PHATMAN5050
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I setup a computer for a client and i bought a 350W power supply in a case. After i made sure everything was setup correctly, i flipped the switch, checked the bios to make sure everything was good, and then proceeded to install WINXP Pro. After a couple seconds of showing "Setup will now inspect your computer's hardware..." the whole system did a hard shutoff. I started to smell what smelt like some burning computer component so i immediately took the plug out of the back of the psu. I tried to turn it on again after a couple minutes and nothing happened. Luckily, i had an extra 250W power supply at my house so I exchanged them and everything works fine now. Why would a 350W power supply fry after minutes, and a 250W power supply work? It isn't a problem with too many things using power either...The computer setup is as follows:
AMD Athlon XP 1600+
Abit KR7A-Raid 133
Creative Live! Platinum 5.1
Creative 52x CDRom
3 1/2 1.44mb Floppy
GeForce 3 64mb
AMD Athlon XP 1600+
Abit KR7A-Raid 133
Creative Live! Platinum 5.1
Creative 52x CDRom
3 1/2 1.44mb Floppy
GeForce 3 64mb