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possible power supply problems

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fifthgear

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so tonight while playing, i heard a short "bzz" from my power supply and then 4 seconds later my computer shuts off!!
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my computer has done this in the past, but not in about 2-3 months. Total its done this 5-6 times. i have always wondered what could be causing this......is my power supply just over worked? system is as follows:

edit: 2 times it has done this when i bumped my lan cord and my USB cords in back while plugging / unpluging the cables

Antec Sonata Case w/ the standard 320watt power supply

AMD XP3200 processor
2 gigs DDR400
Radeon 9800 Pro
Sound Blaster Audigy 4
Soyo Dragon 2 motherboard
2 - 160gig IDE hard drives
1 - 160gig SATA hard drive
1 - 120mm fan
1 - 80mm fan
1 - DVD-RW


i dont think it is over worked.....maybe its just failing? i dont know.....i need help though =(
 
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