The PSU to my Amiga 2000 just blew up again - that is twice in one year (after replacing it with another 300W PSU from Mr Hardware Computers). I was wondering, what does that mean? This time, after 'shutting down', I heard a pop sound and then a horrible burning smell...
I do have a lot of drives and cards in the Amiga 2000 tower. Would getting a higher watt PSU like 400W prevent this kind of burnout from happening? (would getting a 400W PSU for an A2000 damage the computer?) Or is it a heating issue? I just need a more reliable solution for the power supply to my A2000 -- I was pretty anxious that the motherboard or some of the cards were damaged (but it all seems fine - right now I am running the computer from my originall 2000 PSU).
I am actually not 100% certain that this replacement PSU which blew up was in fact a 300W PSU - it certainly lasted for a much shorter time than the original 300W PSU I got from Mr. Hardware, and when I tried installing a dkb wildfire card, it still had difficulties booting up.
if anyone has any suggestions/insight into this problem, let me know - I was thinking it might be better for me to start building my own A2000 PSU's rather than paying $120 every 6 months.
