TSGL: power supply

[H Davis]

Engineman,

"What other problems am I likely to encounter if I keep using this PS?"

Another flame out, only much sooner than 4 years!!

If your machine had a 340 watt supply it was probably drawing something 
less, but near that (most manufacturers don't put in THAT much safety 
margin). Your 175 watt supply is only half that. It might run for a 
while putting out somewhat more than it's rated for but that won't last 
long and when it goes down you're counting on it going down gracefully 
and not damaging anything it's connected to. Not a good bet considering 
how cheap power supplies are. Get a new one.

H Davis

Engineman1 at aol.com wrote:
> Recently the power supply in my 4 yr old PC went belly up in a cloud  of 
> smoke.
> A friend gave me an old power supply and I installed it even though my old  
> one was 340 watts and this one is 175 watts.
> I don't do any game playing or much CD burning so I thought I'd be  OK.
> Now I notice that the volume is quite low when playing music files.
> Could this be caused by the low watt power supply?
> I thought that if a power supply was overloaded it would just turn  off.
> What other problems am I likely to encounter if I keep using this PS?
> Engineman
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