7. Desktop Power Supply Troubleshooting

Fast Track to Solutions

Image
Image

Table 7.1 Symptom Table

What Bad Power Does to Your System

If you’re planning a system upgrade, it’s likely that your power supply is not on the list. After all, it doesn’t appear to affect a system’s performance or features. But appearances can be deceiving. Bad power supplies can cause a lot of grief. A lot of the problems PC users experience that get blamed on memory, Windows, and so on can all be traced to a faulty or poor-quality power supply. Sadly, the power supply is often ...

Get The PC and Gadget Help Desk: A Do-It-Yourself Guide To Troubleshooting and Repairing now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.