Preface, it is way out of warranty (bought in 06) and I'd do almost anything I can to test and attempt to fix it before I opt to buy a new one.
The PSU I have is an Enermax Galaxy 1000W EGA1000EWL - this PSU has a feature called 'Powerguard' that is intended to help users identify issues by way of (loud) beeping and light indication. I am getting blinking red light and interval beeping which the chart would have me believe is 'PSU Fan Abnormal'.
Now, the strange part is when the issue is occurring. The first time I got it was withing a few minutes of gameplay in 'Dishonoured'. The beeping first happened when I had a choice selection menu appear, again later on during a pretty empty and non intensive scene, I was able to prompt the beeping by opening a 'chat/select the option' menu in gameplay and when I came out of that it would stop. The beeping would start if I looked into a specific corner of a wall or I found a specific sink that would trigger the beeping. Hardly intensive scenes. I used a temporary fix and STOPPED playing, peace of mind was had...
The beeping issue reared it's ugly head this past weekend when I tried 'Payday : The Heist' (another unreal engine game? - correlation not proven) the beeping would happen at seemingly random points and not triggered by pressure on the GPU. For example looking at the floor in a specific place of the map could start the beeping, looking away stop it and looking at the same floor tile start the beeping again.
These are the only two times the PSU 'Powerguard' beeps. Put a solid 50 hours into 'Borderlands 2' between these two occasions and that went smoothly. Cannot get it to beep with any other games I've tried, benching with heaven and 3DMark, Kombustor even... Tried my old 5850 and my current 7870 and the issue is the same. Tried whacking voltage into the GPU, over and underclocking my CPU, same issue in the same place regardless.
Temps are nowhere near worrysome levels on either GPU or CPU.
At this point I'm open to try pretty much anything with the PSU to test or fix the issue. Have access to a multimeter but little knowledge of what I'm doing.
How can I test to make sure the PSU isn't potentially damaging my system components and where do I go from here. As mentioned at the top, will try what I can before purchasing anew.
Thanks
The PSU I have is an Enermax Galaxy 1000W EGA1000EWL - this PSU has a feature called 'Powerguard' that is intended to help users identify issues by way of (loud) beeping and light indication. I am getting blinking red light and interval beeping which the chart would have me believe is 'PSU Fan Abnormal'.
Now, the strange part is when the issue is occurring. The first time I got it was withing a few minutes of gameplay in 'Dishonoured'. The beeping first happened when I had a choice selection menu appear, again later on during a pretty empty and non intensive scene, I was able to prompt the beeping by opening a 'chat/select the option' menu in gameplay and when I came out of that it would stop. The beeping would start if I looked into a specific corner of a wall or I found a specific sink that would trigger the beeping. Hardly intensive scenes. I used a temporary fix and STOPPED playing, peace of mind was had...
The beeping issue reared it's ugly head this past weekend when I tried 'Payday : The Heist' (another unreal engine game? - correlation not proven) the beeping would happen at seemingly random points and not triggered by pressure on the GPU. For example looking at the floor in a specific place of the map could start the beeping, looking away stop it and looking at the same floor tile start the beeping again.
These are the only two times the PSU 'Powerguard' beeps. Put a solid 50 hours into 'Borderlands 2' between these two occasions and that went smoothly. Cannot get it to beep with any other games I've tried, benching with heaven and 3DMark, Kombustor even... Tried my old 5850 and my current 7870 and the issue is the same. Tried whacking voltage into the GPU, over and underclocking my CPU, same issue in the same place regardless.
Temps are nowhere near worrysome levels on either GPU or CPU.
At this point I'm open to try pretty much anything with the PSU to test or fix the issue. Have access to a multimeter but little knowledge of what I'm doing.
How can I test to make sure the PSU isn't potentially damaging my system components and where do I go from here. As mentioned at the top, will try what I can before purchasing anew.
Thanks
