Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:19:36 -0500, Dale wrote:
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>  
>> Folks, keep in mind why I asked this question in the first place. My
>> power supply was frying and I needed a VERY fast shutdown.
>>  
>
> I'd shutdown and stay shutdown until I could replace the PSU. PSUs are
> cheap, the components a dying one can take with it are not :(
>
>
>  

Well, the P/S went out right when it was unmounting at the very end of
the shutdown process. I had one file system that it had to replay a few
things when I rebooted. It was a close call since the file systems that
wasn't unmounted was not a critical one.

I did replace the P/S with a new one tho. After getting the rubber band
off the fan, I did check to see if it would boot up but it just sat
there. I took it back apart and one of the transistors had a burnt
spot, actually, it was a diode. Since when those things burn out they
are basically not repairable, I just got a new one locally. I plan to
get a permanent replacement from newegg soon. The P/S I have right now
is a A-Open or something. It was all they had. I did notice that the 5
volt rail is higher than the other P/S's I have had before tho. This
one is at 4.97 volts where it is usually 4.91 or something.

You are right about burning out other components tho. I have had two
P/S's to burn out in this one rig. So far, nothing else hurt. I have
some good luck I guess.

Dale

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