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mike enriquez wrote on 7/19/20 7:21 AM:
> 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 <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> when I'm just running memory test the temp is 46
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 8:06 PM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> that was it under stress.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 4:55 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
>>>>>> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> 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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