PSU problem

rulocal

rulocal

rulocal

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Hi

Can anyone confirm my PSU is dying. I have recently had serious troubles booting up the following system.

Gigabyte P35
E2810
Hyper PSU
2*OCZ 2GB
8800GT
2* Hard Drives

Initially I got no beeps but all fans spinning and then cutting out.
I then unplugged one HD and got beeps but it then failed during the Windows XP loading screen.
I have now removed one stick of memory and after a few goes it boots up fine.

Does this suggest the PSU is on it's last legs. There are no noises coming from it but it is almost 4 years old.

Cheers
 
Thanks for your reply Malc

Yes, it has been running fine for years until I started having these boot problems yesterday. No hardware changed or added. It isn't even overclocked.
 
Moneywise, getting a new PSU is not a problem. There is one on special this week that should fit the bill.

Unfortunately nobody local to borrow and test.

I will run sup spypot and see what happens.

I am not clocking and have run memtest.

The fact that I get incremental progress by removing the second HD and then memory sugessts perhaps the PSU just can't muster the power. Then again, I have no idea what I am talking about, although it seems logical.

I am not overclcoking.
 
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