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emmz

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« on: December 01, 2012, 08:00:09 PM »
Yesterday my old PSU for computer died.
Bought a new one 550w if your interested.
Put it in, after  bit of fiddling it turned on ok.
The switched itself off again within 10 mins....Fans work ok in the pc and not had this trouble before.
So is it the PSU trying to fry itself or is it somethng else? Partner no bleeding help because its not his computer so he doesnt give a toss  ::)
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Re: over heating
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2012, 08:10:28 PM »
Though I am very Techie minded, it's difficult to answer this on a forum.
I presume the PSU has a built in fan.
Unplug everything from it, and see if it powers up and runs Ok. ie, more than ten minutes.
If all's ok, turn it off.
Then plug the motherboard in and see what happens as regards turning itself off.
If all's ok, turn it off and plug something else in.
Trial and error everything. It might be a DVD drive or a Hard Drive causing the overheat/switching off.

Hope this makes sense. Just don't plug/unplug ANYTHING with the power on.
If your capable of changing the PSU, I'm sure you know this already  ;)
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Re: over heating
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2012, 12:55:52 AM »
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Re: over heating
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2012, 07:53:11 AM »
PSU, Power Supply Unit.
CPU, Central Processor Unit.

Good advice if you are changing the CPU though  :)
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Re: over heating
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Re: over heating
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2012, 03:48:35 PM »
haha, cheers for that looks like whatever the problem was has solved as it hasnt turned off in the past 2 days.
Best not be my bloody hard-drive as got one not too long ago! For bios i have to switch keyboards to be able to do anything as this bugger doesnt work when wondows starts up, and im lazy etc etc.
Thanks for the help will keep the things in mind :)
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Re: over heating
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2012, 06:20:20 PM »
We all know were to come now Emmz if our computers stop working. :)
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Re: over heating
« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2012, 06:33:59 PM »
Respect to Emmz, most ladies wouldn't have a clue what the Basic Input/Output System was  ;)

And no, I didn't Google it  ;D
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Re: over heating
« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2012, 09:20:50 PM »
A Wat fly????
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Re: over heating
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2012, 10:34:17 AM »
Well i remember my dad was always very computery, he taught at c/field college.
Partner is also quite good with computers so just learn really from what i see.
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