On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Roger Searle <roger@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

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