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is this a power supply problem?
hey all, i just recently built a computer, which had been working fine
for a week or so. it's usually on all the time, so the other night when i came home, it was a little odd that it was off. when i attempted to boot it up, the fans spun for a second, and then stopped. it refused to turn on again, and after turning the power supply switch off and on, it came up, but only for a second like it had done previously. i continued this cycle for about ten minutes, unplugged all of the molex connectors and tried with just the motherboard hooked up to the power supply. same thing. i was concerned about the quality of the power supply (the case was cheap), but i'm not actually sure what the problem is. is this symptomatic of a power supply failure? any help would be appreciated. here's what i've got in the box: powmax case with slide view window (model CP03294HL-5) asus a7n8x-x nforce 2 sempron 2400+ 2 sticks of kingston value ram 512 mb asus 9200se video card maxtor 40 gig hard drive sony cd burner soundblaster live platinum sound card like i said, it was working fine before. i'll probably just buy a decent power supply, but would like to hear from others who may have had similar problems because i don't want to rule anything out... thanks for any help! |
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"jeremiah" wrote in message om... hey all, i just recently built a computer, which had been working fine for a week or so. it's usually on all the time, so the other night when i came home, it was a little odd that it was off. when i attempted to boot it up, the fans spun for a second, and then stopped. it refused to turn on again, and after turning the power supply switch off and on, it came up, but only for a second like it had done previously. i continued this cycle for about ten minutes, unplugged all of the molex connectors and tried with just the motherboard hooked up to the power supply. same thing. i was concerned about the quality of the power supply (the case was cheap), but i'm not actually sure what the problem is. is this symptomatic of a power supply failure? any help would be appreciated. here's what i've got in the box: powmax case with slide view window (model CP03294HL-5) asus a7n8x-x nforce 2 sempron 2400+ 2 sticks of kingston value ram 512 mb asus 9200se video card maxtor 40 gig hard drive sony cd burner soundblaster live platinum sound card like i said, it was working fine before. i'll probably just buy a decent power supply, but would like to hear from others who may have had similar problems because i don't want to rule anything out... thanks for any help! It could be a power supply problem. It could also be a bad CPU fan. (is that plugged in and running?) Try removing and reseating the CPU, memory and video card. While you are at it, try running with just one stick of RAM, and then the other one. Also try clearing CMOS a few times. -Dave |
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It sounds like your cheap power supply unit has failed. I would invest in a
higher QUALITY one this time, before you damage your motherboard, etc. -- DaveW "jeremiah" wrote in message om... hey all, i just recently built a computer, which had been working fine for a week or so. it's usually on all the time, so the other night when i came home, it was a little odd that it was off. when i attempted to boot it up, the fans spun for a second, and then stopped. it refused to turn on again, and after turning the power supply switch off and on, it came up, but only for a second like it had done previously. i continued this cycle for about ten minutes, unplugged all of the molex connectors and tried with just the motherboard hooked up to the power supply. same thing. i was concerned about the quality of the power supply (the case was cheap), but i'm not actually sure what the problem is. is this symptomatic of a power supply failure? any help would be appreciated. here's what i've got in the box: powmax case with slide view window (model CP03294HL-5) asus a7n8x-x nforce 2 sempron 2400+ 2 sticks of kingston value ram 512 mb asus 9200se video card maxtor 40 gig hard drive sony cd burner soundblaster live platinum sound card like i said, it was working fine before. i'll probably just buy a decent power supply, but would like to hear from others who may have had similar problems because i don't want to rule anything out... thanks for any help! |
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Mike:
it turns out it was the power supply that was faulty. i traded it out for an old 250-watt one that i had and it worked fine. so i guess i should buy a new one... any suggestions? -j http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=792566 -- Mac Cool |
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