[CLUE-Tech] power supply fried my motherboard

[Lawrence Layman]

Jeff-
        AMD makes a point of certifying Power supplies for their high-end cpus I
holpe the link works for you.

 http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_869_1039^4038|1007_SFX,00.html

Regards, Lawrence Layman

Jeffrey Greer wrote:

> In the last two months my dual celeron with abit bp 6 mbd computer has had
> trouble powering on.  Recently it wouldn't power on at all, but the fans on
> the motherboard would work.  I thought the motherboard was bad.  I bought a
> new abit kt7a motherboard put the new system together and experienced a lot
> of flakiness as I powered the system on.  Problems in hardware seemed to be
> occuring randomly as I switched out components.  After a couple of hours of
> switching components I smelled something burning on the new computer, then
> nothing worked.  I've concluded my power supply fried my motherboard.
>
> I have a Premier ps-atx-300sn 300w ps. (btw: I bought this locally)  I will
> never buy a cheap power supply again.  I believe power supplies are the worst
> system killers of all.  I didn't try to buy cheap power supplies.  I just
> never paid attention.
>
> I now think I will go with an Enermax power supply.  These seem to be
> recommened by a lot of people.  I'm considering these two supplies:
>
> http://www.mpcparts.com
> Enermax 350W ATX 2.03 PS Dual Fans WHISPER QUIET EG365P-VE FC  $46.00
> Enermax 430W ATX 2.03 PS Dual Fans WHISPER QUIET EG465P-VE FC  $76.00
>
> My components will be - socket a mbd, 756mb pc100 memory, athlon xp 1600,
> 7200 wd drive, 5400 maxtor drive, ati radeon all in wonder video,
> soundblaster live, nic, scsi cd burner.
>
> Are there any compelling reason to go with the 430w supply?  Also, can I get
> any ps locally of same quality and price?
>
> One more question.  What is the probability of my athlon xp cpu being fried
> also?  So far I've never seen a fried cpu, however I believe athlons are
> sensitive cpus.
>
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