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A strange HD crashing....
shmokes:
--- Quote from: ark_ader on July 24, 2012, 08:28:41 pm ---
Shmokes wants me to defend my argument. Simple risk analysis. No degrees here just experienced work as a field technician for over 20 years. Fix it fast, fix it right.
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I want you to defend your analysis because it is stupid. He already tried another power connector, ruling out the odd loose molex connector (and who are we kidding, 4-pin molex power connectors are always 10x tighter than they need to be). Replacing a power supply does not address a faulty connector on a hard drive and it only indirectly addresses a faulty PATA to SATA adapter in an absurdly expensive way. You're obnoxious, as usual, but more importantly your advice was stupid.
BTW, telephone tech support is not what field technicians do.
lilshawn:
replace the power supply because 250watts is absurdly small
Yenome:
i should of said all techs. cause even the ones who come out to my house seem lost on what to do till they get a supervisor around then he knows what to do most times. for 4 months i suffered from internet disconnection problems. was told it was a bad modem. was told it was my TV sending electricity back down the line knocking the modem off. was told it was my wiring in the house. finally they replaced the line from the pole to the house and then it went away and went stable again. i want to switcher to fiber. once i get some spare money ea month ill have a line put in.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: lilshawn on July 24, 2012, 10:36:17 pm ---replace the power supply because 250watts is absurdly small
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Building with a larger power supply than 250 watts to begin with is good general advice. Replacing a 250 watt power supply that is working perfectly well and apparently providing adequate juice is extraordinarily poor advice. What's the point? You do a bunch of work and end up with a computer with a new power supply that works perfectly well and apparently provides adequate juice. You're no better off than you were. It's a totally unnecessary expense that offers absolutely no perceived benefit.
More to the point, the power supply is not the cause of the problem Gray_Area described in the OP. It just isn't. The replacement may indirectly solve the problem, if the problem is a faulty PATA to SATA power adapter, by eliminating the need for the power adapter. But that's an absurdly expensive alternative to replacing a $3 adapter. We have no reason to think that this power supply has ever caused Gray_Area a lick of trouble, and he's obviously had this computer for ages (considering that it has a power supply in it that has no SATA power connectors). A computer that old generally doesn't need a >250 watt power supply, and Gray_Area's demonstrably did not. He simply wasted a bunch of money on a power supply that is capable of providing substantially more power than his computer draws. What's the point?
And to make matters worse, if the problem is a faulty connector on the hard drive rather than a faulty PATA to SATA power adapter, the new power supply won't even fix the problem.
lilshawn:
a 250 watt power supply hasn't been an option for purchase for quite some time now. most manufaturers have moved to 500 and larger for their full sizes supplies. therefore we can determine
a:) the supply is several years old. stuff don't last like it used to.
b:) with 3 harddrives, the main board, and cd rom drive, is loaded probably to the maximum.
c:) caps are shot in it.
given A + B = C, replace the power supply.
harddrives should have a 3 year warranty from the manufacturer. send it in and they will give you a new one. If it's no longer under warranty, you've likely proved (A). replace the supply, if the harddrive still flakes out then send it in and receive a spanking new one. 2 birds with one stone.
i sent in a 120gb drive that was about a month away from expiration, Western Digital sent me a 350gb re-certified hd since that was the smallest they had. aint even mad.
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