Help with Monster PC

[ell]

Really? You don't have a strong power supply to test with. A reliable cheapie is under $50. It probably should be in your bag of tricks.

its so seldom I get desktops in and I have 3 already on hand so I just never bothered. I suppose I should pick one up.

 

[cypress]

I just came into the thread to say that you should have a spare PSU in inventory. Amazon has great deals.

https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-WHITE-W...UTF8&qid=1477495235&sr=8-2&keywords=evga+430w

https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-WHITE-W...UTF8&qid=1477495294&sr=8-1&keywords=evga+430w

You got a 500W or 430W for the everyday rig. I have one on hand always.

 

[Larry Sabo]

That's not such a monster. A week ago I had a custom-built computer in a "Rain" enclosure that must have measured a meter by a meter and had a built-in carrying handle to lug it around with. That sucker weighted about 90 pounds, had dual Xeons, 50GB of memory, 4 1TB hard drives, an Intel WorksationS5520SC motherboard, and what looked to be a 1200 watt power supply. I was asked to clear the BIOS password after its owner died. After doing that, I couldn't get it running because start-up repair repeatedly failed and the system kept shutting down every few seconds. Rather than replace the heat sink compound on those Xeons, I asked the customer to take it to another shop that does a lot of servers; I'm too old to be wrestling with beasts like that.

 

[ell]

That's not such a monster. A week ago I had a custom-built computer in a "Rain" enclosure that must have measured a meter by a meter and had a built-in carrying handle to lug it around with. That sucker weighted about 90 pounds, had dual Xeons, 50GB of memory, 4 1TB hard drives, an Intel WorksationS5520SC motherboard, and what looked to be a 1200 watt power supply. I was asked to clear the BIOS password after its owner died. After doing that, I couldn't get it running because start-up repair repeatedly failed and the system kept shutting down every few seconds. Rather than replace the heat sink compound on those Xeons, I asked the customer to take it to another shop that does a lot of servers; I'm too old to be wrestling with beasts like that.

LOL me too!

 

[mikeroq]

Biggest computer I've had in. Such a massive case for a normal ATX board, single processor, AIO cooler no loop. Only one video card.

Compared to my dual processor workstation