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Answer» :-? my power supply is DYING and causing my pc to just die unexpectedly. it's powering a pentium 4 atx in a sony case with additional connects to two optical drives, one floppy and the hard drives. all of this seems standard, but the power supplies i can find to REPLACE this one are all too deep. i only have 6 inches max of space between the back of my case and the rear end of my optical drives and the replacements are all 6 inches deep! help please, the brand in the case is an NMB but i can't even find this manufacturer nor can i find a supply with an external 12v for my speakers. any suggestions?Make and model of your computer?sony vaio pcv-rz24gWell, here's an online vendor who sells a power supply for the Sony: Sony PC / Server Power Supply (146870923) Rather expensive, but you may not have much choice, due to Sony's proprietary components.thanks i'll check it out that is rather expensive. they don't list the specs for it either i was hoping to upgrade for more power, but if i don't find anything else by the end of the week, i'll probably go with it. thanks againWow, that IS expen$ive! my fear on getting that one is that it will be the same one fan, 300 watt that i have now i would REALLY like to go up someQuote my power supply is dying and causing my pc to just die unexpectedly I have to question this. Are you sure? How do you know?The advantage of a GX1 is that a new PSU from Dell is $30. You can get a whole used Optiplex for that price on eBay. (I guess that's why I have 5! ) At that price I would buy a $10 tester to check the old one first too. i pretty sure its the power supply. first signs were over a year ago with loud fan noises during normal operation followed by hardware warnings on my fan speed during boot. now the fan in the supply doesn't even run. lately, the pc's just been shutting down--complete power down--on its own and it won't restart without unpluging the power supply for about 30 seconds first. sometimes the pc will stay on all day, other times it will die before it even finishes booting; there's no telling. i haven't put a tester on it, no. but i can't find any evidence of malware or MOBO failure using what diagnositic software i've gotten (SYSTEM diag progs, spybot, spyware doctor, mcafee, adaware, etc.). not sure what else it could be.Quote now the fan in the supply doesn't even run. Sounds diagnostic to me.

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:-? my power supply is DYING and causing my pc to just die unexpectedly. it's powering a pentium 4 atx in a sony case with additional connects to two optical drives, one floppy and the hard drives. all of this seems standard, but the power supplies i can find to REPLACE this one are all too deep. i only have 6 inches max of space between the back of my case and the rear end of my optical drives and the replacements are all 6 inches deep!
help please, the brand in the case is an NMB but i can't even find this manufacturer nor can i find a supply with an external 12v for my speakers.
any suggestions?Make and model of your computer?sony vaio pcv-rz24gWell, here's an online vendor who sells a power supply for the Sony: Sony PC / Server Power Supply (146870923) Rather expensive, but you may not have much choice, due to Sony's proprietary components.thanks i'll check it out

that is rather expensive. they don't list the specs for it either

i was hoping to upgrade for more power, but if i don't find anything else by the end of the week, i'll probably go with it.

thanks againWow, that IS expen$ive! my fear on getting that one is that it will be the same one fan, 300 watt that i have now

i would REALLY like to go up someQuote

my power supply is dying and causing my pc to just die unexpectedly

I have to question this.
Are you sure?
How do you know?The advantage of a GX1 is that a new PSU from Dell is $30. You can get a whole used Optiplex for that price on eBay. (I guess that's why I have 5! )

At that price I would buy a $10 tester to check the old one first too.

i pretty sure its the power supply.

first signs were over a year ago with loud fan noises during normal operation followed by hardware warnings on my fan speed during boot. now the fan in the supply doesn't even run.

lately, the pc's just been shutting down--complete power down--on its own and it won't restart without unpluging the power supply for about 30 seconds first. sometimes the pc will stay on all day, other times it will die before it even finishes booting; there's no telling.

i haven't put a tester on it, no. but i can't find any evidence of malware or MOBO failure using what diagnositic software i've gotten (SYSTEM diag progs, spybot, spyware doctor, mcafee, adaware, etc.). not sure what else it could be.Quote

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