Fried Computer
I heard something fall downstairs. I went to check out on my wife and apparently her computers power supply had fried. I took her over to Comp USA. We got a new 250 watt power supply, a fan with heat sink for the CPU, and a couple cans of air.
I should have looked at the fan closer, because when we got home, it said that it was good for CPU’s up to 1.5 GHz. Angels CPU is around 2.5 GHz. We could only get the power supply in by taking out her CD and DVD drives. The original power supply was much smaller. She didn’t use them much anyhow, so we took them out as an interim solution.
The power supply was also too thin. We could only use one screw to secure it to the case. I put in another screw to help secure it against the frame, but it wasn’t to my liking. It’s the best I could do. Hopefully we can order this specific power supply on the internet.
We also got the boards and the case cleaned out pretty well. Angel kept begging me to let her use the vacuum cleaner on it. It just seems absurd to vacuum a computer like that. I told her if she did it, then I would have to get a camera and take pictures.
Anyhow, the computer is up and running with her second life. I teased her that her character was too hot for her computer to handle.
December 2nd, 2005 at 10:59 pm
heh and uhh the rest of the room the one thoroughly trashed.. thats in the proccess of beign sorted and cleaned.. its not how it usualy is….
December 3rd, 2005 at 2:59 am
Recommendations…
1. Never use a vacuum cleaner. Get those air cans instead, but take care in their use because you dont want to a) “freeze” your electronics, or b) blow small dust particles into sensitive equipment through forced air (like hard drives, optical drives). Basic overpass sweeping motion works fairly well.
2. Never skimp on the power supply. It is the heart of the system, and like you already discovered, not having enough power is not a good thing. Personally, I wont use anything less then 350 watts, and prefer 400+. I also dont buy the store brand and stick to the more well known manufacturers with a good reputation.
3. Is the chassis for the computer a nonstandard case or something? Power supplies are standard except for proprietary case designs. In some rare instances you have to install them upside down, but that is due to the additional air vent and fan. - If you have a substandard chassis, I would recomment replacing that as well.
December 3rd, 2005 at 3:51 am
We bought canned air. The new power supply has an output of 41 watts more then the old one. This is the Sony Vaio - so yea, it’s non standard. It’s wider then it should be and not as deep. There is so much in this setup that replacing the case probably isn’t a good idea. I’m about to hunt for a replacement power supply that will fit her case properly.
December 4th, 2005 at 7:23 pm
Krozz we blew that thing nuts with canned air and allot of times all it does is jsut move the dust around.
December 4th, 2005 at 7:23 pm
btw that room that looks like a huricane hit it is not spick and span and nere spotless