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On Montag, 12. Februar 2007, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Sunday 11 February 2007, Jeff Rollin wrote: |
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> > On 11/02/07, Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > I would go with Hammann with |
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> > > "Make sure, that it is overheating and not a weak/dying PSU." |
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> > > |
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> > > Many people neglect to realise how important a decent PSU is, and |
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> > > how major an effect it can have on systems. A dodgy PSU in my |
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> > > experience can do everything from -CAUSING- overheating, to random |
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> > > shutoffs, and MURDERING hard drives. |
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> > > I had one which killed 3 Hard Drives before I realised thats what |
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> > > the problem was, and the last hard drive was so cooked it didn't |
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> > > even spin up. |
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> > > |
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> > > -- |
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> > |
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> > Joy. I should certainly hope it is NOT the PSU as it is new, and |
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> > replaced a dead one. |
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> > |
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> > ("New" as in "bought sometime in the summer") |
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> fwiw, |
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> I've given up on the consumer electronics industry being able to |
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> consistently build high quality power supplies for ANYTHING that plugs |
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> into the mains. The normal build quality is terrible, and the ability |
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> of the designer to do the job leaves much to be desired. It almost |
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> looks like the things are deisnged to be "good enough to just make it |
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> past a years warranty" |
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> |
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> Saying you might have a dodgy and new psu surprises me about as much as |
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> saying that the sky is blue and water is wet.... |
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> alan |
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If you can read german (or if you know someone who is able to translate it for |
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you): |
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http://hardware.thgweb.de/2007/01/15/stresstest_netzteile_2007/index.html |
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Luckily, I own the same enermax they tested... |
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