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Possible PSU Dying?

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memnoch_thedevil

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I am wondering if my PSU is giving out because I have random shut downs. They aren't often, and usually happen when I plug my iPhone into charge, which is why I think it's a PSU issue.

Specs in sig. with 2 printers, mouse, keyboard, 2 phones and a touch that draw power from the PSU, about 10 fans not counting the PSU fan, 2 DVD drives, and a fan controller. Right now I run it @ 3.9GHz @ 1.23v, and have for the last 2 months or so.

That should be plenty of power to handle that load no? I can't send the PSU back, I took it apart to change the fan lol
 
Doesn't sound like a PSU issue to me.
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I'd suggest running a program which measures voltage like HWMonitor then running something intensive on your PC. Maybe 2 Orthos plus a FurMark run or something to really max it out.

You'll be able to tell if your PSU is struggling if your voltages drop while its running.

Let us know how it goes
 
craigr1982 said:
I'd suggest running a program which measures voltage like HWMonitor then running something intensive on your PC. Maybe 2 Orthos plus a FurMark run or something to really max it out.

You'll be able to tell if your PSU is struggling if your voltages drop while its running.

Let us know how it goes
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No software in the world can accurately or remotely accurately measure PSU voltages. He needs to use a Digital Multimeter:
http://www.bfgpower.com/troubleshooting.html#DMM
 
Software voltage monitoring is only good for wasting time.

I don't think it's a PSU issue, a usb device is limited to a maximum of 2.5 watts. I'd be looking at either a bad cable or bad usb port.
 
I went for PSU problem first, because the connection ports on this particular PSU plain suck. For such an expensive and highly rated PSU, I am surprised at how easily they started to become loose. I didn't think software to determine voltage drop would be accurate enough, and I think my father-in-law has a digital multimeter already, I'll check that out first.

Couple of google searches mentioned PSU issues too, which is another reason why I leaned in that direction.

I am well within my power limits for what I am running though right? I mean I am not pushing it too much?

Thanks for the replies too!
 
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