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Might just wanna buy a replacement, something with a bit more kick... just make sure it fits

White Haven wrote:Jebus, 115!?!

I knew eMachine shorted on PSUs, but...115?

......... So it's as I feared, and that's the power supply's voltage.

Those would be Watts acutally

InnocentBystander wrote:Those would be Watts acutally

Whatever...
Either way, it's shitty, right?

"Shitty" would be too kind... go out and buy a nice 300 watt power supply, you can get one for a song... a good song though

Waitwait...RED box...nono, that's the voltage. Can you see a wattage figure on the side of the power supply, on a sticker?

http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=648

Effects of dust on CPU temperature. 9 degrees celsius by dusting off something that's been running for 6 months.

I had the same problem and upped my old PSU from a 300 to a 550 (the price difference was minimal) and I've been fine ever since.

Jade Falcon wrote:I had the same problem and upped my old PSU from a 300 to a 550 (the price difference was minimal) and I've been fine ever since.

A 550? What brand would offer such insane wattage for such a low price?

Arrow Mk84 wrote:
I perfer an air compressor (a decent size one, not the kind that plugs into a cigarette lighter), if you can access to one (neighbor, perhaps?). Its a lot better at removing dust, and your not paying a for can air.

You need to be very careful when using an air compressor to clean a computer, you can easily blow minor componets out of the curcuit boards. If that happens, welcome to fuckdom.

Sea Skimmer wrote:

Arrow Mk84 wrote: I perfer an air compressor (a decent size one, not the kind that plugs into a cigarette lighter), if you can access to one (neighbor, perhaps?). Its a lot better at removing dust, and your not paying a for can air.

You need to be very careful when using an air compressor to clean a computer, you can easily blow minor componets out of the curcuit boards. If that happens, welcome to fuckdom.

Agreed. The ones that do plug into the cigarette lighter are actually highly preferrable for that kind of work (or they would be if that wouldn't force you to move your PC into the freaking car). IIRC, there's dedicated low-power compressors available for IT work.

We use a dive tank at the shop. Works like a charm, generally lasts us about 3-4 weeks before we have to take it to the dive shop for air...and that's cheap. Far more economical than buying our own compressor, and more portable too. Canned air is all well and good, but it runs out too quickly and has dick for pressure.

I used a Qtech PSU.

An alternative for air compressors BTW, is those used by model makers that use airbrushes. Companies such as Revell make small, easily portable air compressors that would suffice for this.

Sea Skimmer wrote:

Arrow Mk84 wrote:
I perfer an air compressor (a decent size one, not the kind that plugs into a cigarette lighter), if you can access to one (neighbor, perhaps?). Its a lot better at removing dust, and your not paying a for can air.

You need to be very careful when using an air compressor to clean a computer, you can easily blow minor componets out of the curcuit boards. If that happens, welcome to fuckdom.

Thats why you don't put the nozzle up close to a board. I always keep it several inches back.

Problem solved by salvaging a power supply from a previous computer.

Power is backwards compatible