psu failure

  1. avatar55

    Strange sound from brand new PSU

    Hey guys, So I just bought a brand new Enermax PlatiGemini 1200W PSU and installed it a couple of days ago. Yesterday when I was just doing some light desktop tasks, I noticed a strange ticking-sound definitely coming from the PSU. I have recorded the sound with my phone - see link below. The...
  2. MoridinUK

    PSU faulty or underwattage?

    Hey all, I recently purchased an upgrade for my aging pc. I intend to use this part in a better build later but it's also a big upgrade, but I think I've pushed the psu too far. System: i5-6600k overclocked at 3.5ghz ram: 16gb (also a little overclocked MB: Asus Rog Maximus VIII Gene Drives: 1...
  3. kokobeans

    Blown PSU - looking advice

    Hello! Let me start off first by saying I’m in no way a computer person and infact this is my first “expensive” pc as before all the ones I had were cheap small ones from currys so I’ve very little idea about what parts are good and so on. Because of this I bought a prebuilt PC in hopes of...
  4. JLV

    How/why would a PSU would catch fire/short whilst PC is powered off?

    Hello all! So, as the title says, had a rather interesting experience a few days ago. Had some time off last week, came back from hols after being away about 4 days or so, as is normal I kill the power to most things in the house whilst away(I assume this is normal!), anyway, Friday AM I spend...
  5. NiteSurfer

    PSU possible failure

    Hi, I purchased a Corsair RM850x 80 plus PSU back in November last year from OC. It's powering a TUF 3080ti GPU, Ryzen 9 5900x and 5 case fans, and 4 SSD's. It's been fine, But in the last two months I've started having the occasional screen go black while under full load during gaming. the...
  6. AnthonyA85

    Old PSU has died, need replacement suggestions quickly.

    Hi folks Need some help here. Ok,....story time. A few days ago, wednesday maybe, my computer (Built 3 months ago) suddenly locked up and went into a BSOD/restart cycle, showing a WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR stop code, so, after trying and failing to re-install windows, thinking that was the...
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