From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BA551385B3 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 17:02:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9ECB9141DF; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 17:02:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f176.google.com (mail-wi0-f176.google.com [209.85.212.176]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 74EEA14179 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 17:02:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by widdq5 with SMTP id dq5so38353299wid.0 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:02:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=biJG9kQsceus9S/aZ/jjwIcnhTggKrEuSh8X1I9SEbg=; b=O5GtV63DKZYGNbD8KjrVG1Inc6xGn5rsTCC9Lbqg2uGMaKRdXPMYnog6W8dW+BrlgV s7kerIoeOU05T+iEmPFDrdGtNi9EKGT3XPtylGyy5toXlMXHe1oFSK7nRJF9A8720mXK XD6t4Va5yE3MkMAlJaRVlsoUjWx5yRyJse+lBo1UWPRfvAp1WstgXUrBcH07L7wQpWKN wtFfe3viOzKOpPXwdL1Sxc8/TQqAeUvxw81etFsTDiZw3OkMEPr71OMoVGPJHH3wXw3B QSFZnqibMQN/R/FxjEQNZpTTOBBzzYGN0Dti6jCcuGr0q7ah5grOg+L/4mgm2ewuyKxW 8YmA== X-Received: by 10.194.58.199 with SMTP id t7mr26149068wjq.45.1440262953358; Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:02:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.20.0.41] ([105.210.59.77]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id gt10sm8031785wib.20.2015.08.22.10.02.31 for (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 22 Aug 2015 10:02:32 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Epic list of total FAIL. To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <55D637E0.3080409@verizon.net> <2935590.ZJjmRnyj51@andromeda> <55D80E00.4050508@verizon.net> <55D8303D.5000806@gmail.com> <55D8A5EF.2070701@verizon.net> From: Alan McKinnon X-Enigmail-Draft-Status: N1110 Message-ID: <55D8AB21.6090103@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 19:02:25 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <55D8A5EF.2070701@verizon.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 87912278-7046-4bf6-90ca-4b382f002890 X-Archives-Hash: 19e02d40f11028d2fffcf57739febfa1 On 22/08/2015 18:40, Alan Grimes wrote: > The PSU is an Antec EarthWatts 750. > > Biggest hoggs outside the motherboard are the, um, er, well [nvidia 980 > gpu] and an aging Western Digital Velociraptor boot drive. There is also > a 3TB drive for all my p***, er kerbals ( Kerbal Space Program ) . > There is one optical drive and four chassis fans in the system. All fans > are operating perfectly. > > As far as I know the operating conditions for the PSU are nearly ideal.... > > I did have some noise issues with it a few years ago but it seemed to > settle down and hasn't really given me any grief since. Maybe you should assume less and test more. This is good advice, replace the power supply despite your thoughts. They *are* the cost common failure item. > > > Dale wrote: >> Fernando Rodriguez wrote: >>> On Saturday, August 22, 2015 1:52:00 AM Alan Grimes wrote: >>> >>> Findings 3 & 4 sound like a faulty or underrated PSU...or a bad >>> motherboard. Start by unplugging everything that you don't need to >>> boot from a live CD and run some tests. >> It sure does. A weak power supply will certainly cause some issues. If >> he can remove a few power hogs and it works, then the memory may be OK >> and just short on power. Plus, if the power supply is weak, that could >> show up in other places too. >> >> OP, maybe you should give this site a look see: >> >> http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Review_Cat&recatnum=13 >> >> >> This one just reviewed had a perfect score, if it has enough power for >> what you are running. >> >> http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Review_Cat&recatnum=13 >> >> >> This site below lists them by wattage. They test them pretty hard too. >> If it isn't a well built unit, they'll find the problem. >> >> http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/589708-Recommended-PSU-s-True-Tested >> >> >> Hope one of those helps or maybe all of them. >> >> Dale >> > > -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com