Can a bad power supply be the culprit for a lot of otherwise unexplained problems?
Reader: I was reading in your book that a cheap power supply can cause alot of problems and I live in a house that is not wired to today’s wiring standards as far as grounding is concerned. Could this cause all types of intermittent problems, too? I also have many power drains due to the wiring in- efficiencies. Computer Doctor: It could be the cause of the problems, but not if the errors you get are repeated and consistent. I think you are having other problems. Try removing items from your system and reconfiguring until it becomes stable. Try also playing with the timing, reset the CPU speed to 200MHz for example and try slowing down the memory timing. If these things help then you have an unstable or bad motherboard or CPU.
