Show Notes - Episode 43
SERIES: Lab Rats
EPISODE #: 43
RELEASE DATE: Sept 25, 2006
TITLE: Upgrade Your Power Supply
RUN TIME: 20:13:01
HOST: Andy Walker and Sean Carruthers
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Maurice Cacho
DIRECTOR: Matt Harris
EDITOR: Sean Carruthers
SOURCE: www.labrats.tv/episodes/ep43.html
NOTES:
If your power supply is under-powered you could experience:
- Your computer will just stop working [worse case]
- Flacky performance
- Random system freezes
- Random blue screens
ATX:
- Advanced Technology Extended
- Gets plugged into your computer's motherboard
- Introduced in 1995 by Intel.
- See episode 27, for information on how to tame those cables.
- New motherboards may be connect properly to older power supplys.
- Power supplys are normally placed at the top back of your typical computer case.
- Typically power supplys slide in from within the computer case.
- Be sure you ground yourself by touching the metal frame of the PC before starting work.
- For power supply's stick with a name brand such as Enermax or Antec.
- Determine how many watts your computer needs by visiting, Outervision's Calculator.
- For reviews on power supplys go to Toms Hardware.
- For older un-modifed computers 250 watts is good.
- For newer computers 350 watts is minimum.
- For Pentium 4's and AMD equivalent at least 400 watts.
- Everything inside your computer system including external USB and Firewire devices take power.
- Add about 75-100 watt buffer to the calculator's wattage rating.
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CREDITS
Directors:
Andy Walker and Sean Carruthers
Assistance From:
Theme Music by Dee Long
Title Graphics by Steve Huntriss (AKA ‘Tackie’)
Web Master:
Mike Britton
Systems Manager:
Ted Gallardo
Cameras Courtesy of:
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So keep your hands off my power supply.
There's no chance that we'll get away.
So keep your hands to yourself my oh my
I guess it ain't our lucky day hey hey.
Show Notes by Michael Britton
(c) 2006 Labrats Media
