Hardware trouble? Me? Or ...??

g geleem at bellsouth.net
Sat Aug 9 17:12:25 UTC 2008


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Beartooth wrote:
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> I thought I had implied that it was indeed the only way, or the

you did, but you failed to mention 2 computers on same ups. [see below]

> No power cord I've ever seen could be pulled fast from anything I

not a matter of strength. 'fast' instead of 'slow'. also, there you go
using 'power cord'. 'power cord plug', never by 'power cord'.
[i know, i am just trying to maintain a way thinking to doing]

> Would it be better to turn the UPS off?? The monitor, and another
> computer, are plugged into that same UPS.

i guess i am just 'old school' on that one. i use 1 ups for 'playstation
computer', 1 ups for 'file server' computer. 'external server', 'firewall
server' and 'router server' are on single ups until i can afford 2 more ups.
[see below]

> The young friend was here yesterday evening, and concluded 
> immediately that the power supply was dead. Maybe it did arc somewhere;

did you try known good power cord? even with pulling 'power cord plug',
wiring connections to plug can go bad just from handling.

maybe law of averages caught up to you. maybe it was just it's time.

> odd that that hasn't happened before. I've been pulling power cords, in 

{below}
give thought to 1 power strip with a switch per computer when running
more than one computer on a single ups. then you will not have to pull
'power cord plug'. unless switch on strip goes bad.

also, i do hope you are running 'apcups' or 'nut' on both computers.

> The dead power supply is a type we can't get around here.

open cover to see if fuse is blown. hopefully it would blow if problem
was a current surge. if fuse is blown, ask young friend to check diodes
to see if one or more of them shorted. also note if any resistors are
discoloured.

if your friend lucks out and finds such is case and able to repair,
ask him to add a switch. lacking of a switch is one more 'screw thee'
attitudes of oem.

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> of trifocal fingers and arthritic eyeballs, what I know of computer 
> hardware would go in a gnat's eye, and never discommode the gnat.

lol. not your disabilities, but you phrasing.

good luck to your recovering system.


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