Bill Patten
bill_patten at embarqmail.com
Sun Sep 11 11:43:52 CDT 2011
Rocky, There are several power supply testers available, I use Ultra about $15 and it will test both 20 and 24 pin mother boards and even SATA power plugs.. It uses LED's to indicate correct voltages. Fry's may carry it. Even if you get a new supply and it works this tester can save you time in the future. I don't know how old your Dell is but in the early days they used proprietary supply's and standard replacement would not physically fit. Best of Luck. Bill -------------------------------------------------- From: "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 9:03 AM To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Dead Comp If only I had an extra one. :) -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters Sent: September 11, 2011 7:30 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Dead Comp Try swapping out the suspect PS with one from another computer. Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 9:13 AM To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] Dead Comp Dear Lists: Came home after 5 days in Napa and Carmel to find only one comp had suffered in the massive San Diego blackout. Pundit's comp will not power up. Meaning you press the on switch and nothing at all happens. I don't think it was on during the blackout. But we're going to open it up this morning and see if we can eyeball something amiss. It's an older box - HP Pavilion a810h - and the most likely suspect is the power supply, of course. So a quick trip to Fry's for a replacement would be an easy fix. However, I'm wondering, before I do that, if there's a way to test the PS to see if it is really the failed component? Don't have much here in the way of tools other than a DMM. MTIA Rocky _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com