Ok what happened?

Itronix

Itronix

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I installed a new motherboard and cpu in my friends computer that I built for him over a year ago (he wanted to upgrade the processor so he needed a new motherboard) and it worked great for like an hour or so, then it just died. The screen went black and it just died.

Did the new motherboard go out or did the psu fail? He has the same psu I have that's been running for close to two years and I haven't had any trouble. Did it not like the new quad's power consumption? It has 500w and 36A on the rails. It had the 8 pin power connector.

Did the motherboard go out maybe? Maybe it was defective? It's a GA-MA790FX-UD5P made by Gigabyte. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
 
Oh sorry about that. It's a Rosewill RP500-2, the same thing I have. Yeah I've learned that they aren't the best psus, but I had been using mine and it was good and it's what he could afford so we went with it. He wants to do a new gpu as well, so he's gonna need a new psu when he does that anyway. I showed him an Antec for the next one, which should last.
 
Well it won't come on at all, no lights or anything. Could I just remove the cmos battery for 10 and then see if it works? Thanks for all your help.
 
If its just dead in the water, no lights, no fans, nothing. Could be just a dead power supply or the power switch on the case. Try to find a power supply you could use to test it. Or to check the case power switch, ground the two pins with a jumper on the motherboard that the case power switch plugs into.
 
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