[Cialug] Power Supply Tester

[David Champion]

Take a look at your motherboard, see if you have any capacitors that are
domed or bulging, slightly taller than their identical neighbors, or
sitting at odd angles. That's the cause of many PC failures these days.

-dc

On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Scott Prader <rigrunn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you everyone that came forward!  I've managed to determine that
> the power supply is fine, but that either the motherboard or CPU is at
> fault.  The CPU is an LGA 775 Pentium 4 and I do not have a spare one
> sitting around.  The closest possible replacement seems to be around
> $70 in Urbandale and CL appears to be dry, but if anyone has a spare
> one that I could give a whirl, either by loaning or if I brought the
> computer to someone's house and plugged it in there to test, it would
> be much appreciated.
>
> -Scott
>
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Scott Prader <rigrunn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all, I was wondering if anyone might have a 24-pin ATX power supply
> > tester that I could borrow or use to test a power supply.  I can't
> > seem to find one to purchase within the state and shipping would take
> > awhile.  Or, if anyone happens to know a place that sells them...
> > tried Sears, but their phone support is for the birds.
> >
> > -Scott Prader
> > AmesLUG VP
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