Power Supply problems

[awaitinggamestate]

I have an antec 450 watt that i took to have tested and it says that it is fine. The problem is that when i plug in the 4 prong power connector to the board it shuts down in about 5 secs. I did notice some smoke come out the back and it went away and i am hoping that the unit is just not able to push enough power now. I am having it tested now in a computer at a shop with my video card to see if it is ok as well. Could the test possibly not be checking the proper output of the unit? The board is a new msi athlon 64 to replace the gigabyte that i fried with a small dash of water. water cooling is very fun. any help would be great!!!!!!

 

[wwparrish]

"notice some smoke come out the back and..."

Funy thing about electroncics, once the smoke gets out it seldom can be put back in a cost effective manner.

I am not sure I understand all of that, it was tested before, smoke , now being tested, but bottom line, if there was smoke and no-one has repaired anything, i would not trust any of my equipment near that power supply, most certainly if when I plugged something into it, it shut down. Oh BTW typically plugging power connections in and out of equipment while its running is a bad thing.

Really sounds like you need a new supply unless this testing and possible repair is super cheap or free.

 

[Ice Czar]

watts dont mean much these days
its the proper distribution of amps to the right rails
its very likely your overloading (make that overloaded) the +12V rail
that is likely an older supply geared to wards powering the mobo and cpu off the +5V rail
and your current config draws the power off the +12V rail

as mentioned once the magic smoke escapes....


list your full config
(anything that employs power, incluuding mouse and keyboard)