Re: Worm, trojan, virus, or simply power supply failure?

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On Sep 9, 6:49 am, PRNole <PRNol...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Of course, I'm sure there's no surefire way to know if the re-booting
has actually stopped until the next re-boot occurs, ...

Had you used the meter, then a power supply problem would have been
obvious. Trained techs use a meter to confirm a new supply will solve
a problem. You don't know if the reason for re-booting was eliminated
because you did not use a multimeter; did not see the problem before
fixing it. Was problem masked only because connectors were cleaned by
removing and replacing? Without numbers, nobody knows. Multimeter
was the surefire way to know.

Meanwhile a defective power supply can still boot and execute a
computer without restarting. Use a meter when computer puts the
supply under maximum load (less than 30 seconds of labor) to confirm
the new supply is sufficient and stable. Those numbers can detect a
defect before a supply causes strange restarts; before its warranty
expires.
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