Dead Power Supply Redux
I woke up this morning to discover that my PC wouldn’t wake up after the usual gingerly shake of the mouse. And, the power-button had no effect either :(.
I was most bummed about this, in particular, because I had replaced the power supply only about a week earlier. Luckily, I still had the power supply tester, so I could quickly diagnose the problem: sure enough, the power supply was dead.
So, after a quick trip back to Fry’s, I had a replacement power supply (without any hassles from Fry’s). It was the exact same model (JGE, 300 watts), but I installed the new one and it worked fine. Still, I must wonder about JGE’s quality control, if their power supplies can barely last a week.
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Well, computer equipment does have a bathtub-curve for failures - your PS just happened to fail on the near-side of the curve. :)