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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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> 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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> ("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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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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Optimists say the glass is half full, |
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Pessimists say the glass is half empty, |
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Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za |
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+27 82, double three seven, one nine three five |
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