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Offline zack1234

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Psu broke
« on: December 06, 2016, 03:39:59 PM »
For the last couple of weeks went I have pressed the on button my PC it has taken one or two presses, now it's just clicking when I press and PC will not turn on :frown:

It's a 4 year old corsair AX860i psu.

Does this point to the psu be broke?

And is 4 years usual on this type of psu?
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Re: Psu broke
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2016, 03:59:30 PM »
Sounds like the switch is broke or a wire came lose, I guess the psu could be bad too. A little trouble shooting can go a long way in figuring out what the issue is.

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Re: Psu broke
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2016, 04:00:46 PM »
That power supply is made by Flextronics.  They make decent supplies.  I think 4 years is a bit short for the life of the supply, but it all goes to the load it has been running under.
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Re: Psu broke
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2016, 08:10:32 PM »
You baked too many pies in it and broked it

Anyways when you press the button does anything come on and off for a split second? If not then open the case up, there should be two wires that go to the motherboard thats labeled "switch" or something like that. If you cut the wires and short them together, that would bypass the switch and make the pc come on
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Re: Psu broke
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2016, 01:08:07 AM »
They used to be a led on psu that was on but is no longer lit
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Re: Psu broke
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2016, 01:53:24 AM »
running zack's load would be an enormous strain. 
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Re: Psu broke
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2016, 06:22:14 AM »
Quote from: zack1234 on December 07, 2016, 01:08:07 AM
They used to be a led on psu that was on but is no longer lit

If that was always lit whether the computer was turned on or not, then the power supply may of gone out
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Offline zack1234

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Re: Psu broke
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2016, 08:55:04 AM »
Quote from: Bruv119 on December 07, 2016, 01:53:24 AM
running zack's load would be an enormous strain.

You smell of feet
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Offline Bizman

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Re: Psu broke
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2016, 11:15:48 AM »
Was the led on the PSU lit all of the time or only when the computer was switched on? In the former case it sounds like the PSU, in the latter it can also be the switch or cable.

Meatwad has a point in shortcutting the power button wires, but instead of cutting them simply unplug them and shortcut the relevant pins with some narrow piece of metal like a small screwdriver. If the computer starts working it's the switch.

A rare but documentedly possible reason for a non booting system is that the PSU fan has got stuck between two magnets. Making it spin with a pick or even compressed air will cure that.

Something that has occurred only lately is that if your coin cell type BIOS battery has drained it can prevent the computer from booting. Shouldn't be too expensive to change it just for sure...
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Offline zack1234

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Re: Psu broke
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2016, 12:48:24 PM »
The LED was on all the time but now is off so probly is Broke :old:
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Re: Psu broke
« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2016, 01:28:37 PM »
If it is broke, let's hope it went down quietly and did not take any other parts of the computer with it.  Good luck zack.
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Re: Psu broke
« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2016, 02:27:10 PM »
 :rofl

Who cares :)

No one's died

I only play AH because its awesome and it's cheaper than bourbon  :)

The AH community are all insane :rock
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Re: Psu broke
« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2016, 05:40:30 PM »
Zack,


  Just take some coin from under your bed and buy a new and better computer,then you can fix the old one and you'll have 2 computers at the cost of some coin from under the bed!

 Or you could sell that knock off Vespa you ride and buy both a new comp and a bottle of bourbon!



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Offline zack1234

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Re: Psu broke
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2016, 02:23:37 AM »
If you give me that $6000 you were investing for me back I will be able to get a new PC.

How are my investments doing Mort? It was two years ago I sent you the money?
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Offline Hajo

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Re: Psu broke
« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2016, 12:23:47 PM »
Sad to say if you sent investment monies to Morfiend it was probably invested in brothels.
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