Faulty PSU

Ste99 · 24 Feb 2007 at 00:25

To cut a long story short...

Pc doesnt boot, I get a '2A' error on the motherboard which is graphics card related and a t_fault light is lit on the graphics card.

I had the motherboard replaced and the problem still occurs.

I tried my graphics card in a friends pc and his pc booted into windows. I tried his card in my system but my system would not boot.

I tired my PSU in his system but had to use the 4pin atx connector to the motherboard not the 8pin which I need to connect to mine. It booted to windows but the case speaker was beeping non stop, which we found to be PSU related.

Is it wise of me to think that this is down to the PSU? It powers everything else fine as far as I know. Case lights, fans, cpu fan, but it seems that when the 8pin atx connector is in use, it does not like to power the pci-e connector at all.

str · 24 Feb 2007 at 02:42

My Corsair HX 520W PSU is being RMA'd because of a similar problem. It doesn't boot my DFI NF4 Ultra-D at all. Whereas with my MSI NF4 board it boots and can install Windows etc but problems occur such as system freezing or the PC switches itself off.

My system specs are:

Corsair HX 520W PSU
AMD X2 3800+
2 x 512MB G.Skill ZX
HIS X1900XT

I'm currently using a borrowed 480W PSU with only 18A on the +12v and so far it's working perfectly with the DFI Ultra-D.

Corsair got me to test by jump starting the PSU with only 3 fans attached and it would spin the fans when started but then it powered down almost immediately so there is definately something wrong with it. You might want to give that a try to see if yours also fails.

Ste99 · 24 Feb 2007 at 14:08

Thanks for the reply

It would be a relief if it was the PSU that was faulty as I have been pulling my hair out swapping components and rebuilding the system countless times to find the problem!

str · 24 Feb 2007 at 16:42

I know what you mean. I bought the components for my new system over a month ago and I've swapped out hardware and tested etc since then and only now with the borrowed PSU have I been able to confirm all the other components are working 100%.

I'm hoping OcUK will send out a replacement immediately but if they decide to RMA it to Corsair in California first then it'll probably take weeks before I get the replacement.