Re: [SLE] Re: Computer resets spontaneously

From: rouvas (rouvas_at_di.uoa.gr)
Date: 10/04/03

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    To: H du Plooy <linuser@ananzi.co.za>, SuSE Mailing List-e <suse-linux-e@suse.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 18:32:57 +0300

    On Saturday 04 October 2003 18:17, H du Plooy wrote:
    > On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 16:31, Marian Routh wrote:
    > > My ideas are similar to yours - you are probably experiencing some sort
    > > of hardware failure. Certainly replacing the power supply can only be a
    > > Good Thing, but you might also want to test your hard drive and
    > > motherboard. Also, try cleaning out the box in case this is an
    > > overheating issue. I don't mean to be offensive with that last bit; my
    > > own boxen get very furry inside.
    >
    > Cleaning it out is definitely on my to-do list. I live in a very dusty
    > area, usual take my machine apart, clean everything out and rebuild it
    > every couple of months. Power supply is more than I'l like to spend now
    > - I think I'll start by replacing the psu fan first, see if that makes a
    > difference. The board is only 9 months old, it better not break now!

    As someone who has suffered a lot in the past from PSU failures, I suggest
    that you read this:

    <http://www.pcpowercooling.com/maxpc/index_cases.htm>

    or this

    <http://firingsquad.gamers.com/guides/power_supply/>

    or whatever you can Google out.

    It seems to me a PSU problem indeed. Try to calculate how much wattage your
    system needs and check it against your PSU indications. Bear in mind that
    most PSUs do *not* offer the wattage they claim. Subtract around 20% to be on
    the safe side.

    If your original system came with 300W and you replaced some parts, HDD, CPU,
    graphics card, then you are taxing the original PSU maybe a tad more than it
    was intended.

    >
    > Thanks
    > Hans 

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