| gabriel rosenkoetter on Sun, 23 Mar 2003 10:33:08 -0500 |
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On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 04:56:31PM -0800, M.Simons wrote: > Well, my system is currently severly unstable, and I chalk it up to a > suspected motherboard problem, as much as it might be nice to keep it in > service, I am not so set on that. Hrm. Paul's suggestion that this could be heat is pretty reasonable. Does your BIOS tell you what temperature your processor is? Do you have packages under whatever OS you're running (I'm not assuming Linux, but it actually doesn't matter much; the smarts for monitoring are mostly dependent on your BIOS) to tell you the same information while under usual load? Also, what processor is this? Are you sure it's sufficiently cooled? > Why not? Right now, I have been surfing pricewatch, and that seems to be a > very popular (well, cheap at least) brand. Not necessarily a good sign. The "million ants can't be wrong" approach doesn't inherently apply here... > My last one was a DEER, and it didn't last too long. (I'm not > sure how long..) Again, what makes you so sure it's permanently damaged? > What ARE premium brands? I don't know. About the same as premium case brands, or at least OEMed by those companies. Antec and Superdot (erm, SuperMicro? Microdot? Something like that...) come to mind. ExtremeTech says: Power Supply: Some of our favorite cases from Antec and Enermax include name-brand power supplys. If not, get a good one, because generic power supplies can often be the cause of strange glitches and crashes. Also make sure it supports the newer motherboard power connections called ATX12V. -- http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,704463,00.asp They also have a section of specific power supply models: http://tinyurl.com/7zwm [1] which reminds me of another good name, True Blue. You may also find Tom's Hardware's reviews helpful: http://tinyurl.com/7zwo [2] [1] http://extremetech.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php/page_i d=354/ut=425cea625aa73357 [2] http://www17.tomshardware.com/search/search.html?category=al l&words=power+suppl -- gabriel rosenkoetter gr@eclipsed.net Attachment:
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