New hardware not working blues

[Stephen Shaw]

the return policy at PC Club in great.  I think there is a better one 
around as long as you don't try to screw them.  I'd hookd people up 
several times after their return time at pas at full purchase price.  
After a certain point it was for store credit though. 
With power supplies, you can't just pay a little extra sometimes.  I 
paid about 80 for mine.  I really like the enermax power supplies.
you should be able to check the voltage from the bios ( board pending ).
email me directly if you bought the stuff there.  I might be able to 
help you out a little bit more.

-Stephen



Gabriel Gunderson wrote:

>On Sat, 2005-02-12 at 09:00 -0700, Josh Coates wrote:
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>>gabe,
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>>i've had similar nightmare problems with pieced-together boxes.  i'm going
>>to guess that your CPU is a high-end P4 w/ that extra 1.5V power (IIRC)
>>attachment thingy?  power supplies are notoriously awful pieces of hardware
>>that easily fail and often don't actually produce the power they are labeled
>>to produce.
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>If this is it, I'll be ticked.  This was the first time I payed a little
>extra for a nicer power supply.
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>>i tried several different power supplies (generic, 'name-brand', 300W, 600W
>>etc) and found one that worked.
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>>but, maybe that's not your problem - i'm just making a guess.  this is why
>>you pay a little bit extra to get a factory made box, because they make sure
>>all the components work together.
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>But then what would I do all night?
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>>this is why i am not an electrical engineer - hardware is non-deterministic.
>>;-)
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>My feelings exactly.
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>>Josh Coates
>>http://www.jcoates.org
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>Thanks,
>Gabe
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