dieing psu's

[sup3rcarrx8]

How can you tell when your power supply is dieing on you? I want to know since i've left my computer on without turning it off for about a month now and it's a generic 300watt psu that came with my case. So any tips would be helpful, thanks.

[tinman5567]

Had two case psu's go out on me before they blew os would start rebooting mostly wile playing games.One blew and took out hard drive,cdrw and one stick ram ouch soo I dont use psu's that come in cases any more I have case psu box in the closet to put them in :D

[Sharkman]

I would think to check your rails. If they are very erratic or continually out of spec then its time to get a new PSU. Like tinman said "most" generic psu's that come with cases are junk. Unless its from a trusted name always look at getting a replacement.

[stool]

Random freezes, random reboots, difficulty rebooting. Just being on 24/7 shouldn't kill a PSU, though.