This has been my reliable Power Supply for my Battle Station from 2018 until now. Today when I turned on my RIG, she didn’t post… or do anything.

Tested this PSW on my older Motherboard, it didn’t post, and when I took my SO’s PSW it did.

I think my RIG will be fine, it was working with my older PSW. But only time (and a new PSW) will tell.

  • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    One of the things I learned as a wee waddler on my path to being a fully-fledged computer nerd (that was two bird puns in one sentence, I don’t know if you noticed) was that keeping a spare power supply or two around is always a good idea.

    A blown power supply can bring your day’s Unreal Tournament matches productivity to a halt instantly, and inevitably on a Sunday when all the stores are closed, too. To make matters more interesting, a partially failed power supply can cause all manner of strange and otherwise undiagnosable mystery issues. E.g. you’re telling me two of your hard drives, your RAM, and your video card all started acting flaky at once? More likely is your PSU’s +12v rail is wonky, or something. Swap in a known good one and see. A power supply is also the first in line of all your PC components that can be killed by external forces, e.g. dirty power or nearby lightning strikes, or maybe your dad just deciding to plug his 1970s vintage arc welder into the same circuit in the house, etc.

    To this day I have a generic 750w PSU sealed in its shrink wrap on the parts shelf in my basement, because you never know when it’ll get you or someone you know out of a jam. And eventually it probably will.

  • over_clox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 hours ago

    My 750 watt power supply took a shit years ago, but I was planning on trying to fix it when I got another one for scrap parts.

    Once I finally got a scrap parts PSU, I opened up the 750W, and I found the bottom side of the board was covered in blackened soot, apparently ionized nicotine and dust.

    I cleaned all that shit off with rubbing alcohol, an old toothbrush, paper towels and Q-Tips. Apparently that’s all it took to get it working again, yay!

    • Bizzle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      12 hours ago

      I have 3 pets and smoke a shitload of medical weed next to my computer, it gets disassembled and deep cleaned quarterly or it overheats lmfao can relate

  • PineRune@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 hours ago

    Check the warranty period; my most recent PSU has a 10 year warranty which would be covered in this scenario.