Re: Slow Boot After Installing New PSU



A meter is quicker but may not necasarily show these types of failures. I
replaced a Saturn PSU in 2 computers because it killed several Gigabyte
motherboards per case.
"Don Phillipson" <e925@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Chris" <chrisyork@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Just installed new 650W PSU ( more than enough power for my needs) after
failure of the previous unit. The only problem is that the computer now
takes about 4 minutes to boot to screen compared to about 90 seconds
before.
Anybody got any thoughts on why this should be ?

Probably a defective power supply unit. These are nowadays so cheaply
made we must expect them to fail regularly. (In January I had a brand-
new one fail within 3 weeks. Fortunately it takes less than 5 minutes
to instal and test a new one functionally, faster than with a voltage
meter.)

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)




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