I have seen it hit 40C
yet and I keep it running 24/7. It is an AMD Mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP-M
Processor 2800+.
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