Did my PSU die? (URGENT)

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Rukeith

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We've had some wind/thunder storms recently which has had an effect on our house (Other computers shut down, aircon turned off etc) but my computer staed on through it all. About a day or so later, my computer decided to shut down and not turn back on again. I tried removing other components and swapping stuff out but no luck, so i tried switching PSU's and it worked flawlessly. My only gripe is the fact that the PSU i had in there (which is miles better than the no-brand one i have in it now for testing) is barely a few months old and i believe it's a high tier psu Antec TruePower Classic 650w. Whenever i try and boot my computer with it, nothing turns on at all (Only motherboard light). If i put my ear up to the power supply, it makes a faint BOOP sound and kind of like a hard drive reading sound. "BOOP *2sec pass* BOOP *2secpass* BOOP". Is it really, dead?
 
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RobCherry

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sounds to me like its dead, but as good as any power supply can be, they don't last forever and i guess not everyone is going to last a good few years. do you still have the receipt for it if its only a few months old? if so have you tried taking it back under warranty?
 
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smorizio

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power supply has died...but it saved your rig. brown outs and spikes are what kill computers. if you can never leave the pc on during a storm. if your in a area where it happens a lot then pick up a ups. it save the power supply in a brown out. your lucky is just the power supply i seen some mb be fried from power zaps from cable modems.
 
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Rukeith

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Ah that's disappointing =/. R.I.P Psu, so young. Yeah I should still have a proof of purchase, 5 year warranty for a 2 month old power supply lol.
 
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RobCherry

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you may as well try take the psu back, just tell them it stopped working all of a sudden. as long as they don't look into the psu too much you will be fine lol whats the worst they can say...no lol
 
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Rukeith

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Well good news... I returned the PSU with the receipt, they checked it on their test bench and it was clearly dead. They didn't have any of the Antec TruePower Classic in stock so I chose to replace it with the High Current Gamer 620M instead. They even gave back the money difference since it's a cheaper PSU. So yeah all good now, I actually kind of like this modular PSU better lol. Note to self: shut down everything during a storm.
 
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