From: Bob F on
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.