john andersen rozqtfcgmailcom thu feb 14 2008 618 greg freemyer wrote dont know measured load important measure short power surges particular im suspicious load raid1 resync could technique catch 10 msec spike etc even cheapest cheap powersupplies handle spikes duration mention fact designed supply capacity tp park heads disk drives event total power failure extra capacity available handle spikes power supply op mentioned adequate everything mentioned scenario might draw would burning dvd tasks time stressing gpu fact ops problem persists suggests power supply issue ive often uses stip chart recorder measuring total power consumption power monitoring problem computers ive never seen machine draw anywhere near psu rated doubling capacity necessarily better protection machine may drawing power crappy portion psus output see look detailed output characteristics chart psu something dig always published would suggest op put ups capable running machine 10 minutes least also careful running voltcraft device plugged ups lots cheap units designed handle near square wave produced typical ups id also start digitally measuring temperature surface mounted components mobo digitally finger fact fan helps psu suggests something poorly heat sinked jsa tue 05 aug 2008 171559 0800 opensuse ot much power pc really consume