Thomas George composed on 2018-05-06 14:36 (UTC-0400): > Box is between two tables but managed to remove side cover and with > mirror confirmed green light on motherboard. Unplugged power cord, green > light goes out, reconnected power, green light on and power switch > works, BIOS message Asus surge protection shut system down because of > unstable power supply..
> My records show I assembled this box from components in 2008. Should I > be worried? Expected lifetimes of cpu, mb, power supply? Inferior quality capacitors in power supplies were *very* common 10 years ago. New or rebuild PS likely all you need. Every PS I bought back around then (at least 4, all 300W or more), different brands every time, and not el-cheapos, needed cap replacement within 3-5 years. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
