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Think I damaged my Power Supply.

  • 29-09-2009 4:27pm
    #1
    Lafortezza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,806 ✭✭✭


    Case was getting a bit dusty, so I opened it up and cleaned out the dust as best i could. Finished, plugged everything back in again, rebooted fine.
    Playing a game on Steam for about half an hour and the whole PC just powers down.
    Reboot, opened up Firefox, logged into boards, powers down again.
    Try to power on, powers down about 10 seconds into startup. Happens twice.

    Turn off, unplug, leave for 20 mins, power on again fine, and here i am typing this thread.

    I'm assuming I ****ed up the power supply somehow, because the random power downs seem like a similar problem I had before, then i returned it to Komplett and they put in a new PS.


    Could it be something as simple as whatever connecting wires run into the PS are loose or not fully plugged in?

    Or does it basically sound like I need a new PSU? I'm not very techy btw, which was likely the cause of the problem :)


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  • #2
    Deano12345
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,594 ✭✭✭Deano12345


    Check all your power connections is the first step.Post back if that doesn't work


  • #3
    giggsirish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭giggsirish


    lafortezza wrote: »
    Case was getting a bit dusty, so I opened it up and cleaned out the dust as best i could. Finished, plugged everything back in again, rebooted fine.
    Playing a game on Steam for about half an hour and the whole PC just powers down.
    Reboot, opened up Firefox, logged into boards, powers down again.
    Try to power on, powers down about 10 seconds into startup. Happens twice.

    Turn off, unplug, leave for 20 mins, power on again fine, and here i am typing this thread.

    I'm assuming I ****ed up the power supply somehow, because the random power downs seem like a similar problem I had before, then i returned it to Komplett and they put in a new PS.


    Could it be something as simple as whatever connecting wires run into the PS are loose or not fully plugged in?

    Or does it basically sound like I need a new PSU? I'm not very techy btw, which was likely the cause of the problem :)

    Given the varied time it takes for it to power off and that you had the case open sounds like its overheating. The powering down is its saftey net. Does the fan on top of the CPU power up? If not there is your problem. Will prob find a 2 pin conector loose somewhere leading from the fan. Have a look.


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