- May 17, 2014
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Ok, so my father bought a Z800 a month~ish ago, I use it for gaming (though a Quadro FX4800 plays everything beautifully at highest settings, it's still only DX10. Oh well) and he uses it for CAD design (might try it out myself one day, but I'm getting off topic).
Anywho, After afew weeks the computer started suddenly dying outta nowhere like someone was pulling the plug out of the wall. It was only happening when certain things were running at first (ie. The moment I enter a match of a newer Shooter game, or launch certain programs or games from various generations), then slowly started to getting to the point where it would die at the windows startup screen. We then discovered that the Power Supply was the problem. We replaced it (stupid thing costs like $300+) and things started working well again, no problems..... untill last week.
After a couple weeks with the new PSU, we started having the same problem, exact same stuff, exact same shutdown tendencies. Granted both times they were bought from Ebay (original with the computer and the replacement), so there is a chance both were faulty or near death already. But might there be a chance something else could be the problem? I'd hate to have him keep buying these things and they all keep dying. Might there be something draining the PSUs or something?
Thanks for your thoughts in advance
Anywho, After afew weeks the computer started suddenly dying outta nowhere like someone was pulling the plug out of the wall. It was only happening when certain things were running at first (ie. The moment I enter a match of a newer Shooter game, or launch certain programs or games from various generations), then slowly started to getting to the point where it would die at the windows startup screen. We then discovered that the Power Supply was the problem. We replaced it (stupid thing costs like $300+) and things started working well again, no problems..... untill last week.
After a couple weeks with the new PSU, we started having the same problem, exact same stuff, exact same shutdown tendencies. Granted both times they were bought from Ebay (original with the computer and the replacement), so there is a chance both were faulty or near death already. But might there be a chance something else could be the problem? I'd hate to have him keep buying these things and they all keep dying. Might there be something draining the PSUs or something?
Thanks for your thoughts in advance
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