• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

Noob PSU question

C

chrislg

n00b
Joined
Jun 14, 2004
Messages
41
I just ordered an Antec Case+PSU (450W of their silent type) combo from Newegg for my brother and hooked the thing up. When I press power, the fans give a very minor jolt and everything is still. Am I correct in assuming I got a bad power supply? I sure hope not because I drove 450 miles just to setup this computer for him.
 
Lots of things could cause this, so It's difficult to say. It could be a short- mainboard, etc. touching the case or some other piece of metal. I've also seen bad mainboards do this. Another possibility is the PSU could be overloaded if you're cramming a lot of stuff in there. A well behaved one should shut itself down in an overload situation. What are the system specs & what model # is the PSU? Mainboard, GPU, CPU, etc.
Have you tried it with a minimum of equipment plugged it? Ie- mobo, proc, ram, graphics card unless it has onboard. No need for drives or any expansion cards at first- you're just trying to get it to post so you can figure out what else is wrong. Getting it to bitch about not having a boot device is a victory. You could also try a minimal setup without the case.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top