Brian,
OK. Well, I suppose 'stuff happens' then.
Still, your trouble reads a PSU anywayat least.
A new m/b, maybe.................. ?
Duncan
On 02/25/2013 12:38, Brian Weeden wrote:
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.
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On Feb 25, 2013, at 12:28, DSinc <[email protected]> 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?
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Brian
