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

[Michael]

How do I know which power supply is the correct one to get? Is there a way
to learn this without cracking the case open again? I hate opening it.

Could you give me a link to the correct page?

On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 4:32 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Evga website has some 450s for a low price and goods quality
>
> On Sep 18, 2017 1:29 PM, "Michael" <bmike1 at gmail.com> 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 <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> and two fans as well as the cpu fan
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 5:48 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> 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 <
>>>> cryptworks at gmail.com> 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 <bmike1 at gmail.com> 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 <
>>>>>> Rusty.Carruth at smartm.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Power supply, heat., or software bug ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Those would be my guesses.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *From:* PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at 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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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> 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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