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I need your Help! Psu problem

Noble Aquarius

Noble Aquarius

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Hey, Everyone

I have a problem i think with my psu. i have a Antec Ture 550watt's and my computer would freeze 1 time a day so i though it was the hard drive. but i heard a strange sound. like a mini cracking sound. so i turned my computer off right away. its was quiet and not loud. i just know that sound was not right. but it did not smell like burning parts. so i took it out and put in a 350 watt but had to put my Ti 4200 in. what would happend if i left the Psu in? would it make my mothber/cpu/memory Extra Crispy? or would just the Psu be Extra Cripsy?

So i know i need a new psu. but can i use the 1 i have if i run like the minimum part's like just the mobo/cpu/hhd/video? because i will buy 1 out of my next check. and i will have more funds. then this week. i was going to use this psu just as a temp 1. i got a deal for a cpu so i need to get that first. but could i make this one last or is it over?
 
A faulty or dying PSU can take out your entire PC when it dies. A power supply can still die even when there's a small load on it. There are some cases where the PSU will just take itself out but considering that the True series were never that good quality, I wouldn't trust that PSU in your system.
 
i will put it in a very old system i have sitting around just to test it i wont be out anything. i dont use it will be for testing system neways lol
 
Gulkor said:
i will put it in a very old system i have sitting around just to test it i wont be out anything. i dont use it will be for testing system neways lol
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Why don't you just hotwire it without the PC and test it with a multimeter? Paperclip the green wire on the ATX connector to any black wire, and switch it on. Test the leads individually with a voltmeter. Voila.
 
i dont know how to do that lol i am not to smart in the psu dep. i have never had to play around with a psu

Also if this psu blows will it smell bad? like when a hhd pops -.-
 
1. Pull the PSU from the case, and disconnect it from everything. You should have the PSU by itself.
2. Take a paperclip and put one end of it into the green lead on the 24/20-pin ATX connector.
3. Put the other end of the paperclip into a black lead (ground).
4. Plug in the PSU and/or put the rocker switch on the 'ON' position.
5. Place the black lead from your multimeter into any black pin on the PSU leads.
6. Probe the Yellow, Red, and Orange leads on the PSU with the red lead of your multimeter (Set your meter to DC).
7. Yellow should read ~12v, Red should read ~5v, and Orange should read ~3.3v.
8. If they are off, or erratic, then you have a definite problem. If not, then you could potentially have a bad PSU, but may require a load to be symptomatic.

Pin-Out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atx#ATX12V_2.0

My Ultra PSU had a major meltdown, but kept "running." It blew a cap and smoked up everything and I didn't find it until I got home. My rig was still running, but it was pretty obvious that something was afoot.
 
ok we'll i dont have a multimeter and i dont feel like spending cash on it. because i am already buying a new psu this wed. i just want to see if it will work until this wed or a week aleast
 
ok so i tried it on my old computer and it is fine turned on and everything. nothing poped so i wonder if my case is grounding it some where or my thermltake case is the problem. because i have a Asus K8v-Se Deluxe 160hhd 7.2k ide 6800gt 2x 80mm fans 2x 120mm fans and a blue light in the case and thats all i have hooked up the 12v is a single rail with 30 amps on it
 
ok thank you i called a local computer shop and they said they will test it for me for free. so i am going to run that up there so they can test it
 
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