Hi Folks;
Was happily using my PC today; as one does
Loaded GTR and it thought about it for a fair old while; I didnt think anything of it, because i had a load of other apps open; then Pooof, PC powered down
So doing some basic troubleshooting I can tell you thus:
PSU is an enermax infiniti with Active Protection Stuffs; The symptom is that it just sits in its active protection alert state, giving me 2 beeps, pause, 2 beeps and a wonderful red light.
I tried changing the power source; even ran an extension cable from the UPS for my server; and still the same. I started unplugging internal components, HDD, followed by the fans, memory, even removed the GPU, still the same. This was after a 15min power unplugged period ofc.
When PSU is unplugged from mobo, the indicator stays orange, and it doesnt do anything. As soon as it is plugged into the board, it goes green for ~2sec while it does its check, then back into protective state. Even whilst its in protective state, my USB ports seem to power up.
So: what has gone wrong, anyone got any guesses?
Its either PSU or board, I cant see any obvious damage to either, but the PC could use a good tank of compressed air. Its absolutely bizarre, cause my PC has been in this configuration for months, and routinely has uptime > 1mo between reboots... and tonight it went... All I wanted to do was a couple of laps
Was happily using my PC today; as one does
Loaded GTR and it thought about it for a fair old while; I didnt think anything of it, because i had a load of other apps open; then Pooof, PC powered down
So doing some basic troubleshooting I can tell you thus:
PSU is an enermax infiniti with Active Protection Stuffs; The symptom is that it just sits in its active protection alert state, giving me 2 beeps, pause, 2 beeps and a wonderful red light.
I tried changing the power source; even ran an extension cable from the UPS for my server; and still the same. I started unplugging internal components, HDD, followed by the fans, memory, even removed the GPU, still the same. This was after a 15min power unplugged period ofc.
When PSU is unplugged from mobo, the indicator stays orange, and it doesnt do anything. As soon as it is plugged into the board, it goes green for ~2sec while it does its check, then back into protective state. Even whilst its in protective state, my USB ports seem to power up.
So: what has gone wrong, anyone got any guesses?
Its either PSU or board, I cant see any obvious damage to either, but the PC could use a good tank of compressed air. Its absolutely bizarre, cause my PC has been in this configuration for months, and routinely has uptime > 1mo between reboots... and tonight it went... All I wanted to do was a couple of laps
