And he may have a good quality one but it's dying. I had to replace a PC Power and Cooling recently. After 5 years one of the voltages was dropping low. I finally caught it because on an alert by the motherboard monitor which gave me an alarm. That system was doing the same - lock up or quit for unexplained reasons.
On Friday February 17 2006 10:43, Michael Kintzios wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mrugesh Karnik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 17 February 2006 11:13 > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware issues, probably Snip > > The second and third I've tried. Fourth... Hmm, I'll try to do that. > > > > And yeah, the power cord is plugged in perfectly, I just checked. > > As already suggested the possibility of overheating can be ruled out if > you use a domestic comfort cooling fan and with the case open you > position it to blow across the MOBO and towards the back of the case. A > low/medium setting from some distance is best as you want it to fan out > enough to cover MOBO, drives, etc and not race the fans in the case to > their maximum. I you still get shutdowns then look again at the power > supply. I would heed advice already given - you get what you pay - so > go for a good quality PSU with adequate rating for your system's needs. > -- > Regards, > Mick -- Brett I. Holcomb -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
