tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728206713477106822.post3072006535677083038..comments2023-12-22T13:23:14.312-05:00Comments on Anarchy != Chaos: You know the universe is out to get you when....Curt-http://www.blogger.com/profile/15378506296755879713noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728206713477106822.post-67233661149992580652011-03-01T11:56:49.684-05:002011-03-01T11:56:49.684-05:00One DVD drive, one SATA drive, one back-rev video ...One DVD drive, one SATA drive, one back-rev video card on a halfway decent motherboard?<br /><br />No, I don't think a 1KW PSU is needed, and I honestly do not think I'm stressing the 450W. The server uses onboard video, so seriously I'd be surprised if I'm using more than 200W sustained on either of them.<br /><br />That's not to say I'm going to get complacent. I'll be voltage checking the PSU outputs before and under load when I put the new mobos in, just to make sure. I have a DVM from an earlier project, that should prove sufficient to my needs in that respect...Curt-https://www.blogger.com/profile/15378506296755879713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728206713477106822.post-66193642103776775032011-03-01T05:24:58.812-05:002011-03-01T05:24:58.812-05:00@Previso
You must be joking... a 1kw PSU for that ...@Previso<br />You must be joking... a 1kw PSU for that stuff? While the exact video card or amount of HDD's isn't listed, he would be more than fine with a 500w. An Antec or Pc Power & Cooling would be a good solid choice.Handy Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10856215888694349017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728206713477106822.post-21201676706082096992011-03-01T04:18:37.797-05:002011-03-01T04:18:37.797-05:00We serviced a PC which appeared to have a bad powe...We serviced a PC which appeared to have a bad power supply, which we replaced. Still no dice. Turned to be a shorted vidcard. In your case, with all the high power stuff, my guess is an insufficient power box. I'd go for 1000 watts.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841931011755941639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728206713477106822.post-91980455372906042792011-02-28T15:09:54.772-05:002011-02-28T15:09:54.772-05:00If you find a line conditioner that's been sit...If you find a line conditioner that's been sitting for a few years, don't just plug it straight in. It's got electrolytics in it, and they need to reform the oxide layer. Use a variac to run it up no-load over a few days. Lacking a variac, kluge an incandescent light bulb into series with it for those few days; that'll act as a crude current-limiter for the leakage through those forming caps.crnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728206713477106822.post-51693975343667897372011-02-28T14:46:51.743-05:002011-02-28T14:46:51.743-05:00That reminds me of a weird issue that drove me cra...That reminds me of a weird issue that drove me crazy 6 months ago. I had an unstable system. Which showed that either video, hard drive, CPU had an unpredictable behavior. I had reviewed and tested everything ... except the PSU (%$#&!% BTW). As soon as the PSU is changed, everything works OK.Innocent Bystandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728206713477106822.post-72188166133756295072011-02-28T10:33:12.739-05:002011-02-28T10:33:12.739-05:00You're right, the power supplies need to be co...You're right, the power supplies need to be considered suspect. Sadly, at the moment, I'm fiscally stressed to get them back online at all.<br /><br />I'd lost Line Conditioners in the dust-bin of the memory hole, thank you for the reminder. If I find I can, the first thing I'll do is get another UPS for the server. Maybe right now I can just get a long lead cord from the UPS I do have...Curt-https://www.blogger.com/profile/15378506296755879713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728206713477106822.post-46800403496830091542011-02-28T01:17:17.181-05:002011-02-28T01:17:17.181-05:00Man, that's weird. MC means Monolithic (cerami...Man, that's weird. MC means Monolithic (ceramic) Capacitor (the EC's are electrolytics), and those ceramics are usually some of the more reliable discretes. They also typically don't have anything in them to burn, just hi-K ceramic and baked-on metal in sandwich layers, so something else in there probably combusted to cause your orange flame. <br /><br />Before committing any more hardware to that box, I suggest scoping the power rails, because it sounds like that PSU got spiked by your power glitch and let some of the spike through, and, hinted at by all the "there's more", it probably damaged it enough to not regulate properly. My guess is, that's what's killing your components.<br /><br />In the green-screen days we used to plug monitors and such into line conditioners (just a big resonant LC circuit in a box) where the power was dirty; good luck finding any now new, but sometimes they survive when the semiconductor-based power waveform and voltage control in the UPS fails. If things are getting dirty at your wall-socket, you might need that.crnoreply@blogger.com