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Article #9249Re: bad power supplies (was: Problems with my Dell)
From: RR.PPE
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1990 21:12
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1990 21:12
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In article <4417@pegasus.ATT.COM>, psrc@pegasus.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm) writes: >In article <75971@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, tim@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU >(Timothy H Smith) writes: > >> I've had the machine about 20 some days and already have had 2 >> motherboards replaced. > >I'm no hardware guru, but that sounds like a bad power supply to me. Funny you should say that....... We have a Dell 286 which killed two hard drives (replaced under warranty) and eventually a third along with the power supply (no longer under warranty). That's when we found out that the computer came with an *85 watt* supply for a machine that size. We bought a reasonable 120 watt supply and have had no more problems. Dell, by the way, never replied to our correspondence on this problem.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!shelby!lindy!news From: RR.PPE@forsythe.stanford.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: bad power supplies (was: Problems with my Dell) Message-ID: <7499@lindy.Stanford.EDU> Date: 24 Jan 90 21:12:41 GMT Sender: news@lindy.Stanford.EDU (News Service) Distribution: usa Lines: 16