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Bunk 520w powerstream! ?

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Trippy!

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hi everyone! well.. i just got my 520w powerstream psu.. which so eagerly ripped into and then setup in my comp just before i fired it up i took a few extra seconds to admire it's sexiness... then i flipped the switch... and ........... nothin....... double checked all connections... tried a few different wall plugs and still nothin.. so i hooked up my old (dying) psu and it fired up like a charm.. :( time to rma? or is anything i should try !?!?!
Tia
 
yeah heres my advice

on the back, there is a switch

flip it to I
 
Trippy! said:
hi everyone! well.. i just got my 520w powerstream psu.. which so eagerly ripped into and then setup in my comp just before i fired it up i took a few extra seconds to admire it's sexiness... then i flipped the switch... and ........... nothin....... double checked all connections... tried a few different wall plugs and still nothin.. so i hooked up my old (dying) psu and it fired up like a charm.. :( time to rma? or is anything i should try !?!?!
Tia
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ouch, thats an insult.. no?
 
I would RMA it....my OCZ 520 powerstream hasn't given me any probs since december, you got a lemon.
 
seeing the forest for the trees often requires pointing out the obvious
so no that wasnt an insult :p
just something many have overlooked in the past
I had a power strip that happened to have individually fused outlets
well since the strip was powering the monitor it couldnt possibly be the source of my problem :p
a simple push of the reset button made me into a fool :p


before you give up on it
use a paperclip to short the Green to any Black wire while a fan and old drive is attached
if it fires up that will tell you something

its possible its been damaged in shipping
its possible it doesnt have enough load on it to fire up
its possible its not recognizing the mobo's power good signal
 
Exactly, always start with the easy and most obvious of possible fixes. :cool:

Atleast OCZ is a good company that stands behind their stuffs. So that powerswap plan or whatever should get you back into business should it be that your PSU is dead.
 
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