is my power supply dieing?

[Michael]

darn.... they couldn't find anything wrong with it... sort of. the
results were inconclusive. Is there an open source diagnostics tool I
could d/l ?

On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 1:01 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the tip! YEAH.... I took the easy way out; I took it to a shop.
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 10:41 AM Donald Mac McCarthy <mac at oscontext.com> wrote:
> >
> > I can't confirm really if it would do - I was just pointing out that
> > inconsistent power manifests itself in a number of interesting ways. So
> > if you suspect the power supply is to blame, it is generally the
> > cheapest in the chain to fix. You could try replacing the CPU cooler
> > first. You can get those for $20-30 for a pretty nice one. If that
> > doesn't work, yeah - the PSU sounds like it might be your next best bet.
> >
> > Mac
> >
> > Michael wrote on 7/13/20 9:14 PM:
> > > I just opened my box and the power supply fan is spinning as well as
> > > the CPU fan so I don't know what inxi is talking about
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 12:09 AM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Thanks for the tip! I'd love to come get it but the distance makes it
> > >> prohibitive. I live in Florida But you think replacing the power
> > >> supply unit will do it?
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 12:00 AM Donald Mac McCarthy <mac at oscontext.com> 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 at 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 at 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 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>>> that was it under stress.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 4:55 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
> > >>>>>>> <plug-discuss at 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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