Re: is my power supply dieing?(supplies)

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Author: Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss
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To: der.hans via PLUG-discuss
CC: Harold Hartley
Subject: Re: is my power supply dieing?(supplies)
I usually will go online to tigerdirect, Newegg, Amazon and other online computer store.

On Sun, Jul 19, 2020, at 07:21, mike enriquez via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> This brings up the subject of Computer Supplies. Where does everyone go
> to get their computer supplies. I use to go to Fry's Electronics but
> last time I went there it looked very empty. I use to get my power
> supply there but now I don't want to drive there for nothing. At times
> like this (COVID) I try Amazon. So my question to the group is "Where
> do you go to get your Computer Supplies"? Thanks to everyone.
> Mike Enriquez
>
>
> > On July 14, 2020 at 12:00 AM Donald Mac McCarthy via PLUG-discuss <> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Some boards have 2 fans for CPU - especially boards designed for
> > overclocking. The face that you don't have any voltage/RPMs across the
> > fan3 may not be a problem.
> >
> > The only way you are going to be sure to tell it is a power supply is
> > generally to replace it. You could replace CPU, memory, or board one at
> > a time, but those are generally more expensive than a PSU.
> >
> > I have had many times that the PSU was the issue when running a compute
> > cluster years ago. In one case the PSW was not getting enough airflow
> > due to the positional design of the chassis vs the fan location of a
> > replacement CPU which had undergone a spec change, and therefore wouls
> > reach thermal protection shutdown. In another, a thermal expansion in a
> > PSU component when under load would cause a short, and the system would
> > shutoff. In another case - dirty output due to a power limiting
> > component that was failing cause all kinds of problems, eventually
> > causing us to have to replace RAM, CPU, MB, and a RAID card because of
> > "brown out" type situations. We were only to know what happened after
> > the manufacturer did some testing on the RMAed PSU. When you have 850
> > servers all built assembled from components (academic environment where
> > the Professor got more systems for his grant money by buying components
> > and using undergrad/graduate research assistants to assemble them), some
> > interesting things happen, may of them were power supply related.
> >
> > Good luck, but I think you may save more in time and effort to just
> > replace it. I have a 400W ATX powersupply you can have if you want to
> > come get it. I am not sure how much wattage you need, but if 400 will
> > cut it - that one can be yours for the low low price of gas money.
> >
> > Mac
> >
> > Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote on 7/13/20 8:41 PM:
> > > inxi tells me this about my fans:
> > >
> > > Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 fan-1: 3139 fan-3: 0
> > >
> > > So my cpu fan isn't working. I thought my computer would CRASH/FREEZE
> > > more often if the cpu fan wasn't working. What is: fan-1: 3139 fan-3:
> > > 0
> > >
> > > I'm not sure but I think my power supply fan is running slow. Is that a thing?
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 11:26 PM Michael <> wrote:
> > >> hey.... I forgot to tell ya all that last night after I put the
> > >> system under stress I got it to freeze.
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 9:29 PM Michael <> wrote:
> > >>> when I'm just running memory test the temp is 46
> > >>>
> > >>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 8:06 PM Michael <> wrote:
> > >>>> that was it under stress.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 4:55 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
> > >>>> <> wrote:
> > >>>>> If that's your idle temperature, that is terrible. I'll bet if you run
> > >>>>> stress while monitoring your temperature you'll see it shoot up even
> > >>>>> higher than that.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> (I cook chicken sous vide at 60C)
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Brian Cluff
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On 7/13/20 10:05 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> > >>>>>> Do 80 is bad? Mine was at 89 when I first started it
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