2 psus dead in a week Tripping Circuit Breaker / fuse box

[X x X]

Ooookay now this is a weird one...
I have to put a bit of background info into this yeah
Hold on brb let me make sure there is no fire

 

[Akagi]

Top thread 10/10

 

[X x X]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I just read that

im back yup no fire

Ok so the first bit of info is my psu been working since September 2015 right, 550w super flower sf-550p14he...
It ran a
Cpu: 4ghz phenom
Ram: 15gb
Gpu : radeon r9 fury x
Hdd: loads of old power hungry shiz
The system was tweeked AS *** No Disguised swearing ***.... psu took everything.. power blasts ..u name it.. it ran fine..

I switched over to a haswell -e based 5820k 4.3ghz
8gb ram this time.. 8 months ..fine
Then i moved house......been here 3-4 weeks?
Psu trips the breaker when the pc was on idle (i was in the bathroom) i reset everything.. boot the pc and the psu gave power to the pc for half a second and never turns on again...

Now 4 days ago i got a evga 650gq... i thought maybe the 550w psu couldn't handle the fiji xt & haswell-e overclock yea... so i went for a 650w....

Everything is fine... i am gaming.. .. leave the pc for maybe 15-20mins (i think the game was running).. am downstairs daydreaming and next thing u know

"LOUD POP" .. circuit breaker switches off again

I find out.. the psu don't turn on anymore..

So i switched the power cable to another one..
I flip the socket switch on (different socket but on same... socket) and then the psu gave a real loud POP.

Anyone here know whats going on?

See bailey my gut instinct worked out. Is good i didn't get the psu here, because i doubt i would get a refund on this....

This to me don't sound like a pc problem...... hmmm

This may be a fuse box / windows 10 insider problem... of when it enters idle mode..and a game is running...it goes into crazy power draw..

I noticed the other day when i alt tabbed out of a game.. my gpu/headphones started screetching loud.. as if it was going 50000fps

I had radeon FRTC enabled though....

If this is a windows 10 problem... this is bad.. because everyone now is complaining files get deleted from a new update.... well my whole desktop got deleted 8 months ago in a windows insider preview build...

Eventually the build im on now will go public

 

[andicole0]

My household power is ok with the latest Windows Insider Program
Your symptoms sound more like a dodgy earth leakage system. Either you have a dodgy earth somewhere or your earth leakage component in your consumer unit. Might be sensible to get a qualified electrician to check out your home electrics.
Andi.

 

[X x X]

Its happen twice, when the pc has been idle and around the same time aswel

Im on the skip ahead ring but not the latest version,

U may be right

 

[LuckyBenski]

I think this has nothing to do with your computer. Unplug it and wait a week. Plug a kettle into that socket and test the kettle. If your breaker trips > not the PC's fault.

 

[siumatfung]

Is your pc plugged directly into a wall socket?

 

[Admetos]

Are other devices in your house working ok, such as the TV?

 

[X x X]

I think this has nothing to do with your computer. Unplug it and wait a week. Plug a kettle into that socket and test the kettle. If your breaker trips > not the PC's fault.

Screen was in the same socket .....
That works...hmmmmmmmm

Is your pc plugged directly into a wall socket?

It wasnt then.. was in a square multi plug thing...13amp.. ill check how many volts....

When i changed the socket and it popped the 2nd time....that was by its self....

Are other devices in your house working ok, such as the TV?

Yup

Turns out it was a virus...
I looked at logs.. and 1min before the pc blew up.. windows defender was trying to stop a virus from activating....

Its still on the pc.. i think i have deactivated it... bt ye..

Im at 750watts now so.. thats enough for full vrm blasting of my system..gpu will throttle anyway

Scary right...

 

[PiKe]

No way can a virus cause a PSU to blow.

 

[X x X]

U guys wanna take a look at the files.. i have a few of them quarenteened and one in my recycle bin....
Most of the reg keys are deleted n a few dll files..
It made a false windows explorer executable that messed with windows explorer....

 

[Akagi]

It won't be a virus. That'll be a separate issue.

 

[X x X]

It tried to execute the same time the psu blew...

Maybe it was trying to mine?
I noticed my cpu voltage of 1.3v was at 1.31 somehow so...it was doing something intencive...

 

[Akagi]

Cpu 1.31v is fine.

 

[X x X]

Ye but the power it could draw was waaay over the 650 wats that psu could supply

My fury x was at +50% power too

 

[Akagi]

The hardware can only draw as much as it can draw. Peak load on your system shouldn't be too much for your psu :/

 

[X x X]

Ye.. it can draw around 750ish watts ...

I had a 550w & 650 psu that went....
Anyway its still early days yet..
Lol im a bit scared to leave the pc alone idle

 

[Grandmaster Fap!]

Was Stuxnet attacking you!? :O

 

[X x X]

Hahahahaha
come on man...
What else could it be?
People say the online psu calculators are wrong.. but if u look at max power draw.... they are bang on....

I still have the files.. if anyone wants to run a vm and infect themselves for testing

Still thanks once again ocuk.. u offered me a deal
I appriciate that and owe u back

 

[Akagi]

People say my setup needs a 1KW PSU. 2x overclocked R9 390 8GB's and a 5GHz i7 etc.

I run it 24/7 at 100% load and have done for the past couple of years doing a mixture of distributed computing and mining, never skipped a beat.

I very VERY much doubt it is related to peak power draw.