Good!

TB — 1/27/2007 4:16:13 AM (archived)

Make sure it's a good brand. Like hard drives or RAM, the power supply is no place to try and cut corners.

I had a very old computer that I hadn't started in some years. I plugged it in just to see what would happen, and got a bang like a cherry bomb from inside. Thought my heart would give out.

One of the big capacitors had let go. The end blew open. Looking at the other ones, I saw scoring in the end caps. Holy crap, they're DESIGNED to safely explode! Who knew?

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Problem with computer - SDF - 1/8/2007 3:28:39 PM
- But before you do any of this stuff, CHECK THE SWITCH! - et - 1/16/2007 6:49:54 AM
  - It's the power supply - SDF - 1/25/2007 3:54:27 AM
    - Way back when, - - - - - Bowser - 1/27/2007 6:17:26 PM
    - Geez, just change out the power supply. - TB - 1/25/2007 7:16:40 AM
      - Done. - SDF - 1/26/2007 6:59:55 PM
        
        Well done. Thanks for sharing! (n/t) - RobVG - 1/27/2007 4:56:28 AM
        
        Good! - TB - 1/27/2007 4:16:13 AM
        
        Exploding capacitors - Laurie Street - 1/28/2007 12:31:52 AM
      - seconded, run the backup AFTER you replace the power supply. (n/t) - SDG - 1/25/2007 7:20:14 PM
      - re: Geez, just change out the power supply. - Laurie Street - 1/25/2007 4:18:22 PM
  - "Instructions" - RobVG - 1/22/2007 4:55:09 AM
    - Well, that's what I'd do.... (n/t) - et - 1/24/2007 5:25:19 AM
      - Not saying it's wrong. - RobVG - 1/24/2007 5:39:52 AM
    - What "second" battery?!? - SDF - 1/23/2007 3:18:54 AM
      - According to your post below! - RobVG - 1/23/2007 3:40:34 AM
      - According to your post below! - RobVG - 1/23/2007 3:39:53 AM
        
        (Ignore post abover, reads like a voters pamphlet) (n/t) - RobVg - 1/23/2007 3:42:41 AM
- I had a similar problem 4-5 years ago. It was the power supply (fan) (n/t) - FrankC - 1/12/2007 7:09:44 PM
  - Dead Nuts. (n/t) - RobVG - 1/27/2007 8:22:22 PM
  - Replaced CR2032 battery. Didn't fix the problem. - SDF - 1/13/2007 1:25:37 AM
    - Don't scrimp on the power supply. And check ALL your fans. - TB - 1/15/2007 8:59:53 PM
    - The last one I bought was 40-50 bucks as I recall, might have even been a little less (n/t) - FrankC - 1/13/2007 7:06:16 AM
    - A power supply is a trivial if the computer is worth saving. - et - 1/13/2007 4:30:25 AM
      - take the power supply to CompUSA - SDG - 1/15/2007 3:42:25 PM
- What motherboard do you have? (n/t) - Doug Elliso - 1/10/2007 12:05:53 AM
  - Hope its got an AM2 socket - Tony - 1/10/2007 8:44:05 PM
    - Gooooood....good. - et - 1/12/2007 6:40:08 PM
      - The reason I ask is that I decided to go with an awesome Core 2 Duo system....BWAHAHAHAHAHA! (n/t) - nyET serious - 1/16/2007 6:42:49 AM
        
        Mine's smoking (in a good way). Hows yours? (n/t) - Tony - 1/16/2007 5:02:53 PM
        
        Purely theoretical... (n/t) - et - 1/16/2007 9:27:04 PM
- Check RAM - carl - 1/8/2007 6:23:40 PM
- Power supply? Or internal backup battery. - Bowser - 1/8/2007 4:57:18 PM
  - CR2032=CMOS - RobVG - 1/9/2007 1:41:19 AM
  - And follow Bowser's recommendation exactly - TB - 1/8/2007 5:49:37 PM
    - Back in the dark ages (pre-internet, pre-LAN)... - alcaray - 1/8/2007 8:58:55 PM
    - another step... - podrock - 1/8/2007 8:27:54 PM
  - re: Power supply seems most likely. - TB - 1/8/2007 5:47:48 PM

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