Helping friend build computer, PSU problems (I think)

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CrazyJ

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so here are the parts:

Antec 500W psu (came with the Sonata III case)

Gigabyte GA-EP45
4 gigs Corsair XMS2 ram
E8400 w/ stock cooler
Sapphire 4830

The weird thing is that we got it to load up to the BIOS but it froze while I was checking the settings.

Now I can't even get it there.

When I start it there is a series of fast beeps and then a pause...then then they start again.

According to the manual it seems to be a power supply problem but I'm not 100% sure. I don't really have a spare PSU and taking the one from my computer would be a real PITA because of the case.

Any ideas before I try to RMA this? Also since this came with the case how does RMA'ing it work?
 
The beeps are a code for what error is occuring.
Look up the beep code to see what it is pointing to.
 
CrazyJ said:
Also since this came with the case how does RMA'ing it work?
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They'll just ask for the serial code off the PSU. Once they can confirm that you indeed have a malfunctioning PSU, they'll allow you to send the PSU to them. They'll send you a replacement as soon as they can confirm again that the PSU is malfunctioning.

But yeah, do what Nenu said: Look up the Beep codes.
 
well according to the beep codes its a power error.

Is that pretty much guaranteed that its the PSU?
 
Your first post says it's a series of short beeps with a pause then it starts over. Now you say continuous short beeps. To me this is not the same thing so what is it?

Sounds like you think it is the error you get when you don't plug in the AUX power connector. However if you count the number of beeps and report that number to us we could try and confirm that for you.

If it were me I would pull the board from the case and set it up on the box. Reseat the ram clear CMOS and try again.


Oh and you don't have to pull your PSU from your case to test it on another system. The connection should be long enough if you pull the board and test it out side of the case.
 
well the first time it was continuous, then later on it did pauses, now its back to being continuous.

Either way I'm gonna RMA the PSU so hopefully it'll be the end of that.
 
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