VirtualLarry
No Lifer
Worked on my friend's PC. He has an ENP-5150GH PSU, from the Geeks.com Hot Deal thread from 2009.
Been running pretty-much continuously. Probably dusty, has a cat.
Cloned his 30GB SSD onto a 120GB. Had to power-down the PC to swap drives.
PC didn't want to start up again. Had to unplug and replug the power cable, and even then it didn't want to start. Pressing the power button, PC wouldn't power on for like 30-40 seconds. Then suddenly the fans came on, and it started booting.
Rig is an Athlon II X4 640, AM2+ ASRock 785G board, 4GB DDR2, a couple of HDDs (one newer Caviar Black, one really old 7200.7).
I'm thinking it's a PSU problem. Will be swapping a new PSU in when friend can pay me for one.
Edit: Swapped in an EVGA 430W 80Plus PSU. Worked like a charm. Powers up instantly and boots now.
Been running pretty-much continuously. Probably dusty, has a cat.
Cloned his 30GB SSD onto a 120GB. Had to power-down the PC to swap drives.
PC didn't want to start up again. Had to unplug and replug the power cable, and even then it didn't want to start. Pressing the power button, PC wouldn't power on for like 30-40 seconds. Then suddenly the fans came on, and it started booting.
Rig is an Athlon II X4 640, AM2+ ASRock 785G board, 4GB DDR2, a couple of HDDs (one newer Caviar Black, one really old 7200.7).
I'm thinking it's a PSU problem. Will be swapping a new PSU in when friend can pay me for one.
Edit: Swapped in an EVGA 430W 80Plus PSU. Worked like a charm. Powers up instantly and boots now.
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