From: Bob F on 26 May 2010 13:53 Phat_Jethro wrote: > On 5/23/2010 3:28 PM, John wrote: >> On Sun, 23 May 2010 12:48:13 +0100, Peter Johnson >> <peter(a)nospam.narrowgaugeuk.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 21 May 2010 20:19:20 -0400, John<fakeaddress(a)nowhere.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> My computer has begun to exhibit some seriously flaky behavior >>>> lately and I'm looking for some help in trying to figure out >>>> what's wrong. >>> >>> I think I'd be inclined to look at the PSU. >> >> What would you look for? And how would you look? >> >> John >> Reply-to address is real > > I was going to say the same. I had a similar issue with random > lockups, screen freezing etc. > Turns out my original 550W PSU had gotten a little old and tired and I > had added in a newer CPU, more RAM and a few bigger hard drives. Once > I swapped it for a newer 700W, issues have gone. I had a similar problem with a way underused brand new 600W cheapo supply. After about 3 months use, it finally smoked, solving the problem. The 400W brand name supply I replaced it with had no more problems. |