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| | flickering power 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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| | Re: flickering power Probably the power supply but if you are not skilled at hardware troubleshooting save yourself the time and money and find someone who is. :-) -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "K8 notsogrand" <K8notsogrand@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AD43FCA8-2FC7-49CD-84E4-9B1C3121FA70@microsoft.com... >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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| | Re: flickering power Hi, Yep, I'd guess that the power supply is shot. Not even voltage being pushed to run the fans. -- 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 news:AD43FCA8-2FC7-49CD-84E4-9B1C3121FA70@microsoft.com... >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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| | Re: flickering power I would guess that the power supply unit is in its final death throws. -- John Barnett MVP Associate Expert Windows - Shell/User Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "K8 notsogrand" <K8notsogrand@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AD43FCA8-2FC7-49CD-84E4-9B1C3121FA70@microsoft.com... >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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| | Re: flickering power 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. > > -- > John Barnett MVP > Associate Expert > Windows - Shell/User > > Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org > Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org > > The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any > kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, > reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for > any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the > use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this > mail/post.. > > "K8 notsogrand" <K8notsogrand@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:AD43FCA8-2FC7-49CD-84E4-9B1C3121FA70@microsoft.com... > >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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| | Re: flickering power 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. -- 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 news:FE1D2E4F-1C67-42A0-B2ED-5018EE6FC06F@microsoft.com... > 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. >> >> -- >> John Barnett MVP >> Associate Expert >> Windows - Shell/User >> >> Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org >> Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org >> >> The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any >> kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, >> reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable >> for >> any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of >> the >> use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this >> mail/post.. >> >> "K8 notsogrand" <K8notsogrand@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:AD43FCA8-2FC7-49CD-84E4-9B1C3121FA70@microsoft.com... >> >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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