Does my PSU is really the suspect??

MonkeyisMonkey · Feb 22, 2016

So to today a friend gave me a gpu and my old psu couldnt handle it (when i putted in the new gpu the back green led started flash and it didnt boot). So i plugged my older gpu back in but now the monitor doesnt show anything (it doesnt reaches bios). I just press the button to boot and the cpu, case fan start the hard drive starts. BUT. Because im working on an old system my gpu doesnt have fan (only heatsink, i dont know why) and (OMFG) it hasnt a 3pin cable to plug her on the motherboard (the gpu is geforce 210 asus 512 mb version). So im not really sure that the gpu is working properly. So! I think that when i plugged the knew gpu the psu got broken or something. Am i right? ( the psu is an old garbage and because of that i believe that the psu could be easily damaged)

sizzling · Feb 22, 2016

When you switch on PC the start up current (wattage) is very high. If the new gpu was more than the psu can handle it could easily have killed it. The danger is if the PSU did damage to anything else when it failed, only way to know is by trying a new PSU. You really need to ensure your PSU is good enough before plugging in a new gpu

MonkeyisMonkey · Feb 22, 2016

sizzling :

You mean that my pcie slot may be fried by the high volttage??? What do you mean when you say that it could easily killed it? The green led light when i boot the pc gets green but it may doesnt give enough power to the pc to work.

sizzling · Feb 22, 2016

The PSU could easily have been damaged if the GPU took too much current (wattage). If the PSU was overloaded and died it is possible for it to damage other components connected to it. The only sure way to test is try a new PSU

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