[Ham-Computers] Question about power supply in computer

[Duane B. Fischer, W8DBF]

Brian, 	
	
You bet! Has she got a Cat? Those things shed and the fans suck up the hair and
pack it around the cooling assembly. Take a look for a 'hair ball'! She might
have smelled that or it could be an electrical short.	
	
You did not say if 'you' smelled the odor?	
	
No offense intended here Brian, so do not take any. If you are a smoker, this
may not be effective. (I am totally blind and I quit cigarettes twenty years
ago. I know how things smell both ways! Smoking reduces the ability to smell
greatly, even if the smoker insists he/she can smell just fine. Used the lie
myself!) Sniff around the case Brian. Your nose may find what your eyes can not!

	
DBF	


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From: Brian K. Gaskamp <ka5bkg at sbcglobal.net>
To: Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications,  or
experimenting <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Question about power supply in computer
Date: Sunday, May 15, 2005 10:25 PM

Computer belongs to a friend of mine, who has used it the last 5 yrs roughly
without any problems.
She was using it and trying to print out a card on her printer and she said
she had started smelling a smoky or burning smell abt 1 hour before that.

For what its worth, its running Win 98.

Is that enough to go on?

Thanks,
Brian


----- Original Message -----
From: "Duane B. Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
To: "Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications, or
experimenting" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Question about power supply in computer


> Brian,
>
> What you did not tell us:
>
> 1. Is this computer one you recently acquired?
>
> 2. If so, was it known to be operational at the time you got it?
>
> Before you conclude it is a failure of the power supply, consider a few
other
> possibilities. Such as an intermittent power cord or connector. Do you
have a
> continuity checker and/or VOM? if so, use them to do some checks.
>
> Let us see where you are at this point, before moving to other
possibilities.
>
> DBF
>
>
> ----------
> From: Brian K. Gaskamp <ka5bkg at sbcglobal.net>
> To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Ham-Computers] Question about power supply in computer
> Date: Sunday, May 15, 2005 7:22 PM
>
> I have a computer over here that wont turn on, and when I plug it in the
fan
> turns briefly and then quits.
> I'm guessing the power supply went out in it, but wanted some opinions.
>
> Or maybe what to look for.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
>
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