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Power Supplies and Pittsburgh
Nov. 2nd, 2009 11:48 pmA shower of sparks erupted from my tower today, signifying the end of a 600W power supply that was underrated for the system to begin with.
I managed to find a $50 750W Ultra (same brand as the 600W) to replace it.
Crossing my fingers the motherboard and other components were not fried. There's no visible scarring anywhere, and no capacitors are melted, so at least there's a chance.
If it won't boot when the parts arrive sometime this week, then I'll be waiting for my tax return to purchase a laptop of some kind to serve as my future studio and double as a PC for college (I'll be doing this anyway, but I'd like to salvage the desktop for the meantime.) I also purchased two thermaltake case fans rated at 78 CFM, this ought to help produce better airflow in my case. The culprit, I'm afraid, is that the 600W ran very hot. I imagine this is largely due to it needing to draw nearly it's capacity at all times, so I do imagine a 750W will solve the problem (I hope :X)
I am seriously considering going four years computer science (programming for certain.) After that four years is up, i can decide whether I want to get an education certificate, keep going, or whatever. But at least with a degree in programming, I'll have some other options. I taught myself BASIC at age 11 - so hopefully I've got a bit of a natural knack for it. This means I may pull out a couple coding books I have laying around and start going through them again.
In other news, I will likely be spending some time in Pittsburgh. How do you like them apples?
I managed to find a $50 750W Ultra (same brand as the 600W) to replace it.
Crossing my fingers the motherboard and other components were not fried. There's no visible scarring anywhere, and no capacitors are melted, so at least there's a chance.
If it won't boot when the parts arrive sometime this week, then I'll be waiting for my tax return to purchase a laptop of some kind to serve as my future studio and double as a PC for college (I'll be doing this anyway, but I'd like to salvage the desktop for the meantime.) I also purchased two thermaltake case fans rated at 78 CFM, this ought to help produce better airflow in my case. The culprit, I'm afraid, is that the 600W ran very hot. I imagine this is largely due to it needing to draw nearly it's capacity at all times, so I do imagine a 750W will solve the problem (I hope :X)
I am seriously considering going four years computer science (programming for certain.) After that four years is up, i can decide whether I want to get an education certificate, keep going, or whatever. But at least with a degree in programming, I'll have some other options. I taught myself BASIC at age 11 - so hopefully I've got a bit of a natural knack for it. This means I may pull out a couple coding books I have laying around and start going through them again.
In other news, I will likely be spending some time in Pittsburgh. How do you like them apples?
