[SEDXC] Help - PC

[William Douglas]

Sounds like the power supply is dying. What type of computer is it?
Dell, HP? You should be able to replace the power supply cheap getting
one at Microcenter.


On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 14:59 -0400, Dan Nixon wrote:
> Hello and thanks for reading this post. I need to pick the brain of you
> computer guru's out there. My ham computer has been slowly acting up, that
> is to say for no apparent reason it would just shut down very fast. Usually
> I can power off and back on and it will work fine. Last night it powered off
> very quick and I can't resuscitate it..HI!
> 
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> I've checked the voltages at the disk drive pins and find the 12V is there
> but no 5 dvc, only a reading of about -.63 vdc. Any thoughts whether this
> might be the power supply or possibly the motherboard causing the 5 vdc to
> diminish.
> 
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> 
> I apologize to anyone who finds offense with a PC question, but this
> computer does all my DX tracking, and station activities..HI
> 
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> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dan, W4EA
> 
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