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chrisinhouston · 04-05-2015, 09:16 AM

Sitting at my computer this morning and in the flash of a second it shut off and won't restart. Haven't had time to look inside yet but I think the power supply may have died. I figure I will start by replacing the power cord and plugging to a different outlet to eliminate anything so simple as that. Then move inside. Somewhere I think I have one of those power supply testers.

This is a pretty well made tower style computer, a Cyberpower that
I got 4-5 years ago. I rarely turn it off, just put it in sleep mode when getting off. Not sure if that is good or not now a days. I remember a time when daily on and off powering could effect the boot up sector of the hard drive.

Luckily I upgraded my laptop and can survive with that for awhile.

04-05-2015, 09:16 AM	#1
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	I think my desktop power supply just died Sitting at my computer this morning and in the flash of a second it shut off and won't restart. Haven't had time to look inside yet but I think the power supply may have died. I figure I will start by replacing the power cord and plugging to a different outlet to eliminate anything so simple as that. Then move inside. Somewhere I think I have one of those power supply testers. This is a pretty well made tower style computer, a Cyberpower that I got 4-5 years ago. I rarely turn it off, just put it in sleep mode when getting off. Not sure if that is good or not now a days. I remember a time when daily on and off powering could effect the boot up sector of the hard drive. Luckily I upgraded my laptop and can survive with that for awhile.