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

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Author: Stephen Partington
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Subject: Re: Well.... I think my power-supply is going.
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On Sep 18, 2017 1:29 PM, "Michael" <> wrote:

> yep... power supply needs to be replaced. It just shut itself off again
> (as I was editing an image). Blowing the dust off helped..... but didn't
> fix the problem.
>
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 8:04 AM, Michael <> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :-)~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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