[ale] OT: Can Bad PS Cause Hangs?

[Stuffed Crust]

On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 03:09:36PM -0400, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> I've been trying to chase down the cause for occasional freeze-ups with an
> Asus K7V mobo with an Athlon 700.  Freeze-ups tend to be high-activity
> related (e.g., SETI at Home client, fractal screensaver).  

The Athlons are notorious for needing "good" power supplies -- to the
point where AMD even recommends certian types.
 
> My question to you is this:  in your experience, would this condition likely
> result in freeze-ups under load, and would you regard -5.50V as being way
> off for a 300W PC PS?

Usually components can handle a +- 5-10% difference in supply voltage..
but yeah, you shouldn't be setting off alarms.  Sounds like the PS might
be the culprit.

I had a bad power supply that was causing random crashes (on a K6-233
system.. very heavily loaded..)  I swapped it, crashes went away.   I
still have the PS though, and I use it as a bench supply.  :)

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