- Aug 2, 2011
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System Specs:
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 System Manufacturer: MSI System Model: MS-7673
BIOS: BIOS Date: 04/14/11 10:01:35 Ver: 04.06.04
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2300 CPU @ 2.80GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
PSU: Ezcool PS-1000 800w
My problem seems to stem from my PSU.
I recently tried to turn my desktop on from sleep mode and it refused to turn on, it eventually turned on but the screen remained blank. Turning the screen on and off did nothing, all cables were checked before I then restarted my PC and it returned to life, albeit very slowly, and with several blank screens and flashes before it gave me the log in screen. Everything began to run normally from this point, after a good few minutes at least I could game and surf the web.
I sent it to sleep at the end of the day and lo and behold it happened again, except while it was starting up after the blank screen I heard a sound like air escaping out of a pierced can before a small popping sound followed by a burning smell except the PC seemed to get to the Desktop with the same speed as the day before. I got the specs from a recent DxDiag, copied it onto a piece of paper and turned off the machine as I realized that if it was the PSU and a capacitor had blown I had a potential fire hazard on my hands.
Anyway, my question. Is it a blown capacitor in my PSU, I haven't had a chance to open up the PSU to see, but if it is, would it be possible to replace the capacitor or should I just get a new PSU?
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 System Manufacturer: MSI System Model: MS-7673
BIOS: BIOS Date: 04/14/11 10:01:35 Ver: 04.06.04
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2300 CPU @ 2.80GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
PSU: Ezcool PS-1000 800w
My problem seems to stem from my PSU.
I recently tried to turn my desktop on from sleep mode and it refused to turn on, it eventually turned on but the screen remained blank. Turning the screen on and off did nothing, all cables were checked before I then restarted my PC and it returned to life, albeit very slowly, and with several blank screens and flashes before it gave me the log in screen. Everything began to run normally from this point, after a good few minutes at least I could game and surf the web.
I sent it to sleep at the end of the day and lo and behold it happened again, except while it was starting up after the blank screen I heard a sound like air escaping out of a pierced can before a small popping sound followed by a burning smell except the PC seemed to get to the Desktop with the same speed as the day before. I got the specs from a recent DxDiag, copied it onto a piece of paper and turned off the machine as I realized that if it was the PSU and a capacitor had blown I had a potential fire hazard on my hands.
Anyway, my question. Is it a blown capacitor in my PSU, I haven't had a chance to open up the PSU to see, but if it is, would it be possible to replace the capacitor or should I just get a new PSU?
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