-=PCTechTalk=- Re: puzzling problem

GMan,

The 300 is what was in it when the 110 switch was flipped. I got no lights,
nothing with it. Also hooked it into another mobo,in a working computer, 
just plugged in the ATX plug and
tried to power it up, got nothing.

Jo Ann
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GMan" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:19 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: puzzling problem


> Jo Ann,
>    Save yourself some grief and try their old 300W supply again.  It won't
> overload if everything is already unplugged/disconnected and it'll tell 
> you
> if the 400W from your son got fried by the throwing of that 110V switch. 
> If
> you get the beeps with the old PS connected, you'll know that the owner
> needs to buy a new, more powerful PS.  If you don't get anything "new" 
> with
> the old PS, you'll know the 400 is more than likely not the problem and 
> that
> something else somewhere else still isn't right.  But, either way, you'll
> still have your own system still intact.        :O)
>
> Peace,
> G
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ypbuue
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jo Ann Weaver" <bookworm54@xxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 9:04 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: puzzling problem
>
>
>>
>> GMan,
>>
>> The power supply I'm using is a 400 watt that came out of my son's
>> computer
>> yesterday. He says it was working fine,
>> he just wanted a bigger one cause he's running a lot of stuff. It should
>> be
>> big enough as the old one was a 300 watt,
>> and there's not really much on this box. Just a 64 MB vudeo card, a sound
>> card, ethernet card , USB card with two ports,
>> and the two optical drives, a DVD player and a CD-RW. I had some brand 
>> new
>> IDE cables that came with my Asus board.
>> changed the hard drive and the CD drive one as well.
>>
>> I've now removed all cards except the video and the one CD drive works
>> again. The PS does have a four pin plug that is plugged
>> in. I set both drives to cable select, no go.  Whenever it won't boot the
>> hard drive light is solid red.  I agree it seems like a power supply
>> problem.
>> Would it be worthwhile (shudder) to pull the 500 watt PS out of my
>> computer
>> and try it, or else geta new power supply? Could the bord have a short
>> somewhere?
>>
>> Jo Ann
>
>


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