Hi,
Overheating, component failure, could be a number of things. Don't buy
cheap, quality power supplies are worth the extra few dollars they cost in
terms of reliability and length of service.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
"K8 notsogrand" <K8notsogrand@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks guys
> I just had to make sure that it was the power supply before I went bought
> another one.
>
> What would couse it to crape out like that? (overheating?)
> Just wont to know so I don't kill the new one
>
>
> "John Barnett MVP" wrote:
>
>> I would guess that the power supply unit is in its final death throws.
>>
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>> "K8 notsogrand" <K8notsogrand@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>> >I turned my computer on this morning and only one out of six fans came
>> >on I
>> > mean, just that one fan
>> > nothing else.
>> > So I switched off the power supply,unplugged the cable and power bar.
>> > Then I plugged every thing back in and now the power supply is making
>> > noise
>> > and all the fans come on but are slow. And still no power to the mother
>> > board.
>> >
>> > Q; Is it just the 500wt power supply that craped out or is it somthing
>> > else????
>> >
>> >
>> > K8NHA Grand
>> > AMD Athlon 64 2.1Ghz
>> > 1gig of ram
>> > Radeon 1600 512Mb
>> >
>>
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