I'm working on a computer right now, pretty much done with it. But given how my friend decided to build the thing - from spare parts - I'm looking to put together a basic hardware report on everything.
Most of the parts have been no issue, but I can't find a date on the psu.
He had got the computer, a Gateway something (Have forgotten the specific model, and he's changed so many things that tracking down the original model would be impossible) back in 2011 and it was on it's second psu. The first one I guess was replaced with a stronger model, but I've no idea on this second psu's age.
All I know is that it's a Antec Earthwatt's 500W psu. The only thing different about it to me is that it's a unpainted gray box. I've used a EW before, but it was the 380W model and it came in green.
It's a rough guess, but I'd put it at 4 1/2 years old, which would explain the issue he was having with it - Sudden crashes after installing 2 sata hdd's, the psu's capacitors are aged and it couldn't support extra drives - but this is just a rough estimate.
I'd test that more extensively, however he was 'nice' enough to switch the computer over to a new case and remove the dvd and bluray drives, and both secondary hdd's that were added. before I got a chance to look at it. So, given the HW changes I can't be certain that it's cap aging.
Most of the parts have been no issue, but I can't find a date on the psu.
He had got the computer, a Gateway something (Have forgotten the specific model, and he's changed so many things that tracking down the original model would be impossible) back in 2011 and it was on it's second psu. The first one I guess was replaced with a stronger model, but I've no idea on this second psu's age.
All I know is that it's a Antec Earthwatt's 500W psu. The only thing different about it to me is that it's a unpainted gray box. I've used a EW before, but it was the 380W model and it came in green.
It's a rough guess, but I'd put it at 4 1/2 years old, which would explain the issue he was having with it - Sudden crashes after installing 2 sata hdd's, the psu's capacitors are aged and it couldn't support extra drives - but this is just a rough estimate.
I'd test that more extensively, however he was 'nice' enough to switch the computer over to a new case and remove the dvd and bluray drives, and both secondary hdd's that were added. before I got a chance to look at it. So, given the HW changes I can't be certain that it's cap aging.
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