Dead Computer

[BaldEagl]

So, my PCP&C 750W Silencer was out of warranty manufacured in 2007 (3 year warranty according to PCP&C's web site). 

After debating all day I just placed the order for a Corsair HX-850 to replace it.  I decided to go with a little more power this time thinking if I upgrade my machine maybe I won't have to replace the PSU right away.  I thought about going with the Cooler Master 1000W but that seemed like a bit of overkill.  In the end it was a tough decision between the Corsair HX-850, the Seasonic X-850 and an 850W NZXT but the Corsair won out.  All three were modular which I might end up liking but it wasn't an overiding concern.  All three were silver or gold certified with the Corsair being silver and the other two gold.  I wanted certification but wasn't overly concerned with the level.  All three were single rails with identical +12V rail ratings which was an overriding concern.  I was somewhat drawn to the PCP&C 910 and 950 Silencers but after losing this one in four years I just couldn't give them another chance.

Anyway I hope I made a good decision.  I'll get it Thursday and am taking a 4 day weekend so I hope it shows up early in the day.  Keeping my fingers crossed that I get a good one.

[BaldEagl]

Whoohoo!!!  Just got the new PSU installed and I'm running without a glitch so it was the PSU.

Now we'll see how long this one lasts but at least it's got a 5 year warranty.

Gotta say this Corsair is a lot more open and has a gigantically bigger fan than my PCP&C had.  the fan takes up the entire bottom of the unit and both the bottom and back are totally honeycomb meshed so I'm guessing airflow will be much improved.  The PCP&C had slots in the front and an 80mm fan in back with that being the only opening in the back.  I'm guessing the extra 100W is going to help keep temps down as well.  The modular cabling on the Corsair is nice in that you don't have to have as many spare wires to hide but the cabling is a little shorter overall which made a clean install a bit more challenging in some ways and they use flat cables for peripheral and sata connections.  I'd have preferred round.

While I was at this I got my entire system cleaned out too including taking the cover off my video card for the first time in three years to clean out the heat sink.  My video card is running about 5-10C cooler than it used to and my ambient internal and CPU temps dropped too.  Looking at my monitors right now and everything in my sytem is running 45-47C with no AC turned on in the house.

Thanks to everyone who steered me toward my PSU as the problem.  You were right.

[Dragon]

My CoolerMaster 850W has been solid since I installed it 4-5 years ago.  I'm sure it's too much since I'm still running with the lowly 6750, 2 gig of RAM, and a 9800 GTX+ mounted to the Asus P5NE-SLI board and 1 WD 320GB AALS.

Last weekend the comp had some whacked out issues and I had to go back to default BIOS settings( no more OC     )


Hope it works well for ya.

[B-17]

I fired up my machine last night and it was acting strange.  The fans were turning themselves way up.  I shut it down and rebooted and all was normal.

Today I booted up and after a few minutes it shut down.  I hit the power switch and nothing.

I opened it up and laid it on it's side.  With the power turned on the motherboard lights come on but not the F code light.  If I unplug the power cord then plug it back in and hit the power switch the fans will start to spin up then stop.  Hitting the power switch again does nothing until I unplug and replug it then the fans will try to spin up again but stop when hitting the power.

I'm thinking dead motherboard rather than PSU but wanted a few more opinions.

This happened with my mum's old windows XP-- It was the motherboard.

[Bizman]

My CoolerMaster 850W has been solid since I installed it 4-5 years ago.  I'm sure it's too much since I'm still running with the lowly 6750, 2 gig of RAM, and a 9800 GTX+ mounted to the Asus P5NE-SLI board and 1 WD 320GB AALS.

Last weekend the comp had some whacked out issues and I had to go back to default BIOS settings( no more OC     )

It may well be due to the motherboard component aging. I once had an Abit NF7 mobo with an Athlon 2400+ (Thorton) @ 133/266 MHz. After finding out the Thorton is actually a Barton (200/400 MHZ) running at Thoroughbred speed, I experimented with the Barton settings. It wouldn't boot up with full 200/400 MHZ *11, but ran well @ 196/392. After some time it became unstable, though, so I lowered it to 192/384, which worked well until I built a new computer.

[Pudgie]

Whoohoo!!!  Just got the new PSU installed and I'm running without a glitch so it was the PSU.

Now we'll see how long this one lasts but at least it's got a 5 year warranty.

Gotta say this Corsair is a lot more open and has a gigantically bigger fan than my PCP&C had.  the fan takes up the entire bottom of the unit and both the bottom and back are totally honeycomb meshed so I'm guessing airflow will be much improved.  The PCP&C had slots in the front and an 80mm fan in back with that being the only opening in the back.  I'm guessing the extra 100W is going to help keep temps down as well.  The modular cabling on the Corsair is nice in that you don't have to have as many spare wires to hide but the cabling is a little shorter overall which made a clean install a bit more challenging in some ways and they use flat cables for peripheral and sata connections.  I'd have preferred round.

While I was at this I got my entire system cleaned out too including taking the cover off my video card for the first time in three years to clean out the heat sink.  My video card is running about 5-10C cooler than it used to and my ambient internal and CPU temps dropped too.  Looking at my monitors right now and everything in my sytem is running 45-47C with no AC turned on in the house.

Thanks to everyone who steered me toward my PSU as the problem.  You were right.

Hmmmmm....................... ...................I got a somewhat similar setup as you do BE. I might have helped myself some by dumping the OC on my CPU & putting my entire system components on stock voltages. I built my current system in Nov '08.....................

 

[Zeagle]

WTG dude. Now quit yer lolly-gagging ang git back in the air....