Blown PSU

[LoadsaMoney]

Turned the PSU switch on to get her booted, made some crackles, wouldn't fire up, did the cardinal sin, unplug, replug, try again, eventually came on, rig booted, popped downstairs for a bit, by the time i came back up, rig had gone off, PSU was deed.

Good job i had my old rig with a Corsair AX860w in it, so i just swapped it over, and to my surprise, it booted up fine, no messages about wasn't shutdown properly, nowt, just booted straight to my desktop, like nothing had happened, phew!

The PSU was a TT Toughpower, RGB 850w Grand Sync, which id only had for 15 months, so luckily still under guarantee, but i'll be steering clear from em, and sticking to me Corsair for now.

Remember all, if your PSU goes dodgy, just get it swapped for another straight away, or you might not be as lucky as i was, with everything else still working after a swap

 

[LoadsaMoney]

I think the lesson there is dont buy Thermaltat, they dont make anything good

Yeah first TT product ive had, won't be buying again thats for sure.

The 2 most important parts of a computer are it's PSU and case, as these constitute it's environment.

Yup, i still can't believe i kept trying to fire it up, when i know not to

 

[LoadsaMoney]

by all accounts the 850w grand rgb is well built. They arent the best out there but they arent crap either and they are modern and efficient. Honestly, i think it's just bad luck. The the fact that the PC booted straight back up with another PSU says the TT did it's job and died gracefully and it's not like it died 5 minutes after you installed it

True

 

[LoadsaMoney]

tsk tsk tsk I thought better of you. Just wait till you apply them next window updates.