PLease Help ME!

TuEKiD · Sep 22, 2003, 09:11 PM

Ok this is the deal, i left my Pc on when i left my house, when i got home, my PC was off, turns out my Powersupply failed and i dont kno what typa damage it may have caused, i noticed my Power LED was still on when i went to hit reset, (i knew it was bad), so i took it upon my self to take my PSU out and hook it up to my dads PC to see if it realy was the PSU, i hooked it up turned on the PC, it ran for about 20secs then shorted out, i hook up my dads "working" psu hit the power button and nuthing happened, please dont tell me i burned out 2 motherboards in less then 2 hours... So my questions are, if the PSU was bad what type of damage could it have caused, (ex: memory, vid card, mobo?), its hard to check the forums, i may not even be able to check till tomorrow, so please reply if u kno anything... :cry:

Thanks in advanced!, i realy hope i dont owe my dad a new comp!

TuEKiD · Sep 23, 2003, 09:41 PM

BUMB, please anyone with a lil expertis?

TuEKiD · Sep 24, 2003, 08:26 PM

i just remebered why i dont post i the forums that relate to a topic (cause u never get an anwser)

DallasStar · Sep 24, 2003, 11:01 PM

This is more of a hardware/technology question than audio; moved.

WildChild · Sep 24, 2003, 11:31 PM

Any number of components could have shorted out when the supply went....I've seen many combinations of things "fried" by a shorting PSU. Your gonna have to trial and error that one big guy...start with the mobo and work your way around....Sorry it's not much help ...but when it comes to that anything couldve "fried"

Sep 24, 2003, 11:37 PM

ok, when you said nothing happened do you mean NOTHING happened? like the computer didnt turn on? or nothing BAD happened and your computer worked fine? because if your pc just didnt start up then i would have to say that yes... you shorted out the mobo... i am pretty sure it STARTS UP (fan's turn on etc.,) without anything other than the cpu, eh... it may also need ram and the video card, don't remember

TuEKiD · Sep 25, 2003, 11:15 AM

when i hit the power button the only thing that happened was all the fans in the case flickered and my 12" light flickered, but nothing ran for more then .5 of a secound. then i would have to unplugg it, put the plug back only to see that same thing happen again... I already bought a new MOBO nd PSU, i swear to god if i lost my $330 vid card u wont be hearing from me anymore....................

FluffyChicken · Sep 25, 2003, 11:51 AM

get them insured, you could have claimed for it.

hott198 · Sep 26, 2003, 04:32 AM

did you say your dads comp didnt start with its original psu? then you probably did fry it along with yours. man, bummer dude.

BWX · Sep 26, 2003, 04:53 AM

What kind of PSU was it? I'll stay away from whatever it is.

TuEKiD · Sep 26, 2003, 11:12 AM

i'll l00k at the brand later, im sorta in a rush.... it came with my case from krex.com, i know ANTEC is a g00d brand so i bought a 550TRUE power PSU, i was told that "u get what u pay for" so i went out on a limb and spent a little extra cash, after i h00k everything back up, i'll post back and inform u guys what exacly died, at this point it only looks like the MOBO im HOPEING....

Al_Vampyre · Sep 26, 2003, 11:36 AM

Happened to me last week, sounds like the mobo to me, exactly the same thing with the fans etc coming on for about .5 sec, processor & vid card were OK just needed new mobo. Good luck!

TuEKiD · Sep 26, 2003, 11:33 PM

thanks for the support, BWX the PSU was already thrown out so i couldnt check the brand name, but take this advice, u get what you pay for, dont buy a 600WATT PSU just because its cheap, (EX: u can find very cheap PSU's from pricewatch.com), pay the extra cash and u wont have to go threw 2 weeks without ur precious machine...

