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Is my PSU shot?

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ryang

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I have an Aspire 520W (yes I know a pos). It powers:
Gigabyte 7a-n400 Pro2 Rev 2
AMD 3200 socket A
BFG 6600 GT OC AGP
4x WD 80GB's, 1 Maxtor 250GB
8X DVDRW
cheapo 512MB pc3200
2x120 mm case fans, and 2x UV cathodes (one inverter)
I have every connection used except floppy power.

My issue is, it won't turn off. XP will shutdown and kill the monitor but the pc will stay running and the HD led will stay solid. The RAM led will turn off on the board showing me it's powered down, but all fans stay running. I disconnected the front switches, and it still does it. I have to turn off the pc from the back by the PSU. Holding the switch in front for 4 seconds does nothng, all BIOS settings have not changed since it was functioning fine for a month. Wake on lan is not enabled and it still acted up with no network cable. And as soon as I plug in the power cord it will turn itself on.... I know this can't be a windows problem because of the instant powerup issue, so is this directly related to the PSU?


Thannks for any help. I'm currently eyeing a seasonic or fortron on newegg, will a 460W forton suffice?
 
From my experiance that problem's always been a faulty PSU. The sure fire way is unplug the motherboard connections and plug in the PSU, if it turns on you know for certain it's bad.
 
That's exactly what I did already. With no case switches attached the PSU will turn itself on when the cord is plugged in :(
 
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