PSU problem?? Help me good people!

skylineboy · 14 Jun 2012 at 20:22

UPDATE

I have an Antec TP750 purchased from OcUk September 2010.

It hasn't skipped a beat until now... I think.

I had a whole system lock up this afternoon while play FM and listening to itunes. Power and reset buttons were completely unresponsive.

It now powers on for 2.5 seconds or so and just keeps looping on and off. I have done a recent complete rebuild but has worked beautifully since the weekend.

I think it is the PSU. I tried booting without RAM. Without the 6970. Reset CMOS. No changes made to the power on/off cycle.

Any ideas?

MatsyLR · 14 Jun 2012 at 20:25

Its died, if its just looping itself off and on, then its pretty much gone.
Does it still have a warranty?

skylineboy · 14 Jun 2012 at 20:26

I believe so I will need to check. Do antec have an online checker?

trickynickyuk · 14 Jun 2012 at 20:29

it sounds as if it has died look at antecs warranty you might be able to RMA it to them

MatsyLR · 14 Jun 2012 at 20:31

I think warranty is 3 years for antec isn't it?
So you should be all clear for RMA'ing it.

skylineboy · 14 Jun 2012 at 20:52

Thanks guys RMA note sent to Antec.

Do you reckon a Bequiet 530 psu would be capable of running my system in the meantime. I have one at my mum's which I could get sent in the mean time.

Justintime · 14 Jun 2012 at 21:00

With ease.

trickynickyuk · 15 Jun 2012 at 16:44

i would say at stock it would be fine

skylineboy · 10 Jul 2012 at 20:29

I installed the Bequiet 530 and for an evening or so it was fine. The next day same problem. Unlucky with PSU? Anywho I bought a Corsair HX650. After 30 mins of FM it hard locks- same problem.

Any thoughts?

I am starting to think it's the motherboard. I haven't sorted any RMA out yet either. I did have a major leak when testing some fluid about a month and a half ago. Could it be left over residue from the Aurora?

It seems odd that it would be fine then stop after a period of time

Indy500 · 10 Jul 2012 at 21:36

Seems like a motherboard issue to me, can't be software if the power and reset switches don't work.

skylineboy · 10 Jul 2012 at 21:52

Thanks for the reply sr4470

I'm wondering if I should purchase a new motherboard but, I only bought an OEM version of W7: would I be able to use the developers version of W8 without too many issues or would a new most probably retail version of W7 be neccessary?

Indy500 · 10 Jul 2012 at 21:53

skylineboy said:
I'm wondering if I should purchase a new motherboard but, I only bought an OEM version of W7: would I be able to use the developers version of W8 without too many issues or would a new most probably retail version of W7 be neccessary?

You're replacing a faulty board so I don't see any issue with using the OEM Windows 7.