how to check a psu?

Dogfood09 · 26 Jun 2012 at 17:06

Hi all,

After installing a 3tb drive i have been having some random reboots , how do i check to see if my 850w psu is not enough? As i have had advice that my psu is fine and not enough? i can get hold of a multi meter if needed but need advice on what to do with it.

Dogfood09 · 26 Jun 2012 at 17:35

Im pretty sure my motherboard can handle 3tb, the last thing i done last night was update the bios to its latest version which is eufi.will check to see if it runs ok when i get in from work. Here are my specs

Corsair Obsidian 800D CaseXFX Radeon 7970x2 In Xfirei5 2500K O/C 4.5ghz16gb Kingston RAMGA Z68x UD3H-B3 Mobo Bios f12Xonar DGX 5.1 PCI-E SoundcardCorsair SP2500 2.1 SpeakersCorsair Hydro H100 Cooler120GB Crucial SSD ( System Drive )Seagate Baracuda 2TB HDD ( Storage )Seagate Baracude 3TB HHD ( storage )Dell Ultrasharp U2711 MonitorXFX 850W PSUCorsair 1300 HeadphonesCorsair 2500 2.1 SpeakersRazor Death adder 3500dpi 3.5sg MouseRazorBlackwidow Mechanical KeyboardMicrosoft HD LifeCam

Dogfood09 · 26 Jun 2012 at 19:12

Thanks , I already had put my cpu to stock speeds , Ive disconnected one of my card and it runs fine , but when i connect two , it re-boots.......will try OCCT and post back with an update.

Dogfood09 · 26 Jun 2012 at 19:24

running occt , what am i actually looking for?

Dogfood09 · 26 Jun 2012 at 19:48

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/593/2012062619h4133v.png/

I have an error , but dont understand it?

Dogfood09 · 26 Jun 2012 at 21:57

I will post one with a single card usage , and another with both , i only run the test for appx 5 mins if thats ok. Update back shorty.

Dogfood09 · 26 Jun 2012 at 22:15

this is the single card test

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/1card.png/

and this is in Xfire

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/42/2cards.png/

Thanks for your help by the way.

Dogfood09 · 26 Jun 2012 at 22:22

these are at 3.3v

Single Card

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/843/1cardsat33.png/

Xfire

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/826/2cards33.png/

Dogfood09 · 26 Jun 2012 at 22:48

Dogfood09 · 26 Jun 2012 at 23:10

thats a new ball game for me when it comes to ram.... will check to see if they are in xmp if i can.........

Dogfood09 · 26 Jun 2012 at 23:14

So flatline is good when checking the pc and spikes are not?..

Dogfood09 · 26 Jun 2012 at 23:19

my memory was disabled at the xmp option within the bios , ive now set it to profile 1.

Dogfood09 · 26 Jun 2012 at 23:23

Actually..........come to think of it , i did do my overclock a few days before my issues , and i do remember playing around with some of the ram settings , but once i started to get reboots , i just set the bios to optimized settings , thinking that would set everything to default in the bios? was i wrong in thinking that?

Dogfood09 · 26 Jun 2012 at 23:32

Thank you very much for your help , I will try that tomorrow after work , thanks again.

Dogfood09 · 27 Jun 2012 at 23:13

Hi , I downloaded the file and booted from it and ran memtest for two hours and it showed up with no errors....

Dogfood09 · 28 Jun 2012 at 00:11

everything has been set to stock , been able to get things running....for how long i dont know , maybe wise to get a higher psu when i can........thanks for your support.... will update if all goes wrong again.

Dogfood09 · 28 Jun 2012 at 07:10

No such luck , left the pc on last night to download some stuff, when i woke up i checked the event viewer at it seems the pc rebooted it self every 15 mins from 3:30 to 6:40 , had to reset the pc as when i went to turn on the monitor i could not get the display up......