Life span of typical power supply

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Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) said:
I have a SPI 300W power supply that's now over 4 years old.
Should I replace it? A bit worried about fire risk....

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Is there anything that has trigged that thought?
I would be thinking more if the mainboard, cpu, RAM, and graphics card are
still keeping up with my needs on a 4 year old computer.

Should I replace the alternator on my 8 year old Toyota?
There is nothing specific that tells me to do that, but I should be changing
the oil and oil filter after a specific mileage.

Have faith. 'If it ain't broke......'
 
I have a SPI 300W power supply that's now over 4 years old.
Should I replace it? A bit worried about fire risk....

--
@~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY.
/ v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you!
/( _ )\ (Xubuntu 8.04.1) Linux 2.6.26.5
^ ^ 18:20:02 up 5 days 3:10 3 users load average: 1.01 1.02 1.00
? ? (CSSA):http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_pubsvc/page_socsecu/sub_addressesa/
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take it apart, if you want, blow it out with air and spray it down
with alcohol until until the newspapers underneath no longer are
yellowish brown. air-borne crud building up to a heat-retaining
jacket are probably within the top 10 worst component killers. i've a
fortron server grade PS i dread doing that to -- it's as heavy as a
brick and just as compact within with componets. a 300w, oth - piece
of cake, with space to work on like an old 302 in a truck
 
take it apart, if you want, blow it out with air and spray it down
with alcohol until until the newspapers underneath no longer are
yellowish brown. air-borne crud building up to a heat-retaining
jacket are probably within the top 10 worst component killers. i've a
fortron server grade PS i dread doing that to -- it's as heavy as a
brick and just as compact within with componets. a 300w, oth - piece
of cake, with space to work on like an old 302 in a truck
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I did look into the inside of the power supply. Didn't found much dust
on top of the components....

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Is there anything that has trigged that thought?
I would be thinking more if the mainboard, cpu, RAM, and graphics card are
still keeping up with my needs on a 4 year old computer.
Click to expand...

Fire reports from over-heated electrical appliances. Of course, cheap
appliances might not be using good transformer circuits...
Should I replace the alternator on my 8 year old Toyota?
There is nothing specific that tells me to do that, but I should be changing
the oil and oil filter after a specific mileage.

Have faith. 'If it ain't broke......'
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Can't compare a power supply to a big car. Electronics vs
electro-mechanical....

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Man-wai Chang ToDie (33.6k) said:
Fire reports from over-heated electrical appliances. Of course, cheap
appliances might not be using good transformer circuits...


Can't compare a power supply to a big car. Electronics vs
electro-mechanical....
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Well a PS does have a fan, which would make it electro-mechanical, and it's
the alternator only, not the whole car.

I certainly appreciate the idea of blowing out the dust, and even possibly
changing the fan if it were noisy.
 
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