Re: [PLUG] More hardware woes

[Casey Bralla via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

You may want to try disconnecting all the devices you can (including 
hi-power-draw graphics cards) and see if that solves the power problem.  
My guess is that something is overloading the power supply and it is 
shutting down as part of the safety system.  If you're lucky, it's 
another old drive that is failing and taking too much current.  If 
you're unlucky, it's a bad capacitor on the motherboard.

On the other hand, it's a great excuse to build a new system.

You: "Honey, my old computer died and I HAVE to build a new one."

Her: "Why don't you just replace the bad parts?"

You: "The computer is almost 3 months old.  It doesn't make sense to use 
all the old stuff, I have to buy all new stuff."

Her:  "OK, I guess you're right.  Go ahead."

You:  $3,000 charge on credit card from New Egg.  Victory!!!!


On 11/16/22 21:31, Walt Mankowski via plug wrote:
> My previous thread was getting long so I'm starting a new one. Quick
> summary -- while attempting to swap drives in a RAID1 array, my
> desktop box got into a state where the power would shut off while
> booting up.
>
> I'd given up on trying to diagnose my problem, so on Saturday morning
> I brought it to Micro Center. For $40 they will attempt to diagnose
> what's wrong with your computer. It seemed worth it to figure out if
> it was the power supply, or wonky memory, or something else.
>
> This morning they called me up. They said they couldn't find anything
> wrong with it. Their best guess was that dust had gotten into
> someplace it shouldn't, and when they blew out the dust it must have
> fixed it.
>
> I brought it home and sure enough it booted up without any problem!
> Woot! I removed the faulty drive from the RAID array, shut the box
> down, and swapped out the old drive for a new one.
>
> Then turned it back on. It got halfway through booting up and the
> power shut off. I checked all the connections and tried again. Same
> thing. I physically disconnected the power and ribbon cables from the
> new drive. It probably shut off even faster this time.
>
> So now it's shut off again and I'm back on my Mac laptop. I'm trying
> to decide if it's worth bringing it back to Micro Center or just
> cutting my losses and building a new box.
>
> Sigh.
>
> Walt
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