was: <VV> computer geek help - Are your caps for blowing their tops ?

[Charles Lee]

Hi there in PC-not-so-Wonderland !

I recently had a problem similar to yours, and was told by numerous techies 
that it was the power supply (I had a 350, and 'upgraded' to 550), but it 
only bought me a little more time.

The REAL problem was the caps on the motherboard were being overloaded 
apparently protected the CPU by literally blowing their tops, similar to 
pressurized babyfood jars.

Check to tops of the caps (the little 'tin cans' mounted all over the MB for 
'dome shaped' tops.  They should be concave, and when they overload, the 
'pop' up.

I backed up most of my stuff, so I didn't lose anything except little things 
I didn't think were important (but now wish I had, like my Outlook address 
book).

I'm being told that the drive is no longer accessible except by the MB that 
formatted it (I haven't verified this yet), and the MB cannot be saved (at 
least within reasonable $$), although the CPU is OK.

Point is that you may still have a problem if the power supply was not the 
cause, so check your caps for blowing their tops ?

Chaz


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Kepler" <jekepler at amplex.net>
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Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 1:08 PM
Subject: RE: Update, was: <VV> computer geek help


> The techie looked it over and with what I told her of my computer,
> she recommended a power supply with the double the horsepower (480watt
>
> Gott im Himmel!  All you had was a 240 watt power supply?  No WONDER you
> were having problems!  Most newer boxes have 550-600 watt power supplies
> MINIMUM, with some of the wilder upper-end stuff in the 800-900 range! 
> All
> them "bells and whistles" take power!
>
> BTW, from a fellow person "out in the sticks"....a UPS solves MANY 
> problems,
> and is well-worth the modest investment (I got mine for $39).
>
>
> John
>
>
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