joevan wrote:

I don't know...are you?

If so, it's probably not a good assumption.

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I had two identical systems at work blow a PS unit...both of them took out
the motherboard. The CPU, memory, add-in cards, etc. were all okay. But the
replacment mobo used different memory, so now I have spares <g>

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joevan wrote:

I would think, "hardware that connects to the power supply".

A while back, I replaced a PS and mobo. Why both? Because
old-mobo-new-PS didn't work and new-mobo-old-PS didn't work. There
are only four permutations of old/new mobo/PS -- those two, plus old/old,
which obviously wasn't working, and new/new. I think the chances of the
old PS blowing out the old mobo are more likely than the old mobo
blowing out the old PS.

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Agreed...seeing as how that's the *source* of the voltages. But then, I've
lost a number of other PSs without mobo or drive (etc.) dying. Just lucky, I
guess


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Toolman Tim wrote:
With respect to OP's statement "I assume that the MB and the other
components are protected from such happenings": I can't say I've ever
seen a PC with replaceable fuses to protect against this.

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Me either. The last fuses I saw were on the keyboard input connection...I
think it was designed for anti-static. But hey, that was back on 386 and 486
motherboards - haven't seen it since!

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On 17 Oct 2004 02:49:20 GMT, Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid>
wrote:

|>With respect to OP's statement "I assume that the MB and the other
|>components are protected from such happenings": I can't say I've ever
|>seen a PC with replaceable fuses to protect against this.

Not sure if it's to protect the power supply or MB, but there is a 5A
fuse in the power supply. The old AT's were pretty much replaceable
(plug in, pull out), newer one's have to be unsolder'd to test or
replace.

The fuse in the power supply is to keep the house from burning down <g>!
Honestly, I've never found a PS where the fuse went out and prevented
damage. In other words, replacing the fuse didn't get the PS running again.
The fuse invariably had blown *after* the PS fried.

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I've bought from New Egg, but never had to do any warranty replacments.
Please let us know how it goes!

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On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 09:21:46 -0700, "Toolman Tim"
<no.spam.for.tcm@my.email.is.invalid> wrote:

|>>| On 17 Oct 2004 02:49:20 GMT, Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid>
|>>| wrote:
|>>|
|>>||>With respect to OP's statement "I assume that the MB and the other
|>>||>components are protected from such happenings": I can't say I've
|>>||>ever seen a PC with replaceable fuses to protect against this.
|>>|
|>>| Not sure if it's to protect the power supply or MB, but there is a 5A
|>>| fuse in the power supply. The old AT's were pretty much replaceable
|>>| (plug in, pull out), newer one's have to be unsolder'd to test or
|>>| replace.
|>
|>The fuse in the power supply is to keep the house from burning down <g>!
|>Honestly, I've never found a PS where the fuse went out and prevented
|>damage. In other words, replacing the fuse didn't get the PS running again.
|>The fuse invariably had blown *after* the PS fried.

I know, I was just trying to be tactful, the fuse is to provide
overload protection for the computer components.

While replaceable; the only reason I used to even check the fuse was
to see if the power transistors were salvageable.

True. I gave up most real repairs though. Most units cost less to replac
than my time to troubleshoot and repair would be. I will still work on good
home audio equipment though

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On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 12:17:50 GMT, joevan <joevvan@joevanudity.net>
wrote:

the invoice number.
All is well with the computer. I replaced the power supply today and
everything seems to be in perfect condition.
No files damaged or other problems detected so far.
joevan

Everyone should use unix.

Fred wrote:

[...]

Wrong. Dead wrong.

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And *how* would that fix his power supply?

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Good to hear! I hope I never need to do warranty exchanges/repairs, but is
great to know that New Egg was fair and prompt about resolving your problem.
That is one more positive mark in their favor.

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Amazing. You have been trained to be delusional.

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Is that better or worse than being delusional from birth? Compare and
contrast. Show your work; neatness counts. Do not start writing until
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