Re: [SLUG] Problem with console

[Jeff Waugh <jdub@nospam.aphid.net>]

Jill Rowling wrote:
> Sad to say, if you blow up a PSU, chances are the rest of the machine is
> fsckd.
> Especially with the more modern voltage sensitive components like video
> chips, etc,


Two Pentium and above class machines have died this way for me. My old 386
had its PSU swapped twice without a blink... Trust only your own power...


> Other things might die later if their transistors are mostly still intact
> but drawing more current than normal.


Yep - you're better off pulling the important stuff out straight away (CPU,
RAM, video card etc) and testing them in another machine.

- Jeff


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