On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Roger Searle <roger(a)stepahead.org.nz> wrote:
You don't hear any different bios beep codes prior to the failure?
Can you loan a spare power supply from someone for a couple of days?
I had a similar frustrating intermittent failure on new gear late last year that took some time to pin down. Appeared on the surface to possibly be power supply. Disconnecting any non-necessary hardware (DVD drive, second hard drive, sound card etc) seemed to resolve it - a few times. Next, swapping out the PSU got it booting OK - but only a few more times. At some point in the middle of this I intermittently got different beep codes from the motherboard indicating motherboard failure - fortunately it was only 7 months old so still under warranty.
Thanks for the info Roger. Sounds very similar to what I'm experiencing; however I'm not getting any BIOS beep codes or anything. I've been asking around if anyone has a known good PSU for me to put in. My current one is a 430W. I've discussed the issue with the company I bought it from and they have suggested that the kit I have may be sitting on the borderline for the maximum drain for the PSU and I should consider upgrading to a 500W or 600W. I'm not convinced personally. All that is academic, since I haven't managed to find anyone who can loan me a 430W or greater PSU to be able to proove the fault into the PSU before I fork out for a replacement PSU. J -- James Pluck PalmOS Ergo Sum "Dear IRS: I would like to cancel my subscription. Please remove my name from your mailing list..."