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Problem: apparent power supply death
Question: how not to kill the replacement?

I have an clone 386 (2 years old) whose power supply (230 watts) died
during power up one day, now making only a faint humming noise which
fades like a motor running down when turned off.

This followed a few weeks after my successful addition of 4 more Megs
of memory (totalling 8); there are also 2 hard disks but the vendor
thinks there's no power overload.  The vendor recommended
disconnecting cards and connectors one at a time to check for shorts
causing the power supply to go into "protect" mode.  No disconnections
seemed to bring the power supply back alive.  A new one costs $45;
however, how can I be sure that I don't fry the new one when I put
that in?

Thanks for any advice.
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