Re: power supply issue

"Bluenose 637" <wgkenney@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank,

I need to see if I have an old psu laying around from a previous computer
to check it. I did replace the power supply that came with the case a few
months after I built the computer. A real pain since for the Sonnata II
case with my heat sink I have to take off the heat sink to get the PSU
out. Not a big deal but I hate messing with the CPU / Heat Sink once I
have it all seated and working fine.


"Brigadier" <dallen.masters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Oct 7, 8:59 am, "Bluenose 637" <wgken...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,

My son's computer is one I built for him about 2-3 years ago. It has
developed an odd issue. When I press the on swtich nothing happens. If
I
plug and unplug is a few times it will evenutally work. No real pattern
that I can see. Also the Audigy 2ZS Platnium sound card only works
occasionally. If we turn the speakers on and off sometime if will work.

Running Win XP SP2, 2 gim memory, Asus mother board, AMD X2 chip, Nvidia
graphics card (6000 series).
The power supply is an Antec True power 2.0 480 blue. As I recall the
first
power supply on this computer (the one that came with the Antec Sonnata
2
case) failed after about 2 months and I replaced it with this one. No
issues until about 2 weeks ago.

My first thought was powe supply is going back, but I guess it could
also be
the power cord, case switch, or MB issue. Before I buy a new power
supply
here, any thoughts?

I can't give you a definitive answer but when my PC wouldn't respond
to a wake-on-keyboard, then later to a power button recycle, it was
the power supply (PS) that was failing. A replacement PS has been
working flawlessly for 8 weeks now. Curious that you've already
replaced the PS once within 2 years. Can you test with another PS?



Alternatively you could try checking the voltages of the PS with a
multimeter and a hard drive with a load connected without removing the PS
from the computer. There are decent pages available on the web to show one
how to do this relatively easy procedure.
--
Jan Alter
bearpuf@xxxxxxxxxxx
or
jalter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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