I have just installed a new PS and my computer is now purring like a kitten again! Woohooo!!!!! Thanks everyone!
Good deal. What supply did you get and how happy are you with the noise, ease of install, etc?
Dang, and I found a vista based quad core desktop this morning for under $400...
That is wonderful!!! Glad to hear a happy ending.
BTW, I could have gotten you into a core 2 quad machine with a better graphics board than that for under $500. Even you wife should appreciate such a small expense that makes such a huge improvement in your quality of life? Heck, you could have turned all the quality controls to dang near the top and felt like you were actually in the air, only without the massive jet fuel costs...
If you really want protection from surges then buy an UPS. It might cost the price of two or three of those PSs but it's worth it.Next purchase: a better surge protector!
Been there, done that! I had an old APC that did the early A.M. beep thing to me several years ago. I woke up and heard a "beep".....then silence. Just as I started to drift off to sleep again....."beep". What the.....? Got up looked (and listened) around......nada! Climb back in the sack......."Beep". Son of a.....what's going on here? Finally tracked it down to the APC UPS! Unplugged everything from it.....unplugged it from the wall socket.....sat it on the back patio.....went back to bed.Only thing to watch out for is that most of them have a beeper or squealy thing that goes off if the power dips or drops. That can be rather displeasing if you get a blip at 3am.
Been there, done that! I had an old APC that did the early A.M. beep thing to me several years ago. I woke up and heard a "beep".....then silence. Just as I started to drift off to sleep again....."beep". What the.....? Got up looked (and listened) around......nada! Climb back in the sack......."Beep". Son of a.....what's going on here? Finally tracked it down to the APC UPS! Unplugged everything from it.....unplugged it from the wall socket.....sat it on the back patio.....went back to bed.
I replaced the battery in it, and all was fine until about a year later....."Beep". I'm now back to using a couple of heavy duty surge protectors (in series) with no UPS!