I also had a PS that ran off and on for over 7 years, I finally went to ATX and got rid of the AT case and PS. When it comes to PS you never know how long they will last. Sam. Randy Clarksean wrote: >I had to physically move my office on Saturday ... then on Sunday I moved my >server as well ... having to shut it down after 275 days of uptime *sniff* >*sniff* > >Odd issue though ... I opened the system and blew it out with a compressed >cleaner ... then ... when I went to reboot ... the system would not start >back up ... pressing the power button on occasion resulted in CPU fan >spinning a time or two ... but then nothing ... no startup. > >I found it rather odd that it ran for 275 days ... then would not restart. >I did check all the power connectors, etc. - none of that made a difference. >I then just replaced the power supply and it fired up right away. > >Thoughts ... comments on what might have caused it to die/not restart? > >System: PII 450 MHz, basic cheap case, etc. Had a Deere power supply >(nothing fancy I know) > >Randy > > > > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.0 - Release Date: 2/25/2005