Re: [OT] - pc dead

["Tim Hawes" <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I once packed a fully working PC into a car, drove it from Wigan to
Surrey and on re-start found the PSU had died on the journey (not even
a click when the mains lead was pushed in...). The PC (nothing
special) had been on 24/7 for a number of years and while it worked
perfectly in its previous location I assume the "trauma" of
moving it
caused something to give up.

Replacing the PSU solved all the problems and it worked again like new.

HTH,

Tim.

On 12/12/07, Paul Gordon <paul@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Likewise, I had almost exactly the same set of circumstances recently
vis=
-=E0-vis finding my PC "dead". In my case, it seems it had also
taken out t=
he fuse in the mains plug, since when I replaced the mains lead with
anothe=
r known-good one, and turned it on, it went spectacularly BANG!
>
> I guess it's a testament to good design that not a single internal
compon=
ent suffered any ill effects whatsoever. I dropped in a new PSU, and it's
a=
ll running again sweet as a nut...
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> Paul G.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf =
Of Jon Wilkins
> > Sent: 12 December 2007 13:06
> > To: UKHA Group
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] - pc dead
> >
> > A fairly cheap suggestion may be to try switching out the PSU. 
I've
> > recently had a lot of grief with my PC failing to boot, making
various
> > different sequences of noises whilst booting; sometimes not even
doing
> > anything except starting the various fans.  I had a spare PSU
which I t=
ried
> > that after re-seating everything else had made no difference. 
Replacem=
ent
> > PSU has solved the problem - even though it's out of an old
machine &
> > slightly lower power output.    So if you have a spare, its worth
tryin=
g
> > it;  Alternatively you'd only lose 10-20 getting one just to try
it out=
.
> >
> >
> > jon
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