I had a 650W OCZ in there. Only 1 SSD, 1 HDD, and a single video card so my power requirements aren't that steep.
------- Brian Weeden Secure World Foundation +1 202 683-8534 On Feb 25, 2013, at 12:28, DSinc <dsinc...@epbfi.com> wrote: > Brian, > My suggestion is you need a new PSU. I've never read about a PSU > failing with excessively 'high' voltages. I suppose this can happen, but > I am not aware of this; yet,..............:) > From your share, it seems that your cpu, m/b, RAM, are now trying > very hard to deal with 'bad' voltages as best they can. > Get a new (bigger) PSU. > I would suggest a 650W + unit to start. If you have several (many) > mechanical HD's, I may go 750W. > Ireally like Seasonic now (thanks Greg!) > JMHO. > Duncan > > On 02/25/2013 10:42, Brian Weeden wrote: >> Was working on a paper this morning and suddenly my desktop computer >> powered off by itself. This is a Q6600 machine that I built a few years >> ago and has been in nearly constant use since then with little to no >> trouble. It's been rock-sold and aside from upgrading the video card a >> year ago I haven't had to touch it. >> >> I waited a few seconds, then hit the power button. It came back on briefly >> and then shut off again, followed by the smell of overheated electronics. >> >> Disconnected the power and opened it up. Nothing was visibly smoking. >> Took everything apart. Inspected the CPU and it appeared ok. Replaced >> the thermal compound and re-seated the heatsink. Smell appeared to be >> coming from the power supply but I can't be positive. >> >> Put the bare essentials backtogether (CPU, RAM, video card) and powered it >> back on. Getting a variety of beep and error codes from the on-board >> diagnostic unit. At first there was a 1 long, 3 short beep code for the >> RAM . Reseated and it's gone. POST sequence was hanging on 8.7. (Check CPU >> Voltage) and now it's hanging on 8.2. (Check Power Supply). >> >> I get the sense that perhaps the power supply went bad. However, I really >> can't afford to be down on this system very long, so if I'm going to order >> parts I want to do it as soon as possible and not go through a long >> trouble-shooting process. >> >> Thoughts from the collective? Is it likely that if the power supply is >> indeed the culprit that the damage was contained there? Or should I be >> worried about the CPU, RAM, mobo, etc? >> >> >> --------- >> Brian >
