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Old 12-21-2004, 08:25 AM   #12 (permalink)
cyrnel
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Originally Posted by lk_3000
I go by the smell. If the power supply smells like burnt electronics, it blew up.
NASA, I have a candidate for your failure analysis dept.

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Originally Posted by Gatorade Frost
You can't have too powerful of a power supply that would blow out your hard drive or something is there?
No. GigaWatts of potential would be dandy if your household wiring could take it. The trick is finding respectable p/s companies who provide realistic specs. Many a "400W" supply begins spewing toilet water when taxed beyond 200W. They can make for some very annoying problem solving.
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