[pchelpers] Re: Hot computer

Hi PcCowboy!

In message 004c01c30def$43966360$dc00a8c0@daddy">mid:004c01c30def$43966360$dc00a8c0@daddy 
on Monday, April 28, 2003, 8:32:57 PM, you wrote:

P> The old PS must have been a tough old bird to stay
P> running 2 weeks without a fan. I wonder if it would
P> be worth it to put a new fan in it, or would the high 
P> heat have made it ready to go out at anytime?

Flaky power supplies are the scourge of computer techs, since there's
often no obvious way to tell. I once looked at a computer with a dead
built-in serial port. Guess what, an add-in card had the same problem.
Turned out to be, of all things, the power supply. I didn't figure out
WHY until a couple of years later; there's one voltage produced by the
power supply that used ONLY by the serial ports. Given a choice, I'd
replace it.  Doing so often gets rid of lingering flakiness.

-- 
--Scott.
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