Hi, we had exactly the same thing happen to our son at college and your
guess is right, his power supply was bad. He was running an athlon 600, and
we had a 250 watt power supply in it, we went to a 300 watt when we replaced
it and it has been running fine.  We were so afraid that it was something
more serious, but we had the power supply checked for 10.00 and that was the
problem.  Hope this helps.

Jenelle



> Hey guys,
>
> Just built a new system for a friend. This was about 4 months ago. Specs
are:
>
> PII 450
> Soyo 6ba+IV mobo
> 128 megs ram
> Voodoo 3 2000 agp video
> Soundblaster Live!
> Seagate HD
> Enlight 7237 case with 250 watt power supply
>
> Was working today and then boom...screen goes black.
> Power light on the monitor is still on.
> Power light on the case is out.
> Exhaust fan on the back of the case is not running.
> The mobo has a neat little green light on it that says power is getting to
the mobo. It's still on.
>
> So I got power to the mobo, but nothing else.
> I'm thinking power supply gone bad.
> Do you guys have any other suggestions before I open her up? Anyone seen
this behavior before?
> I'm looking for you experience here.
>
> Thanks a bunch. I read the list every day and have learned a lot.
>
> Jeff Crowson
>
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