Re: Well.... I think my power-supply is going.

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Author: Michael
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Subject: Re: Well.... I think my power-supply is going.
and two fans as well as the cpu fan

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 5:48 AM, Michael <> wrote:

> this computer is very open. It has three holes to the outside world in it.
> I actually thought to myself that I should blow it out a couple of weeks
> ago but fogot I had the hand blower and kept forgetting to buy compressed
> air to do it.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 11:55 PM, Stephen Partington <
> > wrote:
>
>> Cheaper power supplies are pron to their capacitors failing. this is
>> ultimately what will destabilize them. but if after you cooled the system
>> off and cleaned out the schmutz and it stabilizes then you might have a
>> solution there. Also consider fan/airflow as well.
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 6:09 PM, Michael <> wrote:
>>
>>> you know.... I think it was the heat build up. It crashed multiple
>>> times. I blew it off and started it again. It crashed again. I must not
>>> have given it enough time to cool because I let it sit for 20-30 minutes
>>> and now it isn't crashing.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Carruth, Rusty <
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Power supply, heat., or software bug ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Those would be my guesses.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] *On
>>>> Behalf Of *Michael
>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 22, 2017 4:12 PM
>>>> *To:* PLUG
>>>> *Subject:* Well.... I think my power-supply is going.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The computer keeps shutting itself off. :(
>>>>
>>>> So I remembered that I had a blower for this and I blew it out and
>>>> we'll see what happens. The funny thing is that it only seems to do it
>>>> after I start darktable. I am guessing that it is because dt uses the cpu
>>>> more. I don't know..... Well, we'll start darktable now and see what
>>>> happens..... darn. it shut itself off! so this does sound like the power
>>>> supply?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
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