[iyonix-support] Re: Hardware Failure.
- From: Matthew Thompson <mt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:24:14 +0100
In message <56bc27ca51.davehigton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Dave Higton <davehigton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <f7151eca51.MThompson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Matthew Thompson <mt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> Yesterday when I got and switched on my Iyonix it was fine and working
>> OK, so I left it running and was watching TV, and suddenly heard the
>> switching off power shutting down noise, and my Iyonix was lifeless.
>>
>> However today with a replacement PSU installed it's all back up and
>> running, I think it was obvious to say the PSU was the culprit, but
>> what concerns me is what caused it, and could it happen again, it
>> could be something as simple as a faulty PSU unit and a replacement
>> PSU fixes the problem.
>>
>> But could it be my machine itself or the stuff in it causing problems,
>> I have a a CD drive, DVD drive, floppy drive and 2 hard discs in the
>> machine, another thought was maybe it overheated as it has been very
>> hot over the weekend.
>>
>> I don't really know what went wrong but hopefully it will be the end
>> of it, and I don't think it's relevant but on Saturday I got that hard
>> disc error message that has been mentioned on here a few times before,
>> but a reboot seems to shift that.
> 1) The power supply is the most-stressed subassembly of a computer,
> so it's the least surprising to fail;
> 2) When something dies, it is rarely reversible, i.e. when it's dead
> it stays dead, so if it had been any other subassembly, the fault
> would almost certainly still have been there.
> You've found and replaced the faulty bit, so stop worrying!
Thanks for the replies to this query. The Iyonix appears to be fine
now, so it was a case of a dodgy power supply.
cheers
Matthew
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