Haunted Desktop Part 2

[Akula69]

Am I doing something that's killing power supplies?

Tell you what - I had a problem with motherboards and power supplies going out over and over again...it ended up being a problem with the power coming into the house. The power company put a special meter on it for a few days, then decided to install some kind of filter up on the pole.

 

Magically, all my motherboard and power supply issues went away! (but no go on getting them to pay for the blown ones!)

[Pete M]

alrighty, it has been a couple days now and it's still running fine on PS#3.  :dunno:  I've left all non-essentials (diskdrives, usb ports, extra HDs, etc) unplugged.  I'm thinking If it lasts another week, I might fork over a few bucks on a 500w PS and then start installing the rest of my stuff.  this assumes I was overloading the first 2 PSs.  the first PS was 350w, the second was 300, the third is completely unknown (no coverplate on it).

[Pete M]

update:

It runs fine once going, but I've got a 50-50 chance of it restarting if I turn it off.  and to have another shot at it starting, I have to unplug from the wall, then plug it back in.  It almost feels like a car with a near-dead battery when it won't start.  it just twitches the fans and then nothing.  but then unplug it, plug it back in, and then it fires right up like it's no big deal.  :dunno:

[jimoshel]

Pete, You sound like a fun guy. So when we gonna party?

[MancheKid86]

Pete, what it sounds like to me given the.symptoms you havr listed,

You need more powerful powersupply,

If it runs fine when u remove the added PSU, then stops when you add anotherhardharddrive,

Its going into undervoltage protection