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MikeyB
04-25-2005, 01:19 PM
Hi all, i've been lurking [H] for a while and now I'm in need of some feedback. Here is the situation:

MB: FIC AN19c
CPU: Athlon XP 3000+ Barton - 187 FSB @ 1.9v (0.25v over)
TEMP: 105F during super pi (HSF felt warm at the base)
VIDEO: 9800xt
PSU: 350w cheapo that came with case
OTHER: 1 SATA HD and a bunch of fans

After it completed super pi to 32m at this speed I let it run over night. All was well this morning so I loaded atitool and set it to finding a stable overclock for my 9800. While it was doing this I brushed my teeth and when I returned the computer was turned off. I hit the power and got nothing. Upon further inspection I could see that the leds on my network adapter were lit and when I hit the power the fans spun about 1/16 of a turn and quit. No burning smell or smoke.

In your guys opinion, what is the probability of a bad PSU? Probability of fried CPU?

Thanks in advance for your help.
Mike

MrMitch
04-25-2005, 01:26 PM
PSU: 350w cheapo that came with case

Hmm........lets see, where to start testing..................

Just get good compenents and start testing, most likely a PSU, could be a processor as 1.9v's is quite a bit, but shouldn't have fried it. If it was a PSU here's hoping it didn't take the mobo, cpu. ram and video card with it. Can't belive people overclock with cheap PSU's.

2Fresh
04-25-2005, 01:31 PM
Did you reset cmos. Try unplugging and letting it sit for abit, then reset cmos and see if that helps.

N H O
04-25-2005, 01:58 PM
ah nice mobo i hav the E version.....great overclockers and im willing to bet that its the power supply

0mega
04-25-2005, 01:59 PM
no doubt in my mind its the PSU...

Bubbaspeed
04-25-2005, 03:13 PM
sounds like a dead psu

MD_Willington
04-25-2005, 03:22 PM
If it turns out the PSU is toast, dig deeper and look at the power fets on the mainboard and the caps in the regulation circuit, they've been known to nuke systems when they go...

If the power regulation circuit is toast, don't bother with a new power supply, it could kill it too.

MD

MikeyB
04-25-2005, 03:35 PM
I got it to post with my room mate's power supply. Thanks for all the great replies. I'm off to microcenter.