Re: HELP - out of the case, but trippin' the Breaker


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Posted by LeMasters on 20, 2001 at 2:31 PM:

In Reply to: Re: HELP - out of the case, but trippin' the Breaker posted by Jack Tripper on 20, 2001 at 1:37 PM:

: I've never tried running a PC without a case like you are doing, but I have a lot of experience troubleshooting electrical problems. Please be careful working with electricity while you are troubleshooting this problem.

GOOD ADVICE

: If you suspect the power supply, try disconnecting the power supply from all of your PC components (motherboard, drives, etc...). If the breaker still trips, then you probably have a bad power supply.

Great idea! (guess I should have thought of that).
I'll try it tonight!

: I'm confused by your comment about gounding the components together. Everything connected to the power supply is likely to already have a ground wire in the power supply connector (most power supplies that I have seen have a diagram on them).

Sounds right -- I wasn't sure if being connected together by the metal case provided any additional "grounding" that was important.

: You may want to look for components that look or smell burned.

Nothing smells burned so far -- a really strange event. I have set the motherboard to boot-up at powerup, but it should be noted that it tripped the breakers without this setting.

Thanks again!


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