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Dying Power Supply
john fechon
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This started when I removed the memory stick from my desktop to see if a friend's memory was bad. When i put the stick back in, the fans on the power supply were much noisier (the whole case was actually vibrating). I turned it off and checked for any wires caught in a fan and couldn't find any. The vibrating has stopped, but I cant figure out why its so much louder.
The noise seems to make it shut down after a bit. Occasionally, when I first turn it on, the loud sound isn't there, and I get a warning message in my bios that my overclocking has failed. Then it will start up fine, and gets loud in an hour or so. I haven't overclocked my computer at all.
What I'm wondering is if I may have messed up my power supply by removing the memory sticks. I didn't mess with the power at all. Could I have changed a setting somewhere or maybe dust got inside and are screwing a circuit up?
The noise seems to make it shut down after a bit. Occasionally, when I first turn it on, the loud sound isn't there, and I get a warning message in my bios that my overclocking has failed. Then it will start up fine, and gets loud in an hour or so. I haven't overclocked my computer at all.
What I'm wondering is if I may have messed up my power supply by removing the memory sticks. I didn't mess with the power at all. Could I have changed a setting somewhere or maybe dust got inside and are screwing a circuit up?
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I did have to work to get to the stick because of the wires from the drives being all over top of the slots. But it pops right out when you flip the little plastic clasps. That's why I was worried that moving the wires may have done something.