On 22/08/2015 18:40, Alan Grimes wrote: > The PSU is an Antec EarthWatts 750. > > Biggest hoggs outside the motherboard are the, um, er, well [nvidia 980 > gpu] and an aging Western Digital Velociraptor boot drive. There is also > a 3TB drive for all my p***, er kerbals ( Kerbal Space Program ) . > There is one optical drive and four chassis fans in the system. All fans > are operating perfectly. > > As far as I know the operating conditions for the PSU are nearly ideal.... > > I did have some noise issues with it a few years ago but it seemed to > settle down and hasn't really given me any grief since.
Maybe you should assume less and test more. This is good advice, replace the power supply despite your thoughts. They *are* the cost common failure item. > > > Dale wrote: >> Fernando Rodriguez wrote: >>> On Saturday, August 22, 2015 1:52:00 AM Alan Grimes wrote: >>> >>> Findings 3 & 4 sound like a faulty or underrated PSU...or a bad >>> motherboard. Start by unplugging everything that you don't need to >>> boot from a live CD and run some tests. >> It sure does. A weak power supply will certainly cause some issues. If >> he can remove a few power hogs and it works, then the memory may be OK >> and just short on power. Plus, if the power supply is weak, that could >> show up in other places too. >> >> OP, maybe you should give this site a look see: >> >> http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Review_Cat&recatnum=13 >> >> >> >> This one just reviewed had a perfect score, if it has enough power for >> what you are running. >> >> http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Review_Cat&recatnum=13 >> >> >> >> This site below lists them by wattage. They test them pretty hard too. >> If it isn't a well built unit, they'll find the problem. >> >> http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/589708-Recommended-PSU-s-True-Tested >> >> >> Hope one of those helps or maybe all of them. >> >> Dale >> > > -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
