My PC keeps shutting down

[Scuttler]

Originally Posted by NeilB

The fan bearings wear. They make a racket or stick. When they stick they stop making the racket!

Time to get a new one before it dies altogether....and I have seen power supplies fail and take the system board with them.

Neil

IBM engineer for 25 years but I know nothing about Windows.......

Oi Neil....I'm coming to Muscat on Friday...you up for a curry?

[Letz]

Originally Posted by Scuttler

She did....all the memory chips popped out

He was talking about the pc, not the ex

So .... some photos ....

Back & fan



Inside



Motherboard



and ............... Power supply clearly showing the Compact replacement part code but surely I don't have to buy a Compact one, wont a generic one do ?



It keeps stopping then starting again ! I can tell 'cos it goes really quiet

Thanks guys

[Letz]

Originally Posted by endoman

Call Jeb, he'll sort you out :-)

Weakend Productions - 3d animation, digital visual effects, motion graphics

I still chuckle every time I watch this.

Excellent

Originally Posted by NeilB

The fan bearings wear. They make a racket or stick. When they stick they stop making the racket!

Time to get a new one before it dies altogether....and I have seen power supplies fail and take the system board with them.

Neil

IBM engineer for 25 years but I know nothing about Windows.......

Right. New one it will have to be then

Originally Posted by Scuttler

Oi Neil....I'm coming to Muscat on Friday...you up for a curry?

Can I come

In the interim will I be assisting my pc if I just put a home fan blowing on it ? Oh, and I'm about to make a cup of coffee, shall I pour that in and get some testical support ?

[Scuttler]

OK....the 400W one from novatech will be more than up to the job.

Look at the lead from the p/s to the motherboard. It should have 24 pins.

You won't have to use a compaq p/s but you will need to make sure you get the right type as some have different mounting points and fan positions.

The novatech ones are noisy but they work fine and for £15 what do you expect. If you've an old PC knocking around then just swap over with that......just make sure it's a minimum 200W and that the connector is the same.

[RobA]

Good Grief, that looks ancient!

What spec is the PC? Pentium 2 or later require an ATX Power supply, earlier use an AT Supply which has different motherboard connectors!

You can get a generic power supply from PCWorld.

Rob

[Letz]

Originally Posted by Scuttler

OK....the 400W one from novatech will be more than up to the job.

Look at the lead from the p/s to the motherboard. It should have 24 pins.

You won't have to use a compaq p/s but you will need to make sure you get the right type as some have different mounting points and fan positions.

The novatech ones are noisy but they work fine and for £15 what do you expect. If you've an old PC knocking around then just swap over with that......just make sure it's a minimum 200W and that the connector is the same.

Thanks, I'll check all that now

24 pins
mounting and needs to fit
> 200W

Gonna check out the old one as a start

[Scuttler]

Originally Posted by RobA

What spec is the PC?

Texas Ti994A

[Marky Mark]

The connector is probably going to be the issue, it's probably the older AT (2x6pins) format, newish ones are ATX (20pins) and new ones are ATX-2 (20pins +4).

Good luck

MyM

[Marky Mark]

Originally Posted by Scuttler

Texas Ti994A

I have an Oric Atmos if that helps

[NeilB]

....and by the magic of Google....

COMPAQ POWER SUPPLY 200W OUTPUT SPARE # 387672-001 on eBay, also Power Supplies, Server Components, Networking Communications, Computers Networking (end time 07-May-08 20:26:09 BST)

or

PSU


You are more than welcome to come for a curry on Friday......3000 miles might be a bit far though Sixy