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Offline vRS_Pagey

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Desk top woe's
« on: February 09, 2012, 07:00:40 pm »
About 6 months ago the PC shut down, the standby light was flashing amber but I couldn't turn the computer on.  Took it to the local PC repair shop and they changed the power supply, been fine until tonight, then bang - same thing as before, not happy!!  :sad1:
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Re: Desk top woe's
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2012, 11:21:25 pm »
Is it a cheapo power supply mate? It could be your system uses more power than it can provide, often these cheap unbranded ones that say "500w" are nowhere near that.

You'd be best off with a branded power supply, like a Corsair.
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Re: Desk top woe's
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2012, 07:35:29 am »
so if you press and hold the power button down for 10seconds nothing happens?

if you disconnect the power, when plugging it back into power the light just flashes?
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Re: Desk top woe's
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2012, 01:38:12 pm »
Correct...... :happy2:
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Re: Desk top woe's
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2012, 02:12:32 pm »
Quote from: SeanyK on February 09, 2012, 11:21:25 pm
Is it a cheapo power supply mate? It could be your system uses more power than it can provide, often these cheap unbranded ones that say "500w" are nowhere near that.

You'd be best off with a branded power supply, like a Corsair.


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