Is it a PSU problem ?

brucey034 · 29 Dec 2007 at 22:29

Hi,
The PSU is the only thing left that has not been tested or replaced in a friends pc.
He has changed the memory,cpu, and motherboard, and still his pc will not post.
It powers up ok and then nothing, no beeps or warnings just a black screen, yet the hard drives have power as do the dvd drives.
Any advice much appreciated.

chrispystix · 29 Dec 2007 at 22:34

Could be. What is it?

brucey034 · 29 Dec 2007 at 22:45

Hi,
Thanks for the quick reply, its the standard one that came with his Alienware pc which is now around three years old, i think its rated at 430w.
He hasn't tried a different graphics card yet, which is an ATI 1800xt and thats about two years old.
Sorry i dont have much detail on his psu, its got Alienware stamped all over it and no specific manufacturer that i can see.

Thanks.

brucey034 · 31 Dec 2007 at 13:37

Anyone else ??

melbourne720 · 31 Dec 2007 at 14:04

Some sort of case short, what's the history? Has it never worked or did it just stop working? Are there any beeps with just PSU, Motherboard, CPU and 1 stick of memory?

brucey034 · 31 Dec 2007 at 17:19

It worked fine before.
He booted it up one day, got to the log on screen, and then his pc rebooted itself and it hasn't worked since.