Will I be OK for the day?

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JMU1337

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Recently put together a new rig on a generic power supply (450w) and the piece of junk power supply blew after 15 minutes.
Saddened, I really want to use my new system so I tried using my 200w supply from my server. Suprisingly, it's been running fine for 2 days (I'm snowed in, can't get out for a good new power supply). The minimum for the Processor/Mobo is 230w but my 200w is running it without a hiccup for now. I'm gonna limit my use to Counter-Strike, talking online, and playing MP3s. Am I really in danger of damaging anything by doing this? Should I shutdown now? I kinda wanna watch a DVD tonight, would that be not recommended?

New rig is:
Athlon XP 2100
Asus A7S333
2 HDs
2 CD Drives
Floppy
SB Live!
GF2 Ti

Thanks for any help in advance!
 
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tRaptor

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As for damageing your PSU, i dont know. But keep in mind that your sucking a lot of juice with that rig.

I would say that it is prob. hurting your PSU in some way.

~Tyler
Just my 2 cents

PS: If you really want to keep running it i would recomend:

Unhook the floppy, Unhook a cd-rom (both if you can), Unhook the extra HD(if you can)
also, any other things that are not absolute necessary for what you want to use it for.
 
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billyjak

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Does the word FIRE mean anything.
I just had a power supply do that 2 weeks ago on my buddies rig.
 
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tRaptor

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I would be worried.

Depending on the brand of PSU, and your luck, there are many things that can go wrong.

Not to scare you or anything, but it wouldent be the first time that a PSU has "caught fire"
You never quite know whats going to happen when one dies, maybe i'm just paranoid,
maby its the fact that i have $2 to my name right now, but when it comes to what could be total death (of the system)

Just play it safe
 
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