dang my PSU burnt out

[Hellfighter]

the MFG says its good for another 5mo after that point can't ask them to fix it or replace it.

they gave me a RA number & shipping label for UPS Ground and they going to replace it for free, but it be like 2-3 weeks before i see the replacement PSU

no game time or fun time with it till then

what a week my dish cables connection are all bad outside! seen them this morning, that going to cost a bet to have the tech come by and fix them up besides make them water tight. then a 2hrs later the computer tower no longer working to startup at all, i smell burnt plastic around the PSU. green light on the MOB still light up buts thats it.

push the power button no then at all will happen! try to reset the PSU like the MFG told me no good ether deadend there.

[atholon]

How do you "reset" a PSU? Flipping the switch on the back?

I hear most PSU's die within a year. Now that they are getting more expensive people expect better warranties.

[Hellfighter]

will the MFG said to reset it,
1.) unplug it, turn off the power switch on the PSU
2.) press the button on the tower to act like you turn it on. killl any power if any in the MOB
3.) turn on the power for the PSU all without the plug in the powwer cord at this time.
4.) plug-in the power cord at this time into the PSU, should ticker it to reset.

only it was dead for good

i was defrag HHD and left for 10min as it was defraging, when i came back to check on it the tower was off and i almost lost my cool about it, thinkiing some one turn it off as it was defragging the HD. turn out there was no more power at all going on with it, smell burnt plastic from the PSU in the back

btw i plug-it into three other outlets to see if i can get it going if that one outlet was bad to start with. nope it was good

[atholon]

Ahh, yeah we used to do that at Emachines.

[Hellfighter]

Originally posted by atholon
Ahh, yeah we used to do that at Emachines.

is that Emachines or is it Fmachines lol

[atholon]

LOL!

POSMachines.

[Steve]

Originally posted by atholon
I hear most PSU's die within a year.

who the hell told you that??
any company that sold any computer related equipment that lasted less than a year would go out of business within a year hehhe

Antec and Enermax offer 3 year warranty
OCZ and Corsair offer a 5 year warranty and have a MTBF rate of 100,000 hours (over 11.4 years )

[VooDoo-]

my computer is ancient .. like four years old lol .. and it has it's original one

[atholon]

Originally posted by Steve
who the hell told you that??
any company that sold any computer related equipment that lasted less than a year would go out of business within a year hehhe

Antec and Enermax offer 3 year warranty
OCZ and Corsair offer a 5 year warranty and have a MTBF rate of 100,000 hours (over 11.4 years )

Bill Gates? J/K

I'll crawl back into my hole now.

[Hellfighter]

i still using a old sucker Pent III 800Mgz Dell Optiplex GX110 tower for backup system, come in handy some times

windows 95 when it was made, thats old tobe running windows 2000pro on.

came with the PSU build into it, no ID what the ???wat be ether, almost 10yrs old lol

never replace the PSU in it at all

when it was first build was made for Windows 95

Dell.com search
Systems........... Operating systems

OptiPlex GX100> Microsoft MS-DOS
OptiPlex GX110> Microsoft Windows 95 (i running Windows 2000pro on it)
OptiPlex G1> Microsoft Windows 98
OptiPlex GX1> Microsoft Windows NT 3.5x
OptiPlex GX1p> Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
OptiPlex NX1 (Blank)

[Hellfighter]

FM
MOB is burnt

I connected the new PSU and notice a USB Cable disconnected when I reach for it I seen the connection on the cable fry, I taken a closer look at the MOB were it connect to it burnt and bobble up some about 1/2inch area burnt

the USB cable connection was ok

Attachment show general area on the MOB were its burn/fry

The warranty is still good till 2/2009
But Intel MFG said when they get it in they will look it over! if they deem it my fault they will not replace it, but if the MOB gone bad and I had no hand in it they will replace it

Some warranty that is.

I was defragging the HD when it happen

[Hellfighter]

Got off the phone with a local buddy whose a tech head (like Steve), he said you be lucky if Intel do replace it, if they think it was a power surge or something hookup to the mob then your out of luck. Intel is like milking a dead cow lucky if you get anything from Intel on Warranty

have to check around see if i can find another D954Gnt MOB so everything go back into it without have to change anything or buying new item for a new type MOB