<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/12/3 David Whyte <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david.whyte@gmail.com">david.whyte@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi all,<br>
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What are your thoughts on my problem here? Broken PSU? Broken PSU<br>
causing more damage than just the PSU? What should my next diagnostic<br>
steps be?</blockquote><div><br>Instability and random crashing? Sounds like either memory or PSU to me.<br><br>Initially I was going to say it sounds like your memory is going wrong, but if you nolonger get any lights on the motherboard it's almost definatly your PSU broken.<br>
<br>My old server PSU did this, the server was off one day when I got home from work, didn't think much to it and just restarted it. It lasted about a week before being off permanently, and took out the motherboard a bit when it finally went. (Well, it was never quite right after that.)<br>
<br>Your next step is to try a different PSU, either from a different machine (within an equivalent or better PSU, don't try powering it with an old P2 ATX PSU you've got lying around. :) ) I ended up buying a cheapo ATX PSU for this purpose, they're always handy to have round anyway.<br>
<br>This may sound like overkil, but if a PSU goes badly it can take other stuff with it too.<br><br>If it does turn out to be your PSU then buy a decent replacement. Most components in a modern computer can be bought cheap, but the PSU isn't one of them. If it doesn't weigh a lot, don't buy it.<br>
<br>Hope that's some use. :)<br><br>Ian<br><br></div></div><br>