- May 18, 2014
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I was wondering what you guys think, if my PSU is getting ready to die soon or not:
1) When doing anything other than web browsing or idling my PSU gets hot (really hot, like about 1/3 of the back of it where the AC plug goes in can almost burn me if I leave my finger there for more than a few seconds after a few hours of gaming.)
2) I've had frequent BSOD with a 116 debug error (GPU driver not responding.)
3) Fans randomly stop working and start working again after random restarts or messing with their fan speed controls (I can control my 220m (or 240 I don't remember) fan ontop of my tower and the 2 front intakes with switches and dial tuners respectively) yet no matter what setting I put them on they always are the same speed.
4) Occasional fairly loud (I can hear it over my music in my headset) buzzing noise that sounds a bit like coil whine but also almost like electrical arcing at the same time, though I see no actual arcs while observing while the sound is happening.
5) GPU usage spikes possibly resulting in PSU not supplying constant proper power.
Lastly, if I continue to use this PSU will it eventually possibly fry my PC? I ask because I don't have the cash to afford a good decent PSU for at least a few months if not more.
Almost forgot, the PSU is 2~2.5 years old and its by a brand I've never seen before called Coolic (the I and C are stylized, I bought it back before I fully understood how important certain name brand components like PSU were when it came to quality.)
1) When doing anything other than web browsing or idling my PSU gets hot (really hot, like about 1/3 of the back of it where the AC plug goes in can almost burn me if I leave my finger there for more than a few seconds after a few hours of gaming.)
2) I've had frequent BSOD with a 116 debug error (GPU driver not responding.)
3) Fans randomly stop working and start working again after random restarts or messing with their fan speed controls (I can control my 220m (or 240 I don't remember) fan ontop of my tower and the 2 front intakes with switches and dial tuners respectively) yet no matter what setting I put them on they always are the same speed.
4) Occasional fairly loud (I can hear it over my music in my headset) buzzing noise that sounds a bit like coil whine but also almost like electrical arcing at the same time, though I see no actual arcs while observing while the sound is happening.
5) GPU usage spikes possibly resulting in PSU not supplying constant proper power.
Lastly, if I continue to use this PSU will it eventually possibly fry my PC? I ask because I don't have the cash to afford a good decent PSU for at least a few months if not more.
Almost forgot, the PSU is 2~2.5 years old and its by a brand I've never seen before called Coolic (the I and C are stylized, I bought it back before I fully understood how important certain name brand components like PSU were when it came to quality.)
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