Originally posted by Balsy
http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/product/Power/PurePower/w0049/w0049.asp
52 amps on the 12volt rail...according to the site....
Im gunna pull my rig out and bring it to his house on Friday so we can cross check video cards etc...
My ram isnt compatible, but we should get it narrowed down the board, or cpu.
No beeps on boot so far with case speaker installed.
Dads 65th birthday, went for the weekend. He had the puter stripped down pretty much for function tests. NO beeps, nothin. We followed ASUS troubleshooting steps, took motherboard out hooked it up to power and video (video card tested fine on my box). No beeps nothin... Then we had a choice, which my dad was dreading, of taking off the heatsink and cpu to check for bent pins etc.. He had mentioned on the install he had to hold the cpu down with his thumb (gently) to keep it from sliding forward when he brought the clamp down. So with two sticks of RAM, we new it had to be A. bad motherboard or B. bad CPU. What sucked is we didnt have any available way to test a bad cpu in BFE Vermont.
My Dad pulls off the CPU and sticks it back in the slot from the packaging, and leaves the room for a sec. I went over to the CPU, picked it up, brought it to my dad and said... Dad.... did you take THIS OFF???? and proceeded to take the protective plastic piece off the CPU like opening a OREO cookie... He looked at me and we both started howling.
Anyway 8 hours later (full rebuild and software install (Windows took 15 minutes to install. He had a fully functioning Raid 0+1, screaming machine. Got up the next day to find the case fans werent working and the POS thermaltake 680w (this is the new one I had RMA'd the first) I had given him for XMAS stopped sending juice to the fans. So another 5 hours later I successfully pulled my Pc Power and Cooling 510 SLI out of my box, and installed into his... cleaned up all the cabling too.
Lesson #1 Human error rules the day.
Lesson #2 Thermaltake Power Supplies (at least the 680 Purepower) sux.
Balsy
PS If you see "Smokey" flyin around give him a good ribbing about taking the protective plastic off his CPU before installing.
