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Power supply?? Really??

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So I swapped a Sabertooth X58 in place of a P6T SE, and while I was in there decided to so some dusting. So I blew out the whole case including the PSU. Put everyting back together, and lo and behold I get a no POST error at the VGA LED. I swap the card for a known good one. Same error. So I say screw it, book down to Fry's in Plano, and get it swapped. Head back home, drop in the board same error. motherf**ker. Head back to Fry's this morning and get a new 750 PSU. Swap it and BAM! new MB is rockin'.

I had bee experiencing random BSODs and figured it was my RAM. I had dialed down the O/C, as I figured my RAM was toasted. I couldn't even get Prime95 to go with out errors on even a slight O/C. Seems it was the PSU the whole time. Oh well I have some GSkill on the way from the Egg. Weird thing is the PC ran stock fine, but wouldn't boo the Sabertooth. I wonder if the dusting finally shorted something out?

Anyone know if I can mix-n-match the GSkill on the way with the Patriot stuff I have there now?
 
Hi high lander,

I've seen almost the same thing with a system that would run at stock fine, but even a mild overclock (seemed like any change to BCLK or CPU multi.) caused BSOD at boot. Changed out everything with no luck until swapping out the PSU solved the OC problem. I gave the PSU to someone who doesn't need to do any OC and it's working fine for them.

As long as both memory kits are rated at similar speeds, use same amount of voltage, and preferably the same CAS latencies, then you shouldn't have any problems mixing the memory kits. The Sabertooth X58 was tested extensively with many different memory kits from different vendors as part of the military grade reliability/stability testing and if you do have any issues booting up, you can use the MemOk button on the board to automatically find good settings for boot.
 
A power supply is a device that supplies electrical energy to one or more electric loads. The term is most commonly applied to devices that convert one form of electrical energy to another, though it may also refer to devices that convert another form of energy........
 
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yes...why do you think there are $20 400 watt power supplies and $150 400 watt power supplies?
 
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