--- Daniel Lee Kruse  wrote:

> > > 
> 
> > Usually a connector heats up from a bad connection - high
> resistance =
> > melted plastic.
> > 
> > Franklin
> > 
> > 
> > 		
> In other words, someone has a junky ATX connector (probably Asuck). 
> But why just on the red wires?  Wouldn't any of the other wires be
> susceptible?  I wonder if Asuck had a bad batch of ATX connectors
> that
> made it to their A7V880 line of boards...
> Thanks for the input,
> Daniel Lee Kruse

I put in a 400w power supply recently into a computer that I had a lot
of trouble with, the mb has pins and the connectors the sockets, so
possibly the sockets are stretched or just big for the pins, or
possibly dissimilar metals could cause a little corrosion. A small
amount of dielectric grease on the connector might help there. Don't
know how you would pinch the sockets a bit. A lot of amperage goes
through those connectors nowadays. I could not tell you what is the
exact problem with yours though.

My trouble was I kept upgrading in the old case and never thought of
the power supply. It has a k7at-h mb with 1.3 duron, fans, floppy, usb,
DVD r/rw, 40 gig WD drive. The DVD and hard drive would get really hot
after a while, along with a lot of heat coming out of the case all the
time. I added a second HD, a 160 gig maxtor which ran fine for about 20
minutes, then just went nuts. I sent that one back and maxtor sent
another under warrenty, it seemed also unreliable. I abandoned that
computer for a while, the 80 gig drive into another computer running
fine. 
Recently I resurrected it with the same 40 gig drive I added a PCI SATA
card and an 80 gig sata drive. This drive would move data for about 7
seconds, click and die for about three seconds, then click and get
going again. I checked WD's website and they said possible power
problem. I then opened up the case and found I was using a 275 watt
power supply. changed to the 400w and no more problems, and all the
components are running reliably and much cooler.
Ample power and good connections are very important I know now.

Franklin


		
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