In <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes: [snip] > 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). [snip] > 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