BWX · Sep 27, 2003, 12:21 AM

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Originally posted by TuEKiD
thanks for the support, BWX the PSU was already thrown out so i couldnt check the brand name, but take this advice, u pay for what u get, dont buy a 600WATT PSU just because its cheap, (EX: u can find very cheap PSU's from pricewatch.com), pay the extra cash and u wont have to go threw 2 weeks without ur precious machine...

You got that right-- you have to look at the rails- and even then it's hard to judge. I've seen benchmarks where they use very expensive equipment to test the "noise" the PSU's filter- or don't filter from the AC line coming in..
They never test inexpensive PSU's like that though. But Some of the expensive Vantec's had lots and lots of noise, so you can't always count on getting a good one just because you spend a bunch either, but your odds are better!

TuEKiD · Sep 27, 2003, 03:10 AM

seems like anything from Vantec has lots and lots of noise, im stuck with the volcan0 11+ as is, that thing is loud enough, but for X-mas i plan on getting a water c00ling kit for the beast, but first i need a working PC.... :-)

TuEKiD · Sep 28, 2003, 10:54 PM

Yea Hot i fried my dads also... whitch prob wasnt a bad thing cause now hes upgrading from that dinky 900MHZ Duron...

Sep 22, 2003, 09:11 PM	#1
TuEKiD DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 101 Rep Power: 0	PLease Help ME! Ok this is the deal, i left my Pc on when i left my house, when i got home, my PC was off, turns out my Powersupply failed and i dont kno what typa damage it may have caused, i noticed my Power LED was still on when i went to hit reset, (i knew it was bad), so i took it upon my self to take my PSU out and hook it up to my dads PC to see if it realy was the PSU, i hooked it up turned on the PC, it ran for about 20secs then shorted out, i hook up my dads "working" psu hit the power button and nuthing happened, please dont tell me i burned out 2 motherboards in less then 2 hours... So my questions are, if the PSU was bad what type of damage could it have caused, (ex: memory, vid card, mobo?), its hard to check the forums, i may not even be able to check till tomorrow, so please reply if u kno anything... :cry: Thanks in advanced!, i realy hope i dont owe my dad a new comp! __________________ [COLOR=silver]Asus A7N8X DLX REV2.0 UBER 1005 BIOS [COLOR=red]2800+ @ 205*11.5 (2358GHZ) @ 1.8V[/COLOR] 1x 42mm over NB, 2x 80mm In & Blow Hole Out 1 Gig Cosair XMS-3200C2 @ 6,3,3,2T, 2.7v VOLCANO 11+ Xaser Edition w/AS3 [COLOR=red]ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB Core@405 Mem@378[/COLOR] Blue Neon 12" light w/ 550Watt ATX PSU[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]3DMark2k1SE =18,806! 3DMark03 = 6,180[/COLOR]

Sep 23, 2003, 09:41 PM	Thread Starter #2
TuEKiD DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 101 Rep Power: 0	BUMB, please anyone with a lil expertis? __________________ [COLOR=silver]Asus A7N8X DLX REV2.0 UBER 1005 BIOS [COLOR=red]2800+ @ 205*11.5 (2358GHZ) @ 1.8V[/COLOR] 1x 42mm over NB, 2x 80mm In & Blow Hole Out 1 Gig Cosair XMS-3200C2 @ 6,3,3,2T, 2.7v VOLCANO 11+ Xaser Edition w/AS3 [COLOR=red]ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB Core@405 Mem@378[/COLOR] Blue Neon 12" light w/ 550Watt ATX PSU[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]3DMark2k1SE =18,806! 3DMark03 = 6,180[/COLOR]

Sep 24, 2003, 08:26 PM	Thread Starter #3
TuEKiD DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 101 Rep Power: 0	i just remebered why i dont post i the forums that relate to a topic (cause u never get an anwser) __________________ [COLOR=silver]Asus A7N8X DLX REV2.0 UBER 1005 BIOS [COLOR=red]2800+ @ 205*11.5 (2358GHZ) @ 1.8V[/COLOR] 1x 42mm over NB, 2x 80mm In & Blow Hole Out 1 Gig Cosair XMS-3200C2 @ 6,3,3,2T, 2.7v VOLCANO 11+ Xaser Edition w/AS3 [COLOR=red]ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB Core@405 Mem@378[/COLOR] Blue Neon 12" light w/ 550Watt ATX PSU[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]3DMark2k1SE =18,806! 3DMark03 = 6,180[/COLOR]

