[Coco] Power supply

[jdaggett at gate.net]

Very true words

Two things that I have learnt. Never buy bottom end power supplies and mother boards. 

james

On 15 Sep 2012 at 20:37, Marc Charbonneau wrote:

> glad it worked.
> There is a big difference between a cheap P/S and a good one. When a good
> one dies, it dies alone. When a cheap one dies, it often kills everything
> attached to it. That's the reason I never buy the cheap ones.
> On Sep 15, 2012 6:31 PM, "Bill Pierce" <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > $50 later and all is well again.
> >
> > Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
> > https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
> > Bill Pierce
> > ooogalapasooo at aol.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
> > To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > Sent: Sat, Sep 15, 2012 1:17 pm
> > Subject: [Coco] Power supply
> >
> >
> >
> > Ok... who started the power supply thread? Thanks... now the PS bug bit me!
> > I took my PC to my daughter's to do some up-grades on her T2 connection
> > which is
> > MUCH faster than my Hughes Net. When I got home last night, my PC wouldn't
> > start... no lights no nothing. I got tired of messing with it and went to
> > bed. I
> > came out this morning and plugged it in to see what I could do and the
> > power
> > supply "popped" as soon as the plug hit the socket. Hopefully a $50 fix as
> > all
> > my old power supplies are for IDE drives. This machine has SATA drives and
> > different MB connector.
> > Just hope it didn't arc to the MB.....
> > Bill P
> >
> >
> > Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
> > https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
> > Bill Pierce
> > ooogalapasooo at aol.com
> >
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