[Ham-Computers] Question about power supply in computer

[Brian K. Gaskamp]

Duane no pets at all in her house. She hates cats!
Well I really didn't think about smelling for the odor myself, but will have
to do that.
She doesn't smoke and neither do I, so that should be easy to detect.

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 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Question about power supply in computer


> 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
>
>
> ----------
> 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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