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Basically about a year ago I purchased a new computer. It includes a 2.6c and a sapphire ati 9800. The video card has been modded to a 9800 pro. For the case I purchased the Antec sonata and it came with a powersupply, one which I always considered good, Antec true power 380W. I thought it would be enough for my system
Now about the power consumption of my case I have no lights or extra fans. The case has an 80mm fan at the back and the mobo is an IC7-Max3 which has a little otes cooling system with a fan and the usual mobo stuff. There is also the modded 9800pro which draws power but other than that I have cd-rom and a hard drive along with a floppy. Nothing else
Throughout the course of the year I noticed various power fluctuation like symptoms, basically my screen would flicker on the edges for a fraction of a second. It is hard to describe but you could compare it with the visual effect of little drops of water flowing on the side of the monitor. It was fuzzy and lasted for a short period of time. On some occasions the whole screen would flicker like it was about to shut off but since it happened so fast it wouldnt, it would be like turning a tv off by unplugging the cord and then putting it back in very fast so that you dont fully lose the picture. Well as Ive said it is hard to describe.
Ive attributed this weird behavior to my old monitor(6+ years) and the new house in which I live. I assumed it since it might be new there might be some weird power fluctuations that will go away with time
On Saturday I was playing doom3 and all of a sudden my computer turned off just like someone unplugged it. After a quick WTF??!? I reached down and pressed the power button to power it up again. I was greeted with a loud BOOM, followed by smoke coming out the power supply and the lovely smell of something burning. This never happened to me before, Im a computer newb(although I built this PC alone) and it totally freaked me out. The first idea was that I burned the whole thing and the mobo, processor and video card are all dead. Eventually I got this noname 200W or so power supply from an ancient computer, put it on the current one and tested out the my pc. It was working so the power supply was the only affected thing. The next day I purchased an Enermax 460W PS and Im using it right now. The problem is that about twice I noticed small monitor flickers with this new ps! They arent as often and as powerful as the ones with the old Antec PS but they still are there. Now I have an extra 80Watts and they still occur.
Any idea why? Isnt 460W enough for a set up like mine? Is there something eating more power?
Should I call Antec and request a brand new PS from them? I guess they have some warranty but I didnt want to wait weeks without a working computer so I purchased a different one If Antec can send me a brand new one I guess I can sell it at a very reduced price to a friend. Does Antec cover this sort of issues?
Now about the power consumption of my case I have no lights or extra fans. The case has an 80mm fan at the back and the mobo is an IC7-Max3 which has a little otes cooling system with a fan and the usual mobo stuff. There is also the modded 9800pro which draws power but other than that I have cd-rom and a hard drive along with a floppy. Nothing else
Throughout the course of the year I noticed various power fluctuation like symptoms, basically my screen would flicker on the edges for a fraction of a second. It is hard to describe but you could compare it with the visual effect of little drops of water flowing on the side of the monitor. It was fuzzy and lasted for a short period of time. On some occasions the whole screen would flicker like it was about to shut off but since it happened so fast it wouldnt, it would be like turning a tv off by unplugging the cord and then putting it back in very fast so that you dont fully lose the picture. Well as Ive said it is hard to describe.
Ive attributed this weird behavior to my old monitor(6+ years) and the new house in which I live. I assumed it since it might be new there might be some weird power fluctuations that will go away with time
On Saturday I was playing doom3 and all of a sudden my computer turned off just like someone unplugged it. After a quick WTF??!? I reached down and pressed the power button to power it up again. I was greeted with a loud BOOM, followed by smoke coming out the power supply and the lovely smell of something burning. This never happened to me before, Im a computer newb(although I built this PC alone) and it totally freaked me out. The first idea was that I burned the whole thing and the mobo, processor and video card are all dead. Eventually I got this noname 200W or so power supply from an ancient computer, put it on the current one and tested out the my pc. It was working so the power supply was the only affected thing. The next day I purchased an Enermax 460W PS and Im using it right now. The problem is that about twice I noticed small monitor flickers with this new ps! They arent as often and as powerful as the ones with the old Antec PS but they still are there. Now I have an extra 80Watts and they still occur.
Any idea why? Isnt 460W enough for a set up like mine? Is there something eating more power?
Should I call Antec and request a brand new PS from them? I guess they have some warranty but I didnt want to wait weeks without a working computer so I purchased a different one If Antec can send me a brand new one I guess I can sell it at a very reduced price to a friend. Does Antec cover this sort of issues?
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