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OCZ Powerstream dead?

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Direkt

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In preperation for my new PC I took apart and sleeved my OCZ Powerstream 520w. After reassembling it and rewiring all of the connectors I decided to see what my CCFLs would look like inside my case. So I decided to jump my PSU with a paperclip on the green and black wires. However, it does not power on. I have done this paperclip trick on many PSUs (including one identical to this) so it should power on. Is there anything I could have accidently done while sleeving the PSU that would have resulted in its death? And if so, is there anything in particular I should look for, perhaps I can repair the damage. If you have any further insight please let me know, having my $130 PSU which I spent hours sleeving just sitting there dead is killing me.
 
PSUs need a load on them at all times. They don't like it when you jump them with nothing to power.
 
Double check all connectors to be sure all wires went back where they belong, and to be sure nothing's shorting out.
 
Will a PC turn on (atleast enough to activate the PSU fans and leds) without any hardware in it. In other words I am just plugging my PSU into the DFI RDX200 and trying to power it in using the built in power button on the mobo. When I flip the PSU on the "LED 1" led lights up on the board, it is towards the bottom left corner and is yellow. However when I hit the power button nothing else happens. Just curious if I need to put more hardware in or not.
 
A motherboard alone should be enough. You're getting the LED because the +5VSB is right, but something else is apparently shorting causing the green to ground to not work.
 
I was also under the impression that as long as the wires were the same color it didn't matter if they went into the exact same slot again. Like the ATX connector has about 10 black wires I thought it didn't matter what which black was in a slot, as long as it is in a slot designed for a black wire. It appears that I may be wrong. When I re-wired the PSU I just made sure that everything got into the same slot as far as color, not neccesarily the same slot that it was in to begin with, just the same color order. Is this wrong? And if so, is there any possible way to figure out how to re-wire it correctly? Thanks for your help in this.
 
On THAT power supply it shouldn't matter. You only have one 12V rail. All colors should lead back to the same place.
 
This is the 520w Adj SLI model. It is fully ATX 2.0 (24 pin connectors, 2 PCI-E connectors) and I assumed that it had 2 12 volt rails. Perhaps not. Either way, it still does not work :( .
 
Direkt said:
This is the 520w Adj SLI model. It is fully ATX 2.0 (24 pin connectors, 2 PCI-E connectors) and I assumed that it had 2 12 volt rails. Perhaps not. Either way, it still does not work :( .
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One +12V rail rated at 33A.

OCZ is famous for their customer service, contact them. ;)
 
Direkt said:
This is the 520w Adj SLI model. It is fully ATX 2.0 (24 pin connectors, 2 PCI-E connectors) and I assumed that it had 2 12 volt rails. Perhaps not. Either way, it still does not work :( .
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SLI!=ATX12v2.0
 
davidhammock200 said:
OCZ is famous for their customer service, contact them. ;)
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QFT
My original OCZ PowerStream 520W (non-SLI) broke. I drove to Sunnyvale and they replaced it with a NEW OCZ PowerSream 520W SLI version :D
 
Yea, too bad I opened it therefore voiding my warranty :(. Oh well you have to pay to play.
 
I had a problem six weeks ago when my OCZ Powerstream 520w died after a powercut (something that has apparantly affected quite a few people) but contacted them on their support forum and they sent a new PSU out to me after I returned the faulty one. The whole process took about 3 weeks in my case, but part of that was negotiating a UK address to return the card to and also a probable delay because I was returning close to Christmas. I would assume in most instances it would have been resolved quicker than that.

I would certainly suggest contacting them as they seemed really helpful with my situation.

A link to the support forum for the PSU's is in the link below:-


http://www.bleedinedge.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=56





Then again, they might do nothing as you have voided the warranty. But Hell, what do you have to lose?
 
I had a rail go bad on my PowerStream 420 and they upgraded me to the 520 for free.

Call them and you will get it replaced. I do beleive they have a 3 or 5 year warranty. ;)
 
Santos L. Halper said:
Call them and you will get it replaced. I do beleive they have a 3 or 5 year warranty. ;)
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He cut and sleeved it. He'll probably just get advice at the best, but I'd like to hear if they do replace it.
 
Direkt said:
Yea, too bad I opened it therefore voiding my warranty :(. Oh well you have to pay to play.
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to bad i would have to take mine apart to help you out. other wise i would.
 
Direkt said:
This is the 520w Adj SLI model. It is fully ATX 2.0 (24 pin connectors, 2 PCI-E connectors) and I assumed that it had 2 12 volt rails. Perhaps not. Either way, it still does not work :( .
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Not

single +12V rail, simply compatible not compliant
the 600W was the first OCZ v2.01 compliant supply with dual isolated +12V rails
you have a P6 Topower there with various options
specifically a TOP-626P6 or TOP-658P6

the TOP-708P6 & TOP-709P6 are the compliant models which OCZ has one rebranded as a true ATX12V v2.0 600W
 
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