Power supply slowly dying

[Michael McNamara]

It seems that the power supply in my desktop PC is starting to slowly die. My desktop PC wouldn't power on tonight until I unplugged the PC from the wall and then plugged it back in again. The last power supply did the same thing a few years ago until it finally died and no amount of unplugging it from the wall would get it to come to life.

I was hoping to spend some money on a new display and perhaps even a new graphics card. The current 8800GTS is having a difficult time keeping up with Battlefield Bad Company 2. That might have to wait now as I'll probably need to purchase a new power supply... the current power supply is an Antec TP-550, perhaps those have lifetime warranties?

Cheers!

[cielo]

In my opinion, Antec is one of the best power supply vendors and for that reason i've use them very often in my "hand made" PCs. For example, I have a file server for a small company build around a Antec case/PSU and it worked flawless for more then 3 years now - 24/7/365.

Maybe you have problems with your electricity company and a good UPS will solve this strange behavior. 

[Michael McNamara]

Hi cielo,

It seems that my report was premature because that same Antec TP-550 is still running strong today. I'm not sure what happen to the PC that night but things have been working fine ever since. In general I would agree with you regarding the Antec brand, unfortunately given how many computers I have in my house the law of averages is bound to catch up to me and it has from time to time. In this specific case though I seem to have dodged the bullet.

Thanks for the response!