Enermax PSU beeping problem

Ricard

Ricard

Ricard

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I've recently built myself a new PC, and I chose an Enermax Galaxy 850W for the power supply. Everything works fine, until I try to play Oblivion. The PSU flashes and beeps at me, but stops when I exit the game. The manual tells me that the problem corresponds to a "PSU fan fail warning (Fan RPM < 450 RPM)". I've tried three other games, all with no complaints.
Chances are, the problem will crop up with a few other games I decide to install in the future, so could anyone help?
 
The galaxy range have a warning led next to the power switch.
To me it sounds like you have the psu fan speed being monitored in the bios and when it reaches a certain temp the fan warning kicks in. Maybe try disconnecting the psu fan monitor from the mobo.
I had a problem with mine wheras it beeped everytime i first booted, the beeping stoipped when i took the system apart and put it back together again (something shorting?)
 
Thanks Meatloaf. As delbuenno said, I meant the warning LED.
In a way I've already tried disconnecting the the PSU fan monitor, as I had left it unconnected when I finished building since I wasn't sure what it was, but then connected it afterwards. It still beeped then.
 
It may be worthwhile looking at the fan speed monitoring options in the BIOS. Other than that I don't know what to suggest.
 
Maybe try contacting enermax?

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t31os - The galaxy series have an LED and buzzer fitted, it flashes and beeps to indicate different problems.
Like I said, mine used to beep (PSU fan fail warning) even though the fan was spinning fine. I checked in the BIOS settings and even though the psu fan monitor wire was attached to the mobo the psu fan speed wasn't registering. After taking out the PSU (to RMA it) I tried it again when it was outside the case and hey presto - no beeps and the speed was registered in the mobo BIOS. I put it back in the case and its been fine ever since.?????
 
Okay, I've just had a look in the BIOS. It shows CPU fan speed and chassis 1-3 fan speeds. Each chassis fan speed shows N/A, but that'll be because my case fans are connected via 4P Molex. There doesn't seem to be any mention of a power supply fan. Do you think connecting the PSU fan cable to one of the empty chassis fan connectors would work? If it helps, my motherboard is an Asus P5K3 Deluxe.

EDIT: Okay, I went ahead and connected the PSU fan cable to the chassis 1 connector. The BIOS is showing an RPM of around 1800, which is obviously a lot greater than the 450 RPM the PSU thinks it's going below. However, trying to play Oblivion still results in the PSU giving the same warning. It seems to be a problem with the PSU detecting its own fan speed.
 
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