Re: My Kiosk Slient 60W PSU died, was it too small?

["ianh1000" <ianh1000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks David,

I stuck the original NOISY PSU back in and it works, the external
brick seems ok so it must be the board. There seem to be some at a
reasonable price but perhaps I should invest in something with a
higher capacity. At least I know I am not alone.

Regards
Ian


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, David Yeend <david.yeend@g...> wrote:
>
> I had a similar experience here - from day one the screen back
light
> flickered and I thought then that its days were numbered. The 12v
PSU died
> and I got a spare but eventually the board gave up too. Currently
it is
> running from a standard PSU external the the unit. It works for me
at the
> moment but I will eventually get a higher spec version of the
failed
> one......
>
> It may be possible to repair the board - it is likely to be a
capacitor
> which has died due to the higher than designed for ripple current
which will
> have been experienced since day one.....probably not worth it
though!
>
> Sorry - no other helpful ideas from this direction.....except to
say that it
> may be the external power block which is easily replaced.
>
> Regards,
>
> David
>
> On 12/18/05, ianh1000 <ianh1000@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I know a few of us are running the Kiosk PC's bought a year or so
> > back. I fitted my one with a LEX 60 watt silent PSU, it looks
like the
> > PSU just died, it is giving a small pulse of voltage every half
> > second. Looks like I need a new PSU board.
> >
> > The one I fitted was just 60 Watts, it has run for a year ok,
should
> > this have been ok or have I been stressing it? I have not extras
> > fitted, just the stock CPU and RAM.
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions.
> >
> > Regards
> > Ian
> >
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