Vista - 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

Probably the power supply but if you are not skilled at hardware
troubleshooting save yourself the time and money and find someone who is.
:-)

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"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
>

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
>

I would guess that the power supply unit is in its final death throws.

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Associate Expert
Windows - Shell/User

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"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
>

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
>
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> "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
> >
>
>

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
>> >
>>
>>