R
Fri Mar 28 18:10:41 PDT 2008
Asus motherboards are very good quality, especially capacitors
which can be a problem on low-end MBs. I would suspect the
PS is at fault or at least the 1st diagnostic replacement to try. A
good quality 500-Watt supply will run ~$65. More if you get a
top tier brand like Antec.
"Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:eZoH1aTkIHA.5260@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> It is a 350W PSU in the machine and yes the video card is using a 4 pin
> molex plug from the PSU, 1 optical, floppy and hard drive
> The motherboard is a ASUS P5VDC-MX
>
> Now I have started the computer again and the screen has gone blank
>
>
> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:eZFP2JTkIHA.5660@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Supplies are fairly inexpensive. What Wattage rating supply is in
>> the PC currently. Also how many physical drives, Optical Drives
>> and does it have any type of High End Video card ( 512+ Megs
>> of Video RAM ). Gaming Video cards exhibit a very high load
>> on a PC's supply.
>>
>> Power Supply quality is all over the map, so if you decide to get
>> a new supply don't buy the cheapest unit on the shelf and be sure
>> it's compatible with your specific motherboard. Not many things
>> worse than a return trip to the store to get a swap for the correct
>> part.
>>
>>
>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
>> news:uou9qDTkIHA.3636@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> It's a friends computer he had dropped off to me so it is happenning at
>>> his place and mine, just wondering if I should swap out the PSU or
>>> motherboard?
>>>
>>> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ei6eCBTkIHA.4480@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> Use your BIOS setup category called hardware monitoring to
>>>> display the voltage rails of your PC. Most times you can see
>>>> problems ( or pending ) if the values are close the +/- tolerances.
>>>>
>>>> Whenever you turn on a device it experiences a "InRush Current"
>>>> which is a momentary spike. If your supply is marginal that spike
>>>> may have caused the PS to abruptly shut down. Usually a rated
>>>> voltage can have a +/-5% range in a PC.
>>>>
>>>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
>>>> news:uRw%2315SkIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>> sorry, I should have mentioned, it has happenned 3 other times over
>>>>> the last 6 months
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "PD43" <pauld1943@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:3isqu3tmmvopcbjm8rft8u4esamjgqc32o@4ax.com...
>>>>>> "Clayton" <claytonbNOSPAM@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I am having problems with a computer, this morning I turned on the
>>>>>>>computer
>>>>>>>and once at the login screen as I am logging on the computer switches
>>>>>>>off, I
>>>>>>>have restarted again and it is fine, PSU problem?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wait to see if the problem continues.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One instance isn't worth worrying about.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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