THE COMPUTER THREAD

[MartyS (Gromit)]

FYI LucasM: I just checked my RST version and it was 12 something, ran setupRST  from the intel page linked on the western digital page to update mine to the most current version and nothing bad happened to my disks.

[LucasM]

FYI LucasM: I just checked my RST version and it was 12 something, ran setupRST  from the intel page linked on the western digital page to update mine to the most current version and nothing bad happened to my disks.

Thank you.  From past (hard) learning, I realize I'm too spacey to try anything related to adjusting the computer right now, but I've saved the info and will look at it when my functioning improves.

[Miku Fan]

Nice.  Looks like a winner.  But don't be surprise if it agitates any apes that might be present, or ages any old men in the room, turning them into space babies.

LOL!

[Variety of Cells]

So I press the power button on my computer. Nothing. Nothing spins, nothing. I unplug, use a different outlet, wait, let the computer reset. Still nothing. No fans spin, nothing.

I take my old PSU (still good, just wanted something beefier while I was crossfiring) and do a quick repatch of the cpu and mobo. Press the button and everything spins and lights up.

So, apparently my PSU is borked. I'm just a little puzzled cause it wasn't doing anything weird leading up to this. Hell, it's barely a year old. Power surge could have done it I suppose, but I have a surge protector. Guess I'll get a new surge protector to be safe.

Think it could be something else?  Going to replace the PSU in the meantime.

[RVR II]

Sounds like a PSU to me..
My old video editing computer, the one I do my RiffTrax and iRiffs reauthors on has a hard time starting and I just keep turning the power strip off and on and hitting the power button and it eventually turns on..
I have a spare power supply to put in it but until this one actually dies, I'll just keep fighting with it

[Variety of Cells]

New/old psu seems to be working fine.  Really weird. 

[d00hickey]

It could have also just had a faulty connection. If you decide to take it apart don't touch the large capacitors, they can hold enough amperage to kill a man. 

[Variety of Cells]

It could have also just had a faulty connection. If you decide to take it apart don't touch the large capacitors, they can hold enough amperage to kill a man.

Thanks.  I thought about that for a second, then decided against it for that reason.  I disconnected and reconnected all the mobo connections before declaring it dead, so it has to be something internal. 

[d00hickey]

It could have also just had a faulty connection. If you decide to take it apart don't touch the large capacitors, they can hold enough amperage to kill a man.

Thanks.  I thought about that for a second, then decided against it for that reason.  I disconnected and reconnected all the mobo connections before declaring it dead, so it has to be something internal.

I just found this out a few years ago. I had actually taken apart numerous power supplies when I was a kid. Thankfully all the old capacitors had discharged. I imagine there is a very simple way to safely discharge them to work on them if you wanted to.

[MartyS (Gromit)]

It could have also just had a faulty connection. If you decide to take it apart don't touch the large capacitors, they can hold enough amperage to kill a man.

Thanks.  I thought about that for a second, then decided against it for that reason.  I disconnected and reconnected all the mobo connections before declaring it dead, so it has to be something internal.

I just found this out a few years ago. I had actually taken apart numerous power supplies when I was a kid. Thankfully all the old capacitors had discharged. I imagine there is a very simple way to safely discharge them to work on them if you wanted to.

The caps in a computer power supply are only going to have 12V in them at most, so no more dangerous than a car battery, I've never seen one with caps on the AC line.

The ones that are dangerous are in something like a microwave, storing hundreds of volts for hours after you unplug the unit.

All caps self-discharge, and a lot of designs have a resistor across them to speed that up, even without the resistor the best caps will be discharged in a day or so.

Safest way to discharge them is to put a resistor across the leads, easiest way is to put a screwdriver across the leads...

[Miku Fan]

It could have also just had a faulty connection. If you decide to take it apart don't touch the large capacitors, they can hold enough amperage to kill a man.

Thanks.  I thought about that for a second, then decided against it for that reason.  I disconnected and reconnected all the mobo connections before declaring it dead, so it has to be something internal.

I just found this out a few years ago. I had actually taken apart numerous power supplies when I was a kid. Thankfully all the old capacitors had discharged. I imagine there is a very simple way to safely discharge them to work on them if you wanted to.

You can make something (or can probably buy it).  In the Air Force, we used long dowels. The dowels had a large wire  attached to a hook screwed into one end of the dowel, and the other end of the wire was connected to ground.    You hold the dowel by the end opposite the hook, and touch the hook to anything that can hold a charge.  It discharges into ground.  A good visual indicator that it worked is the spark that occurs. 

Otherwise, a cheap voltmeter will tell you if capacitors are charged.

[MartyS (Gromit)]

Latest email from Microcenter I got has a 250GB SSD for $90, still waiting for the 500GB ones to get a little cheaper before replacing my laptop drive with an SSD.

[RVR II]

Latest email from Microcenter I got has a 250GB SSD for $90, still waiting for the 500GB ones to get a little cheaper before replacing my laptop drive with an SSD.

Yeah I'd like to add a 500gb SSD to my laptop for speed purposes

[BathTub]

Did you see the 16TB SSD announcement?

[RVR II]

Did you see the 16TB SSD announcement?

WHAAAAA...
Link?