I Think I Fried My PSU, I Need To Be Sure

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Raziel

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Hey all!

Adding to my recent myriad of problems with my upgraded computer I think I may have fried my PSU.

As some of you may recall only one stick of my 2 GB's of DDR2 800 memory was working. It was suggested to me that I should up the voltage from 1.8 -> 2.0 (The memory had a recommended range of 1.8-2.2). So I did this, and BAM it started after two tries. I then turned it off and rebooted it got to the BIOS screen and just froze... So I hit the power switch and booted it right back up only to find that the computer turns on for about a second or two before switching right the **** off .

Argh.

So I think the extra voltage was too much for my poor Antec Truepower 2.0 550W, but I want to make sure before I go out and by some beast of a power supply that it was indeed my power supply and not (sigh) my brand new motherboard or RAM.

Is there anyway I can identify the problem here?

Thanks in advance guys!


P.S. Build Specs!

CPU: Q6600
GPU: 7900 GTX
MOBO: P35-DS4
PSU: Antec Truepower 2.0 550W
RAM: 2 GB of GeIL RAM (only one stick was functioning)
 
The only thing I can think of is to bring your PSU to a friends house and see if it boots his computer up. I don't think .2v will fry a 550w PSU, escpescially with your specs.
 
Your PSU is definitely not fried. You should take out the offending stick of Ram, reset your BIOS to defaults, and restart your PC. Reply to this thread if that doesn't work.
 
Mep916, the computer won't turn on no matter what RAM I have in there. I tried putting in some from another computer and it wouldn't turn on. So I have reason to believe its the motherboard or PSU. Now since most people are saying it isn't the PSU I'm guessing it's the motherboard which kind of breaks my heart :(. I don't suppose anyone know if there is another factor which it could be?

Oscaryu1: I am not sure what an extra stand off is. I will check if the motherboard is touching the case.
 
Raziel said:
Mep916, the computer won't turn on no matter what RAM I have in there. I tried putting in some from another computer and it wouldn't turn on. So I have reason to believe its the motherboard or PSU. Now since most people are saying it isn't the PSU I'm guessing it's the motherboard which kind of breaks my heart :(. I don't suppose anyone know if there is another factor which it could be?

Oscaryu1: I am not sure what an extra stand off is. I will check if the motherboard is touching the case.
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Looks somewhat like that, you should have placed those before installing the motherboard.
 
Well I might have extra stand-offs, not quite sure, but the computer has been running hasselfree for a while.

I just took the PSU out of the computer and hooked it up to another one and it booted up just fine. (In fact I am typing this message to you from said computer). So I guess that rules out the PSU + RAM :(. Now all thats left is the mobo, which I was hoping it wouldn't come down to. I just bought this motherboard and have already replaced one of the RAM sticks that came with it not sure how I'd go about explaining that I want a replacement. Anyone got any ideas? :D
 
Raziel said:
Well I might have extra stand-offs, not quite sure, but the computer has been running hasselfree for a while.

I just took the PSU out of the computer and hooked it up to another one and it booted up just fine. (In fact I am typing this message to you from said computer). So I guess that rules out the PSU + RAM :(. Now all thats left is the mobo, which I was hoping it wouldn't come down to. I just bought this motherboard and have already replaced one of the RAM sticks that came with it not sure how I'd go about explaining that I want a replacement. Anyone got any ideas? :D
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Did you purchase warranty? Try taking the whole system outta the case and re-hooking it up.
 
Nah no warranty at this place. I will however try removing everything and hooking it all back together. Except I won't take the CPU off... I can never get those HSFs on right :( How do they work? Do you just push the little plastic black screws on with force or do you actually screw them? I did it wrong last time and my CPU got to 105 degrees!!!! I had to get a friend to do it.
 
Hey,

So I managed to fix the problem. I took the motherboard back to the retailer and they replaced it no questions (for a rev 2.0 :D) and I bought some Cooler Master Thermal Grease.

Everything works now, except my CPU temps are at about 50/45/45/45 at idle... :O. This is crazy!

I didn't apply the thermal grease according to the packet's instructions because it was really confused involving some sort of sticker template + putting the thermal grease on the heatsink so I just applied it how I would with arctic silver.

Anyone got idea why there are such ridiculous idle temps? Also has anyone heard of this Cooler Master Thermal Grease stuff, is it good?


Thanks guys!
 
What type of case with how many case fans? How big of an GFX? How man HDD's? Are you kinda overloading the PSU causing more heat?
 
Ahhh, don't worry I managed to get it fixed, I just played around with the HSF heaps and eventually the temps went stable. Now I am running at 35/31/31/31. Much better!
 
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