RE: [Sheflug] Power Failure - Dead machine. What to check?

[Ross Goodley <nospam [at] krisalis.co.uk>]

In my experience the fuses in PC PSUs tend to outlive the PSU itself, don't
know why they put 'em in there to be honest
	R

-----Original Message-----
From: Barrie Bremner [mailto:nospam [at] ecosse.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 04:44
To: Sheflug
Subject: Re: [Sheflug] Power Failure - Dead machine. What to check?


MMmm. The fuse in the PSU is sill alive too...

Baz.

Barrie Bremner wrote:
> The fuse in the kettle lead hasn't blown, and I've got the PSU apart to
> check the fuse (6.3A) in that. However, is there anything obvious I can
> check?
> Is the PSU going to take the hit if there was any kind of surge, or is
> it going to take the mobo+chips out? Can't see any obvious damage.

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