I just wanted to share my experience about the problems I was having with my computer.
First of all here are my pc specs:
P4 2.8c
Asus P4P800 (Motherboard)
1gig ram
1 Sata Raptor HD
1 Sata 250 gig drive
1 EIDE 60 gig drive
2 cd/dvd roms
Creative Audigy sound card
Ati Tv tuner
Nvida 7800GS Agp
And of course the Antec 400w PSU
Ok as you can see this is about a midrange pc or so for todays standards. The problems I was experiencing was random crashing and rebooting. Never had a set pattern to the crashing at first. Usually seemd to do it when I was away from the computer. Originally I suspected that the video card was drawing to much power on the 12v rail. So I spliced into the wires and joined the 12volt 1 and 2 rails together on its own seperate connector and hooked that to my video card. It made a difference for a little while but then the crashing got worse about every 10 minutes. Also I couldnt ever get the computer to turn on or off for that matter. Holding down the powerbutton only reset the computer and it booted as soon as you let go. Once shut off you couldnt get it to turn on.
So... I pulled the PSU back out and took it apart again. I started looking at the capacitors. There was 2 caps that were slightly swelled on top and one had a small spot of leakage. After some research on this site I decided to go forth and get the Radio Shack caps. One problem was the caps that were bad were the fuhjahaksdfjklasjf ones (you all know what im talking about) 1000uf 10v well the radio shack ones were 1000uf 35volt. Putting them in was like sticking the square peg in the round hole. Not to mention I was using a 140watt solder gun. SO with all these things going against me I managed to un-solder the bad caps and put the other ones in, leaving them sticking about 1 inch out of the board because of lack of space. I reassembled everything and tested it out on some fans. Then I hooked it up in an OLd pc and it booted fine. I put it back into my main pc and it works perfectly. Boots up with the first click of the power button and I havent had it crash since. This site really helped me answer the questions I had about caps and it only cost me 3 dollars which is a rip off for 2 caps but hey it beats spending 120 for a good one.
I have one question though ... I was looking on newegg and found some ABS brand power supplies. They look nice ... Plenty of amps on the rails and fully tested. What are some good brands that you guys know of other than Antec because I personally wont buy any more of there junk psu's.
First of all here are my pc specs:
P4 2.8c
Asus P4P800 (Motherboard)
1gig ram
1 Sata Raptor HD
1 Sata 250 gig drive
1 EIDE 60 gig drive
2 cd/dvd roms
Creative Audigy sound card
Ati Tv tuner
Nvida 7800GS Agp
And of course the Antec 400w PSU
Ok as you can see this is about a midrange pc or so for todays standards. The problems I was experiencing was random crashing and rebooting. Never had a set pattern to the crashing at first. Usually seemd to do it when I was away from the computer. Originally I suspected that the video card was drawing to much power on the 12v rail. So I spliced into the wires and joined the 12volt 1 and 2 rails together on its own seperate connector and hooked that to my video card. It made a difference for a little while but then the crashing got worse about every 10 minutes. Also I couldnt ever get the computer to turn on or off for that matter. Holding down the powerbutton only reset the computer and it booted as soon as you let go. Once shut off you couldnt get it to turn on.
So... I pulled the PSU back out and took it apart again. I started looking at the capacitors. There was 2 caps that were slightly swelled on top and one had a small spot of leakage. After some research on this site I decided to go forth and get the Radio Shack caps. One problem was the caps that were bad were the fuhjahaksdfjklasjf ones (you all know what im talking about) 1000uf 10v well the radio shack ones were 1000uf 35volt. Putting them in was like sticking the square peg in the round hole. Not to mention I was using a 140watt solder gun. SO with all these things going against me I managed to un-solder the bad caps and put the other ones in, leaving them sticking about 1 inch out of the board because of lack of space. I reassembled everything and tested it out on some fans. Then I hooked it up in an OLd pc and it booted fine. I put it back into my main pc and it works perfectly. Boots up with the first click of the power button and I havent had it crash since. This site really helped me answer the questions I had about caps and it only cost me 3 dollars which is a rip off for 2 caps but hey it beats spending 120 for a good one.
I have one question though ... I was looking on newegg and found some ABS brand power supplies. They look nice ... Plenty of amps on the rails and fully tested. What are some good brands that you guys know of other than Antec because I personally wont buy any more of there junk psu's.
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. I guess the large sticker RIGHT OVER THE FAN saying that it only comes on when the PSU reaches a certain temperature wasn't enough.
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