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On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:04:55 -0500 |
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Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > Rule #1 in dealing with odd weird strange computer faults is ALWAYS |
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> > test with another PSU of at least twice the capacity you think you |
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> > need. |
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> +1 I always start with the P/S. Well, unless I see something else |
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> unrelated letting the smoke out. Even then tho, a bad P/S can cause |
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> the smoke to get out of something else too. It's good advice all the |
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> way around. |
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> Why not let the computer shop test the P/S? If it blows up something |
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> of theirs, it's bad. ;-) |
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You obviously have a much better opinion of the average repair techie |
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than I do. The average repair techie would know how to fault find his |
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way out of a paper bag - the "change bits till it starts working" is |
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the only technique they know. |
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That's not to say you don't get good ones - you do - but they are rare. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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