Sep 24, 2003, 11:01 PM	#4
DallasStar Junior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wave Existence Posts: 2,065 Rep Power: 0	This is more of a hardware/technology question than audio; moved. __________________ "A picture of my existence... would show a useless wooden stake covered in snow... stuck loosely at a slant in the ground in a ploughed field on the edge of a vast open plain on a dark winter night." --- Franz Kafka

Sep 24, 2003, 11:31 PM	#5
WildChild I'm Still Watching Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Jersey,U.S.A. Posts: 1,068 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Any number of components could have shorted out when the supply went....I've seen many combinations of things "fried" by a shorting PSU. Your gonna have to trial and error that one big guy...start with the mobo and work your way around....Sorry it's not much help ...but when it comes to that anything couldve "fried" __________________ Knowledge is SCARY,Stupidity is REALLY frightening

Sep 24, 2003, 11:37 PM	#6
generalstupid Guest Posts: n/a	ok, when you said nothing happened do you mean NOTHING happened? like the computer didnt turn on? or nothing BAD happened and your computer worked fine? because if your pc just didnt start up then i would have to say that yes... you shorted out the mobo... i am pretty sure it STARTS UP (fan's turn on etc.,) without anything other than the cpu, eh... it may also need ram and the video card, don't remember

Sep 25, 2003, 11:15 AM	Thread Starter #7
TuEKiD DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 101 Rep Power: 0	when i hit the power button the only thing that happened was all the fans in the case flickered and my 12" light flickered, but nothing ran for more then .5 of a secound. then i would have to unplugg it, put the plug back only to see that same thing happen again... I already bought a new MOBO nd PSU, i swear to god if i lost my $330 vid card u wont be hearing from me anymore.................... __________________ [COLOR=silver]Asus A7N8X DLX REV2.0 UBER 1005 BIOS [COLOR=red]2800+ @ 205*11.5 (2358GHZ) @ 1.8V[/COLOR] 1x 42mm over NB, 2x 80mm In & Blow Hole Out 1 Gig Cosair XMS-3200C2 @ 6,3,3,2T, 2.7v VOLCANO 11+ Xaser Edition w/AS3 [COLOR=red]ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB Core@405 Mem@378[/COLOR] Blue Neon 12" light w/ 550Watt ATX PSU[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]3DMark2k1SE =18,806! 3DMark03 = 6,180[/COLOR]

Sep 25, 2003, 11:51 AM	#8
FluffyChicken DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: England Posts: 320 Rep Power: 0	get them insured, you could have claimed for it. __________________ [COLOR=#455b64]Team mauisun.org [/COLOR]

Sep 26, 2003, 04:32 AM	#9
hott198 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	did you say your dads comp didnt start with its original psu? then you probably did fry it along with yours. man, bummer dude.

Sep 26, 2003, 04:53 AM	#10
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	What kind of PSU was it? I'll stay away from whatever it is. __________________

Sep 26, 2003, 11:12 AM	Thread Starter #11
TuEKiD DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 101 Rep Power: 0	i'll l00k at the brand later, im sorta in a rush.... it came with my case from krex.com, i know ANTEC is a g00d brand so i bought a 550TRUE power PSU, i was told that "u get what u pay for" so i went out on a limb and spent a little extra cash, after i h00k everything back up, i'll post back and inform u guys what exacly died, at this point it only looks like the MOBO im HOPEING.... __________________ [COLOR=silver]Asus A7N8X DLX REV2.0 UBER 1005 BIOS [COLOR=red]2800+ @ 205*11.5 (2358GHZ) @ 1.8V[/COLOR] 1x 42mm over NB, 2x 80mm In & Blow Hole Out 1 Gig Cosair XMS-3200C2 @ 6,3,3,2T, 2.7v VOLCANO 11+ Xaser Edition w/AS3 [COLOR=red]ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB Core@405 Mem@378[/COLOR] Blue Neon 12" light w/ 550Watt ATX PSU[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]3DMark2k1SE =18,806! 3DMark03 = 6,180[/COLOR]

