Killed two power supplies in two days

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Krome20

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Just yesterday my computer stopped working and I found it to be the power supply. It was an Antec True330 that I've have for a few years. After that died, I put in a 250W that I took from a dell dimension and that one just died today. The case seemed to be making a lot of noise before it died, more so that usual I think.

With the Antec PS I had plugged in:
motherboard, 3 HD's, 2 cd drives, floppy, and 4 fans

When I put in the Dell PS I only used:
motherboard, 2 HD's, and 4 fans

I wanted to get someone's opinion of this problem before I buy a new one and kill that one too. Any suggestions are apprecited.

Thanks
 
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stevty2889

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yeah, some of the older dells used proprietary power supplies, that may be what killed that PSU, and may have damaged other things as well..
 
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Krome20

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It was an Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard and an Athlon XP 3200+ processor. I sure hope they still work
 
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ironique

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the Antec may have died of old age, but the 250watt PSU was most definately not enough for the system setup you have.
 
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Bassyhead

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Are you having any other problems with electrical devices in your house? Perhaps your power is unclean.
 
biostud

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250W is severly underpowered, specially since it's not a good brand name. You should be glad if it didn't waste any of your hardware.
 
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Krome20

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There aren't any other electrical problems that I am familiar with. I am going to order another PS tomorrow, any suggestions of what I should get or how many watts it shoud be. I would like to get one that is quiet but not overly expensive, perhaps in the $30-$40 range. Thanks for all of your help.
 
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