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Macintosh SE PSU Servicing?
First thing's first: I take full responsibility for any injury sustained while servicing a PSU. Any advice offered here is to be considered purely subjective.
I own a Macintosh SE, which was ...
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Should i use an old PSU for my new PC?
I have an old Antec Quattro 850w power supply which already has 6 years. I used the PC that this PSU was installed like 2/3 hours every day for 6 years, mainly for gaming.
I have a tight budget for ...
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Checking if NVIDIA graphic card crashes due to an underpowered PSU
I've started playing some newer games lately and encountered frequent, intermittent crashes printing errors such as DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG, DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED, or similar. Researching reduced ...
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Troubleshooting Random Reboots: Can I rule out my PSU and RAM?
I have a 2-month old Ubuntu build (described at the bottom of the post) that has started to reboot itself within an hour of powering on. It was stable and gave me no issues until these reboots started ...
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PSU cannot provide enough power
I've semi-recently built a new Linux rig for A/V editing and the occasional gaming. On some games I've experienced consistent reboots with high graphics settings that, I believe, are due to PSU ...
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After thunderstorm, monitor won't turn on
As a result of thunderstorm I had a power outage in my apartment. I had unplugged all the power cords of the computer during the storm but after the power came back the monitor wouldn't turn on.
I am ...
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computer crashes due to supposed power surges
I built my computer half a year ago, I have never had a problem. I started playing shogun 2 through steam a few days ago, and last night when I went to play, it told me it was already running(though I ...
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Laptop wont Switch on.. Power button LED Blinks when I press power button
My Laptop is Lenovo T430. Tried following steps with No luck.
Refer to my Video here.
Try charging the Battery to Full
Remove Battery and tried booting it with Power directly.
Changed the Keyboard.
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Dell Studio 1749 AC Adapter Cut Out
The problem
I have a Dell Studio 1749 laptop, well outside of warranty (unfortunately) that developed a strange problem. Basically, the power adapter cuts out when you plug it in while the computer ...
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Computer attached to UPS temporarily died when another computer was plugged in
The scenario:
I attached a desktop to a power strip that was connected to a UPS and then all the other components on the UPS shut off. I thought I might have accidentally clicked the kill switch on ...
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Are there any safeguards for the case that the ac power is disconnected from a Desktop PC such as an Asus Rog or a small Alienware
Some small form factor PC's such as
Alienware
(http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-steam-machine/pd?ref=PD_OC) or
Asus Rog (http://www.asus.com/us/Tower-PCs/ROG-series-Products/)
have ac adapters ...
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Computer not booting up
The hdd light comes up for a few seconds and goes off and the keyboard lights flash for just a millisecond. I tested the power supply with paper clip method and power supply works fine. There's no ...
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I'm in the US and computer only works when power supply is in 230V position. How do I diagnose this?
So, I replaced a computer PSU about six months ago. And, the computer power down intermittently.
I've found:
it's not over heating. Monitor shows it running cool.
it's not graphics related. ...
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Desktop doesn't boot [closed]
So I think I stuck a chunk of incompatible RAM on my mobo, smelled a burning smell and after switching out the RAM my machine wouldn't boot. Assumed mobo was fried and got a new one.
I also recently ...
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Computer mysteriously seems to power on after surge, but no video or network
I have a box running Linux Mint I've been using as a file/plex host for about half a year to a year. Last night there was a brief power outage and I shut down both of my PCs (linux and Windows machine)...
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Graphics card possible power issue
I had an nVidia GTS 8800 that stopped working suddenly. I thought the card had just died so I purchased a Sapphire Dual-X R9 280X 3GB GDDR5 card to replace it. The new card does not work either.
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my power supply died dramatically; is it safe to simply replace it? [duplicate]
my power supply died last night rather spectacularly: blue sparks, popping sounds, a smell of burning plastic. the computer shut down, then tried to start itself up again, and sparked and popped some ...
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Unable to shutdown, who to blame?
My PC has always suffered from this problem: upon reboot, the power, instead of staying up and running until BIOS POST, most of the time (but not always, and that's why I don't think this has never ...
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Burned PSU possibly damaged hardware
My PSU recently burned out, I don't know if other hardware was affected is it safe to buy a new PSU and use my PC as I normally do?
How do I check for potential damages?
CPU: i7 2700K 3.5GHz
GPU: ...
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Ran power through a USB port- am I out of luck?
I'd like to preface this by saying I'm an idiot.
Long story short, I stuck my Acer Aspire V's power cable into one of its USB ports and the computer unceremoniously died. Plugging it in shows no ...
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I just assembled my computer and the motherboard started smoking, how do I know which parts are affected?
I was changing my desktop case and after I got all parts together and turned it on, the motherboard started smoking next to the 4-pin power cable (the one that provides power to the processor). I'm ...
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How can I troubleshoot why my computer shuts down unexpectedly some time after gaming
I played Shadow of Mordor on optimal settings, the temperatures were good.
After I was done playing, the temperatures got back to normal in seconds of course, yet 5 minutes later my computer just ...
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selfbuilt pc shuts down and restarts. 1 long and 2 short beeps
I have built a new pc and I almost finished. When I turn the computer on I starts up but then shuts down again.
The beeps I'm getting is 1 long and 2 short which I think is the video card or ...
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POST failure - Motherboard, PSU, GPU or other?
Last night, I was playing Far Cry 4 and had been at it a good hour or two when the sound suddenly broke up and stopped; next the PC switched itself off. It tried to reboot, but keep failing in a "...
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Is it possible to get a chain burnt of processors/mb?
The problem is as follows: I just got my dad's computer and have (had) a bunch of MBs, AM2 processor standing out.
His AGP slot had some problems and the computer refused to start with a video card ...
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Computer won't turn on, how to diagnose why?
My computer, ASUS MB, ThermalTake PSU, won't turn on after shutting down last night.
Short of taking out the power supply and putting in a new one, are there any tricks to figuring out/fixing the ...
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Acer Monitor - No Response to Power Supply?
Model No is S231HL, for reference.
As I was packing to leave my dorm, I unplugged it for the first time in a long time. It was working just a few minutes before this. I then realized I wasn't sure ...
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Accidentally got a little bit of water in uninterruptible power supply outlet; just let it dry, or trash it?
So, I had some water in my home office, I know that wasn't very responsible, but let's not point any fingers here. Long story short, a bit of water ended up spritzed onto some of the actual plugs of ...
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Short Circuit - can it cause/detecting damage
It's a fairly simple question, can a short circuit in a modern PC cause damage, or are they pretty well protected?
The situation being my PC shutdown unexpectedly on my wife. I had to open it up, tip ...
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Debugging a "Somewhat" Faulty PC Component
TL;DR: I have a component that fails very infrequently, preventing my computer from POSTing (I am suspicious that this may be a motherboard issue). Since I cannot reliably reproduce this error, what ...
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