philo wrote:
> "Jef Driesen" <jefdriesen@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:el8l5f$hf5$1@ikaria.belnet.be...
>> One of my old PIII system (500 MHz if I remember correctly) suddenly
>> won't boot anymore. Sometimes I can get as far as the boot screen and
>> than stops abrupt (e.g. like when unplugging the power cable). But most
>> of the time it doesn't boot at all, and it remains completely dead.
>>
>> I tested with the power supply unit (psu) from a similar system and
>> everything goes well again. So I tried to get my hands on a new psu. I
>> could recuperate one from a dell optiplex GX1 (also a PIII system).
>
> If you want a free one (for the price of postage only) and are in the USA
>
> I have a few spares in my basement 200 & 235 watt Dell

Thanks for the offer, but I already have a Dell psu (I need a real ATX
one). And I live in Europe :-(