From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1FAPwx-0001jN-0d for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 11:08:27 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k1IB6piG022282; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 11:06:51 GMT Received: from lmfilto02.st1.spray.net (lmfilto02.st1.spray.net [212.78.202.66]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k1IB173g030059 for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 11:01:07 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lmfilto02.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D698B41A479 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:43:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cmcodec04.st1.spray.net ([212.78.203.80]) by localhost (lmfilto02.st1.spray.net [212.78.202.32]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 27088-08 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:43:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cmcodec04.st1.spray.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cmcodec04.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 8FC15CA58B for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:43:30 +0000 (GMT) Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=lycos.co.uk; h=From:Subject; b=buCeW7pKMa55i+sgEscnKveTRZVmv+3BdFFpdLco+HG0OF+zEgZvP+cBYjIg+DctnqVYtxysG/0LKFd/xphX7WIk3eBacS0gqKJN2Ys1qGxZEuvazQd3JlJDdCEwj8oqgFnSKJF8p3UKK2wMCACe/eWFr28SMh9pXh43mmPs3Nc=; From: "Michael Kintzios" To: Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Hardware issues, probably overheating, help? Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:43:29 -0000 Message-ID: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 In-Reply-To: <200602171643.05557.mrugeshkarnik@gmail.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at spray.net X-Archives-Salt: 7afcfd92-14aa-4a64-bc94-2e9557850177 X-Archives-Hash: a15c12aafd6ed5986338bdba5e83e03b > -----Original Message----- > From: Mrugesh Karnik [mailto:mrugeshkarnik@gmail.com] > Sent: 17 February 2006 11:13 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware issues, probably > overheating, help? > > > It says 400W on the power supply, but at the price I've > bought the case, I'm > sure its only about 350W. > > The second and third I've tried. Fourth... Hmm, I'll try to do that. > > And yeah, the power cord is plugged in perfectly, I just checked. As already suggested the possibility of overheating can be ruled out if you use a domestic comfort cooling fan and with the case open you position it to blow across the MOBO and towards the back of the case. A low/medium setting from some distance is best as you want it to fan out enough to cover MOBO, drives, etc and not race the fans in the case to their maximum. I you still get shutdowns then look again at the power supply. I would heed advice already given - you get what you pay - so go for a good quality PSU with adequate rating for your system's needs. -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list