Friday night head scratcher help :(

pgi947 · 16 Jul 2012 at 22:55

Will try that tomorrow, I had it sat with nothing other than the motherboard connected in the bios for 2 hours without a shut down, just started happening again once I added other things to get windows installed.

pgi947 · 17 Jul 2012 at 08:55

Also I downclocked the cpu to 1.2ghz last night.

Bad psu almost makes sense now as yesterday I would get split second on/off to start with before it would finally fire up. A psu expert would be welcome right about now

Space Monkey · 17 Jul 2012 at 09:13

Can't you run the pc off your 2nd PSU just to see if the same happens?

pgi947 · 17 Jul 2012 at 09:22

Unfortunately not, the other supply is a cheap nasty 350w thing that only has 20 & 4 pin atx power connections.

Just had a chat with our seniors electrician, he thinks it does sound like a faulty capacitor that's struggling to hold power, with it being completely drained when left and then shutting down at random times. Though he said the only real way to tel is a visual on the caps, which I can't do due to warranty.

Currently trying to source a psu to test with, something in the 600w region should be enough to get the basics running. This has to be the most frustrating fault I've ever had.

Space Monkey · 17 Jul 2012 at 09:48

Ah ok, pity you're not closer I'd gladly give you a helping hand, though Southampton to Aberdeen is a little far to walk :eek:

pgi947 · 17 Jul 2012 at 10:03

Set off now, you might make it by 2013

If I can't source a unit by the end of today I'm going to grab a cs 600 for testing.

I would just take the whole thing to a local shop but my 800d fully loaded weighs over 40kg and I don't drive.

doyll · 17 Jul 2012 at 10:42

Hopefully someone will step up with a PSU you can use to verify. New cheap post would be about £6 for 2 day. (Parcel2Go)

ince · 17 Jul 2012 at 10:44

good luck with this keep us updated.

wazza300 · 17 Jul 2012 at 13:31

cant you just rma the corsair unit? they have 5 year warranty dont they?

doyll · 17 Jul 2012 at 14:00

How old is PSU? If less than a year or so I would push for them to pay post both ways.

pgi947 · 17 Jul 2012 at 14:10

It is under warranty still, it's around 3 years old. I just don't want to have to wait through an rma to find out its something else.

Have some good and bad news, bad news is I couldn't get a loan on a psu, the good I have tomorrow off work and a shop in town said they will test the psu, motherboard and cpu for me!

doyll · 17 Jul 2012 at 14:37

and have to pay post + test fee when they find nothing wrong with PSU

pgi947 · 17 Jul 2012 at 15:08

That as well, if I sent it to corsair and no fault was found I'd be looking in the region of £50-70 wasted.

I really hope tomorrow the psu fails so I at least know where I stand.

Found a thread on avf from a few years ago, same symptoms as me, turned out it was the psu.

doyll · 17 Jul 2012 at 15:09

check your trustl.

pgi947 · 17 Jul 2012 at 16:19

Nothing in my inbox doyll

gbgt2 · 17 Jul 2012 at 16:24

This does not help you at all but I rebuilt my PC at the weekend - I turn on the PSU and the board lights up fine, then I press the power button on the front of the case and absolutely nothing happens .. panic time! It turned out I had managed to plug the CPU power cable in upside down on the motherboard end .. I thought it was a bit difficult to plug in

doyll · 17 Jul 2012 at 16:34

sent again

pgi947 · 17 Jul 2012 at 16:47

Got it this time cheers buddy

Will keep an eye on it depending how tomorrow go's down.

doyll · 17 Jul 2012 at 16:55

you got another

pgi947 · 17 Jul 2012 at 17:24

Cheers, also have my eye on a BeQuiet! Dark Pro 1000W too

This is almost good news, I just got home, hit the power button, power for split second then off, sounds like a capacitor or something in the PSU isn't holding power.

It the first time in the last few days I've actually hit the power button and cracked a little smile!