Antec Sonata II Power Supply Faulty

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Built a computer for my nephew using an ASRock 939Dual-VSTA ULi M1695 Socket
939, 3700 + cpu, 1 gig OCZ Platinum, and a Sonata II with 450 watt power
supply. After in use for over a week, gotta call stating the computer shut
off and when the power button was pressed, all that happened was the fans
would spin a little bit and then nothing. Changed the PS still under
warrenty and computer is back in shape. Some other people had a similar
problem so I hope this helps them out.
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Love and Teach, Not Yell and Beat
Stop Violence and Child Abuse.
No such thing as Bad Kids. Only Bad Parents.
The most horrible feeling in the world is knowing that No One is There to
Protect You.

A64 3500+, Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939,AIW 9800 Pro 128mb
MSI 550 Pro, X-Fi, Pioneer 110D, 111D
Antec 550 watt,Thermaltake Lanfire,2 Gb OCZ Platinum 2-3-2-5
2XSATA 320gb Raid Edition, PATA 120Gb
XP MCE2005, 19in Viewsonic,BenchMark 2001 SE- 19074
Games I'm Playing- Falcon 4, winSPWW2, winSPMBT, Call of Duty War Chest
 
VanShania said:
Built a computer for my nephew using an ASRock 939Dual-VSTA ULi M1695 Socket
939, 3700 + cpu, 1 gig OCZ Platinum, and a Sonata II with 450 watt power
supply. After in use for over a week, gotta call stating the computer shut
off and when the power button was pressed, all that happened was the fans
would spin a little bit and then nothing. Changed the PS still under
warrenty and computer is back in shape. Some other people had a similar
problem so I hope this helps them out.
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MSI 550 Pro, X-Fi, Pioneer 110D, 111D
Antec 550 watt,Thermaltake Lanfire,2 Gb OCZ Platinum 2-3-2-5
2XSATA 320gb Raid Edition, PATA 120Gb
XP MCE2005, 19in Viewsonic,BenchMark 2001 SE- 19074
Games I'm Playing- Falcon 4, winSPWW2, winSPMBT, Call of Duty War Chest
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Vansh, Nice helping out the nephew. How do like his ASRock board
compared to your Gigabyte? ..just general impressions.
 
I wouldn't recommend it for a first time builder as the manual is sparse at
best. It does have a bios that is overclocker friendly(though they use some
different terms like MA timing for what I hope is CMD timing as I set it to
1T). It seems like a good board that would allow a slow switch from a socket
A system to PCI-Express board. It does allow a cheap way to upgrade. The
computer has only been running for a couple of weeks and I haven't flashed
the bios or done any benchmarks, but it certainly seems like a stable board.
The only thing I didn't like about it is the SATA setup. I may have misread
the manual as I just glanced at the sata stuff but to use the SATA 300, you
have to set a jumper that may disable the 2 sata150 ports. So you can use 2
sata150 drives or one sata300 drive. I would phone asrock and ask about that
before purchasing if you plan on using at least 3 hard drives.
Compared to my Gigabyte, the asrock appears just as stable if not more so
since I didn't have to load raid drivers like I do for the Gig board to make
it run fine. I actually wish I would have known about this board before I
bought the gigabyte as it has just as much expandability as the gigabyte and
then some. Like I said before though, the manual for asrock is sparse, and
first time builders will want to stay away from it. Gigabyte, Asus and MSI
have good manuals that describe every detail about building a new computer
and setting up the bios.


--
Love and Teach, Not Yell and Beat
Stop Violence and Child Abuse.
No such thing as Bad Kids. Only Bad Parents.
The most horrible feeling in the world is knowing that No One is There to
Protect You.

A64 3500+, Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939,AIW 9800 Pro 128mb
MSI 550 Pro, X-Fi, Pioneer 110D, 111D
Antec 550 watt,Thermaltake Lanfire,2 Gb OCZ Platinum 2-3-2-5
2XSATA 320gb Raid Edition, PATA 120Gb
XP MCE2005, 19in Viewsonic,BenchMark 2001 SE- 19074
Games I'm Playing- Falcon 4, winSPWW2, winSPMBT, Call of Duty War Chest
 
VanShania said:
I wouldn't recommend it for a first time builder as the manual is sparse at
best. It does have a bios that is overclocker friendly(though they use some
different terms like MA timing for what I hope is CMD timing as I set it to
1T). It seems like a good board that would allow a slow switch from a socket
A system to PCI-Express board. It does allow a cheap way to upgrade. The
computer has only been running for a couple of weeks and I haven't flashed
the bios or done any benchmarks, but it certainly seems like a stable board.
The only thing I didn't like about it is the SATA setup. I may have misread
the manual as I just glanced at the sata stuff but to use the SATA 300, you
have to set a jumper that may disable the 2 sata150 ports. So you can use 2
sata150 drives or one sata300 drive. I would phone asrock and ask about that
before purchasing if you plan on using at least 3 hard drives.
Compared to my Gigabyte, the asrock appears just as stable if not more so
since I didn't have to load raid drivers like I do for the Gig board to make
it run fine. I actually wish I would have known about this board before I
bought the gigabyte as it has just as much expandability as the gigabyte and
then some. Like I said before though, the manual for asrock is sparse, and
first time builders will want to stay away from it. Gigabyte, Asus and MSI
have good manuals that describe every detail about building a new computer
and setting up the bios.
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Thx for the good, solid info. Happy New Year!
-see my interp. of your poem below..


Vansh encouraged:
Love and Teach, Not Yell and Beat
Stop Violence and Child Abuse.
No such thing as Bad Kids. Only Bad Parents.
The most horrible feeling in the world is knowing that No One is There to
Protect You.
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OSbandito grinched:

Yell and beat, till mushy meat.
Eat babies sauteed with onions.
So many bad kids
mug grannies and go to prison.
The most horrible feeling in the world is having
a bad stock-broker. Ho Ho Ho!
 
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