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imintheloserssquare
PostPosted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:47 pm Reply with quote

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im having some trouble with my windows machine. like 2 days ago it hung and then turned off..now today it turned off and wont turn back on. i unplugged it and plugged it back in and that didn't work.
my guess is the power supply. i had this same problem last year where my power supply died..it was a nice one too. then becuz i didnt have enough money i bought a cheaper generic one so i dunno anymore. im tired of putting money into these stupid computers.
 
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yeshuas
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:51 pm Reply with quote

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I'm afraid it does sound like the power supply
 
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imintheloserssquare
PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:31 am Reply with quote

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im sure it is. i might be under estimating the amount of power my computer needs. either that or i have a feeling it might have been zapped by a power spike that happened recently either way.
 
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ar1stotle
PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 7:14 am Reply with quote

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Antec PSU + a surge protector. That's my lucky combo lol.
 
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Absolute-Zero
Dan Wright
PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:12 am Reply with quote

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imintheloserssquare wrote:
becuz i didnt have enough money i bought a cheaper generic one so i dunno anymore. im tired of putting money into these stupid computers.

It's a shame but the old adage "You get what you paid for" really does ring true, especially where electrical items are concerned.

Cheap goods normally means that the components that are used in it's construction are also cheaper due to being of a lower quality. The more you pay, the better the quality.

It's not ALWAYS the case but it certainly tends to be, nine times out of ten.

What's the wattage of the current PSU and the one you had previously? As a pointer, I recently upgraded from a machine with a similar spec to the one in your Sig and I was running a 650w PSU and it was fine.
 
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airwolf
PostPosted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 6:20 am Reply with quote

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just change the power supply and it will work i had the same problem about a week ago
 
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