Sep 26, 2003, 11:36 AM	#12
Al_Vampyre HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,532 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	Happened to me last week, sounds like the mobo to me, exactly the same thing with the fans etc coming on for about .5 sec, processor & vid card were OK just needed new mobo. Good luck! __________________ "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad" - Brian O'Driscoll - Ireland Rugby Team 2009 Grand Slam winning Captain.

Sep 26, 2003, 11:33 PM	Thread Starter #13
TuEKiD DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 101 Rep Power: 0	thanks for the support, BWX the PSU was already thrown out so i couldnt check the brand name, but take this advice, u get what you pay for, dont buy a 600WATT PSU just because its cheap, (EX: u can find very cheap PSU's from pricewatch.com), pay the extra cash and u wont have to go threw 2 weeks without ur precious machine... __________________ [COLOR=silver]Asus A7N8X DLX REV2.0 UBER 1005 BIOS [COLOR=red]2800+ @ 20511.5 (2358GHZ) @ 1.8V[/COLOR] 1x 42mm over NB, 2x 80mm In & Blow Hole Out 1 Gig Cosair XMS-3200C2 @ 6,3,3,2T, 2.7v VOLCANO 11+ Xaser Edition w/AS3 [COLOR=red]ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB Core@405 Mem@378[/COLOR] Blue Neon 12" light w/ 550Watt ATX PSU[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]3DMark2k1SE =18,806! 3DMark03 = 6,180[/COLOR] Last edited by TuEKiD; Sep 27, 2003 at 02:28 AM.*

Sep 27, 2003, 03:10 AM	Thread Starter #15
TuEKiD DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 101 Rep Power: 0	seems like anything from Vantec has lots and lots of noise, im stuck with the volcan0 11+ as is, that thing is loud enough, but for X-mas i plan on getting a water c00ling kit for the beast, but first i need a working PC.... :-) __________________ [COLOR=silver]Asus A7N8X DLX REV2.0 UBER 1005 BIOS [COLOR=red]2800+ @ 205*11.5 (2358GHZ) @ 1.8V[/COLOR] 1x 42mm over NB, 2x 80mm In & Blow Hole Out 1 Gig Cosair XMS-3200C2 @ 6,3,3,2T, 2.7v VOLCANO 11+ Xaser Edition w/AS3 [COLOR=red]ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB Core@405 Mem@378[/COLOR] Blue Neon 12" light w/ 550Watt ATX PSU[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]3DMark2k1SE =18,806! 3DMark03 = 6,180[/COLOR]

Sep 28, 2003, 10:54 PM	Thread Starter #16
TuEKiD DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 101 Rep Power: 0	Yea Hot i fried my dads also... whitch prob wasnt a bad thing cause now hes upgrading from that dinky 900MHZ Duron... __________________ [COLOR=silver]Asus A7N8X DLX REV2.0 UBER 1005 BIOS [COLOR=red]2800+ @ 205*11.5 (2358GHZ) @ 1.8V[/COLOR] 1x 42mm over NB, 2x 80mm In & Blow Hole Out 1 Gig Cosair XMS-3200C2 @ 6,3,3,2T, 2.7v VOLCANO 11+ Xaser Edition w/AS3 [COLOR=red]ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB Core@405 Mem@378[/COLOR] Blue Neon 12" light w/ 550Watt ATX PSU[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]3DMark2k1SE =18,806! 3DMark03 = 6,180[/COLOR]