PSU breaks without dying

Mattress · 6th March 2006, 15:25

So my desktop has been crashing randomly for the last month or so. Doesn't happen with any consistency, sometimes it locks up after being on for days and sometimes it dies during boot. After a while it stopped booting altogether. It would turn on but it would never beep or go into the boot sequence.

So after checking a bunch of stuff, and incorrectly believeing it was the hard drive, and then the RAM and then finally I was positive the problem was the motherboard because I took everything out including the processor and turned it on and it still wasn't beeping at me.

So I ordered a new mobo, luckily it was nice and cheap because I am running an old ass AMD Athlon 1000 anyway I get the new mobo and plug everything into it and turn it on and it powers up but still won't beep or go to boot.

SO I go find my old PSU and plug it in and the fucker boots just fine! I didn't consider the PSU being the problem becuase I just got it in May and everything had power when I turned the PC on, it just wouldn't boot.

Sneaky ass broken PSU!

zootm · 6th March 2006, 15:39

Faulty PSUs can cause all sorts of silly problems, yeah.

Mattress · 6th March 2006, 15:49

I've never had anything like this happen, usually they just die completely.

hopefully it's still under warranty and I can get it replaced, I got this PSU because it was nice and quiet.

xzxzzx · 6th March 2006, 17:46

Yeah, broken power supplies suck. They're really hard to diagnose sometimes, which is why when odd things like that start happening, I immediately suspect the power supply; although many times a power supply will kill a motherboard along with its own demise. I've replaced the power supply in my own machine twice now (without changing out any other parts).

<3 redundant server power supplies.

Mattress · 6th March 2006, 19:22

heh, so now I have two mobos that work decently well albiet running older chips, maybe I'll buy another processor and turn one into a fileserver eventually.

zootm · 6th March 2006, 23:11

I'm quite happy because my case (a Shuttle) came with a top-notch PSU, because a high-output one can't fit in it it's just exceptionally high-quality. My old PC has a really cheap one and it cocks up in amusing and varied ways.

sgtfuzzbubble011 · 7th March 2006, 01:05

I love my Antec PSU.

Mattress · 7th March 2006, 13:38

mine was a Zalman, POS.

zootm · 7th March 2006, 13:44

Zalman usually make good-quality stuff. Every component in a PC can fail, though, there's just no way to guarantee quality.

Mattress · 7th March 2006, 13:49

indeed

6th March 2006, 15:25	#1
Mattress Forum King Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 4,577	PSU breaks without dying So my desktop has been crashing randomly for the last month or so. Doesn't happen with any consistency, sometimes it locks up after being on for days and sometimes it dies during boot. After a while it stopped booting altogether. It would turn on but it would never beep or go into the boot sequence. So after checking a bunch of stuff, and incorrectly believeing it was the hard drive, and then the RAM and then finally I was positive the problem was the motherboard because I took everything out including the processor and turned it on and it still wasn't beeping at me. So I ordered a new mobo, luckily it was nice and cheap because I am running an old ass AMD Athlon 1000 anyway I get the new mobo and plug everything into it and turn it on and it powers up but still won't beep or go to boot. SO I go find my old PSU and plug it in and the fucker boots just fine! I didn't consider the PSU being the problem becuase I just got it in May and everything had power when I turned the PC on, it just wouldn't boot. Sneaky ass broken PSU! Besides shooting out a big blank from your buttock, you can feel as if your root chakra leaked sweet hot mucus.

6th March 2006, 15:49	#3
Mattress Forum King Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 4,577	I've never had anything like this happen, usually they just die completely. hopefully it's still under warranty and I can get it replaced, I got this PSU because it was nice and quiet. Besides shooting out a big blank from your buttock, you can feel as if your root chakra leaked sweet hot mucus.

6th March 2006, 17:46	#4
xzxzzx Forum King Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 7,254	Yeah, broken power supplies suck. They're really hard to diagnose sometimes, which is why when odd things like that start happening, I immediately suspect the power supply; although many times a power supply will kill a motherboard along with its own demise. I've replaced the power supply in my own machine twice now (without changing out any other parts). <3 redundant server power supplies. Freedom of speech is the basic freedom of humanity. When you've lost that, you've lost everything. 1\/\/4y 34\|<$p4y 1gp4y 33714y, 0d4y 0uy4y? \| Roses are #FF0000; Violets are #0000FF; chown -R ${YOU} ~/base The DMCA. It really is that bad. : Count for your life.

6th March 2006, 19:22	#5
Mattress Forum King Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 4,577	heh, so now I have two mobos that work decently well albiet running older chips, maybe I'll buy another processor and turn one into a fileserver eventually. Besides shooting out a big blank from your buttock, you can feel as if your root chakra leaked sweet hot mucus.

7th March 2006, 13:38	#8
Mattress Forum King Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 4,577	mine was a Zalman, POS. Besides shooting out a big blank from your buttock, you can feel as if your root chakra leaked sweet hot mucus.

6th March 2006, 15:39	#2
zootm Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the nether reaches of bonnie scotland Posts: 13,375	Faulty PSUs can cause all sorts of silly problems, yeah.

6th March 2006, 23:11	#6
zootm Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the nether reaches of bonnie scotland Posts: 13,375	I'm quite happy because my case (a Shuttle) came with a top-notch PSU, because a high-output one can't fit in it it's just exceptionally high-quality. My old PC has a really cheap one and it cocks up in amusing and varied ways.

7th March 2006, 01:05	#7
sgtfuzzbubble011 Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 60,839	I love my Antec PSU.

7th March 2006, 13:44	#9
zootm Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the nether reaches of bonnie scotland Posts: 13,375	Zalman usually make good-quality stuff. Every component in a PC can fail, though, there's just no way to guarantee quality.

7th March 2006, 13:49	#10
Mattress Forum King Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Milwaukee Posts: 4,577	indeed Besides shooting out a big blank from your buttock, you can feel as if your root chakra leaked sweet hot mucus.

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