Elizabeth Boston wrote:

>   It ran fine while I was installing the software, and setting the
> system up, and before delivery it ran for long periods of time
> with the screen saver going. I delivered it at noon the other
> day, and the customer used it off and on all day (he uses the
> internet to keep track of his stocks) until 10pm when the screen
> went blank and it began beeping continuous 4 second beeps until
> the power was turned off. Turning it back on resulted in the same
> behavior... blank screen & long beeps.
>         Since then, I have found that I can run the computer for about 2
> hours (if I have let it rest (to cool off??) for several hours
> first) before this happens.
>         I put in a new video card, but it did not help.
>         I was thinking heat, but when the computer has just begun to
> beep I turn it off, and the heat sink and video card feel warm,

How about the heat sink on CPU and mobo? were they hot?

>
> but not as hot as I have seen on other computers that were
> working fine. The outside of the power supply near the fan seems
> warm, while on my computer that runs 24/7 it is actually cool to
> the touch. Could I be overloading the 250wt power supply with so
> many things in the computer?

If the power supply meets its mark -250w, it should have no problem, but
cheap power supply usually don't meet what is on writing. It is worth to
check it the power supply was overloaded (and damaged).

Jun Qian

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