Hiper blow-up

Mike_J_Smith · 1 Jun 2008 at 21:35

Hi,

My Hiper 580 PSUR self-destructed last week, so I bought a cheapo-PSU as a temporary replacement but I plugged it all in and nothing worked.

I'ved shorted the PSU and it spins any fans plugged into it, so I think that works OK.

I guess something (CPU, motherboard, memory?) went with the PSU.

I don't really want to replace eveything, so my question is, is there any particular component most likely to have failed?

Cheers

mrk · 1 Jun 2008 at 21:42

This thread has reminded me to run my backup onto external drive!

It's impossible to say what could go if your PSU dies, you just have to take it apart piece by piece and connect to a different PC.

jak731 · 1 Jun 2008 at 22:51

The motherbaord is a good place to start if it doesnt start up with a psu.

BassPwr · 1 Jun 2008 at 23:17

how long have you had the hiper psu?

waveydave79 · 2 Jun 2008 at 09:08

Hiper has a 3 year warrenty. There PSU dont normally take out other components. I had some unformtunate luck with them. You should check out the thread 'The hiper explosive club'.

Mike_J_Smith · 2 Jun 2008 at 11:38

OK, so I got the computer to POST. I'm not sure what I did differently, but it worked!

BUT - it keeps on crashing, sometimes won't boot fully, othertimes it'll boot then freeze up.

I think this may be due to the CPU being overclocked and the PSU being cheap, but I'm not convinced by this. I'll clear it and try non-overclocked tonight.

The PSU is quite old, at least 2.5 years. It went funny a while back and Hiper said they would RMA it and I never did it, so it's my own fault really. All my photos & music were still there on the hard drive and thats all I care about really.

ins0mn1ac · 2 Jun 2008 at 12:36

Mike_J_Smith said:
OK, so I got the computer to POST. I'm not sure what I did differently, but it worked!

BUT - it keeps on crashing, sometimes won't boot fully, othertimes it'll boot then freeze up.

Sounds like the PSU cant handle your PC, you NEVER EVER EVER EVERRERER benefit buying a cheap PSU.

Mike_J_Smith · 2 Jun 2008 at 12:56

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Sounds like the PSU cant handle your PC, you NEVER EVER EVER EVERRERER benefit buying a cheap PSU.

Aye, I think you may be right. The PSU should be able to handle it non-ocd though, so hopefully I can sort that out tonight. It's not that cheap - £30 or so.