In <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes:

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> But returning to the story, a few days ago, the power supply in the e-machine
> 300k died. I've now come to consider having a PC right next to each of our
> HP3000s an essential item, and that's what the e-machine was being used for
> (and also as an auxiliary processor, letting us FTP PostScript files to the
> PC for distillation and then being re-FTP'ed back into the HP3000).

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> The only worry is that the new machine has the same power supply in it as did
> the previous machine. If it doesn't last any longer than did the previous
> one, it appears I'm going to have to buy a few of those too. I found the
> wholesale price on the power supply to be $24, so if you had to, you could
> consider them to be part of the price of doing business (they're only held in
> with 3 screws and their replacement takes only about 10 minutes), but I'm
> hoping for the best.

I wonder if alot of them come from the same place(s). I've lost power
supplies in two separate (recent) PCs in the past 2 months. Also those
fans they're all using nowadays seem to live about 8-12 months before locking
up and buzzing.

  -Chris eBartram