Re: ATX replacement PSU on aged NEC Direction PC unstable




"Arno Wagner" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Previously RichardS <noone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<snip PSU woe>

>> Or is it potentially just a duff new PSU that needs to be exchanged with
>> the
>> shop for a good one?
>
<snip>
>
> If the PSU connector on the old board had been non-standard, you
> would have notices pretty fast by the smoke it would have
> produced....
>
> I guess this is a cheap, unreliable PSU. You need to pay a bit
> more for quality. For a 350W PSU I would expect tat you need
> to pay > $50 to get a reasonably good one.
>
> Arno
>

Problem solved - returned to shop, swapped for another identical PSU,
installed, been working perfectly for last couple of hours.

Duff unit, I reckon.

ta



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