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July 4, 2014 6:27:43 AM

So I just had a pc built based on recommendations of a friend of mine. It starts up and runs fine but whenever I do something like try to run a game the entire pc shuts off and the power button blinks on and off. I have to flip the power supply off then back on in order to use it again. I am not sure if I may have a faulty graphics card, psu or possibly overheating cpu. I guess it could be due to bad driver installation as well although I did uninstall and reinstall them.

AMD FX-8320 Piledriver (Vishera) 3.5GHz (Eight Core) 32nm, AM3+ 8MB Cache
* Spire Kestrel-King II AMD 64 fan
* MSI 760GM-P23 (FX) AM3+, Onboard Video, GB LAN
* 8GB (2x4GB) PC12800 DDR3 1600 Dual Channel
* 256 Bit PCI-E 3D Graphics (up to 256 mb shared onboard-only if listed with board)
* 500.0 GB Hitachi 7200RPM SATA3, SATA3 6GB/s 8m cache
* Realtek HD digital audio (onboard)
* Ethernet network adapter (onboard)
* Sentey CS1-1399 Plus, Black ATX case, fron USB 2.0 & 3.0_NEW
* Logisys 480W ATX Power Supply
Nvidia geforce gtx 750 ti

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July 4, 2014 6:50:39 AM

We had a problem with that the 750TI where the motherboard couldnt supply enough powered to it so it wouldnt boot. Maybe its not getting enough power from the Mobo to have it run at high load.

Also your CPU is higher than the recommended TDP for that motherboard.
Which could be killing the power when you require it to draw more.

PSU seems to be supporting the boot and meets required wattage but could be failing under load.
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July 4, 2014 6:52:05 AM

Sounds like a poor PSU brand. Swap it with a better brand, such as XFX, SeaSonic, or Antec.
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July 4, 2014 6:59:16 AM

Get a decent PSU
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July 4, 2014 7:00:33 AM

Brand shouldn't matter at this point since its booting and the required wattage is met. What also could be happening is its in the process of failing.
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July 4, 2014 7:04:59 AM

mathieub said:
Brand shouldn't matter at this point since its booting and the required wattage is met. What also could be happening is its in the process of failing.


You have no idea about PSUs
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July 4, 2014 7:28:29 AM

chimera201 said:
mathieub said:
Brand shouldn't matter at this point since its booting and the required wattage is met. What also could be happening is its in the process of failing.


You have no idea about PSUs


Lol, his brand has nothing to do with it at the moment if his PSU is already failing, he bought a PSU with the required amount of wattage. Go play fan boy somewhere else.
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July 4, 2014 7:39:04 AM

mathieub said:
chimera201 said:
mathieub said:
Brand shouldn't matter at this point since its booting and the required wattage is met. What also could be happening is its in the process of failing.


You have no idea about PSUs


Lol, his brand has nothing to do with it at the moment if his PSU is already failing, he bought a PSU with the required amount of wattage. Go play fan boy somewhere else.


http://forums.hardwaresecrets.com/showthread.php?thread...
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July 4, 2014 7:48:11 AM

chimera201 said:
mathieub said:
chimera201 said:
mathieub said:
Brand shouldn't matter at this point since its booting and the required wattage is met. What also could be happening is its in the process of failing.


You have no idea about PSUs


Lol, his brand has nothing to do with it at the moment if his PSU is already failing, he bought a PSU with the required amount of wattage. Go play fan boy somewhere else.


http://forums.hardwaresecrets.com/showthread.php?thread...


You're not understanding what im saying, right now at this point whatever brand PSU he has is what he has, im not saying its a great PSU or that he shouldn't buy a better one even if that isn't his problem. Im saying that at this point there's nothing he can do about the brand. And just yelling at him to get a new PSU when we don't even know if that's whats causing it is pointless right now.

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July 4, 2014 9:32:21 AM

Thanks for all the help guys! I took a chance and ran to the store to grab a new psu and everything is running like a dream.
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a b U Graphics card
July 4, 2014 10:06:09 AM

But what PSU did you buy?
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July 4, 2014 12:40:19 PM

I ended up getting an evga 600w bronze psu
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a b U Graphics card
July 5, 2014 1:44:41 AM

Good enough for your system
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