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Old February 27th 04, 01:40 AM
Anthony Harris
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Hi all I wonder if any can help me. I have the following system specs and
have had it running for 5 months without any problems:

XP2400+
512 Ram
QTEC 400W PSU Dual Fan
Gigabyte Mainboard
80 Gb HD
20 Gb HD
DVD-Rom
DVD-writer
FX 5200 graphics card

While using my PC tonight, playing a game the PC shut itself down and the
power switch would not turn it back on, knew from past experience blown PSU.
Left it a little while, still no luck. Then I unplugged the Power Cable at
the back on the PSU, plugged it back in and it powered back up.

I am assuming that the PSU shut down to prevent it blowing, but what I was
wondering, is there a fault in the system somewhere, or was it just some how
a loose power came out a little?? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

Anthony


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Old February 27th 04, 03:10 AM
William W. Plummer
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"Anthony Harris" wrote in message
...
Hi all I wonder if any can help me. I have the following system specs and
have had it running for 5 months without any problems:

XP2400+
512 Ram
QTEC 400W PSU Dual Fan
Gigabyte Mainboard
80 Gb HD
20 Gb HD
DVD-Rom
DVD-writer
FX 5200 graphics card

While using my PC tonight, playing a game the PC shut itself down and the
power switch would not turn it back on, knew from past experience blown

PSU.
Left it a little while, still no luck. Then I unplugged the Power Cable

at
the back on the PSU, plugged it back in and it powered back up.

I am assuming that the PSU shut down to prevent it blowing, but what I was
wondering, is there a fault in the system somewhere, or was it just some

how
a loose power came out a little?? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.


It's hard to say what shut it down. Maybe electrical overload because you
plugged in a new board or added a new disk, etc. Or, it could be an
over-temperature condition. Or, maybe something just plain burned out.

First, unplug the machine or use the black power switch on the back of the
machine. Leave it off for a second and turn it back on. That will resent
the power supply. If it comes up, you'll have more info about what to look
for. Otherwise, borrow a PS from somebody, or buy one ($10) from a local
computer store. But even if that fixes the problem, you will have to
figure what went wrong in the first place. Good luck.


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Old February 28th 04, 01:56 PM
StubbleBubble
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Get rid of the pile of doggy's do that is QTEC and get a quality PSU.

"Anthony Harris" wrote in message
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Hi all I wonder if any can help me. I have the following system specs and
have had it running for 5 months without any problems:

XP2400+
512 Ram
QTEC 400W PSU Dual Fan
Gigabyte Mainboard
80 Gb HD
20 Gb HD
DVD-Rom
DVD-writer
FX 5200 graphics card

While using my PC tonight, playing a game the PC shut itself down and the
power switch would not turn it back on, knew from past experience blown

PSU.
Left it a little while, still no luck. Then I unplugged the Power Cable

at
the back on the PSU, plugged it back in and it powered back up.

I am assuming that the PSU shut down to prevent it blowing, but what I was
wondering, is there a fault in the system somewhere, or was it just some

how
a loose power came out a little?? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

Anthony




 




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