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From: RR.PPE@forsythe.stanford.edu
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Subject: Re: bad power supplies (was: Problems with my Dell)
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Date: 24 Jan 90 21:12:41 GMT
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In article <4417@pegasus.ATT.COM>,
psrc@pegasus.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm) writes:
>In article <75971@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, tim@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU
>(Timothy H Smith) writes:
>
>> I've had the machine about 20 some days and already have had 2
>> motherboards replaced.
>
>I'm no hardware guru, but that sounds like a bad power supply to me.

Funny you should say that.......  We have a Dell 286 which killed two
hard drives (replaced under warranty) and eventually a third along with
the power supply (no longer under warranty).  That's when we found out
that the computer came with an *85 watt* supply for a machine that size.
We bought a reasonable 120 watt supply and have had no more problems.
Dell, by the way, never replied to our correspondence on this problem.