OK, so this is a followup to a thread I posted in Systems yesterday
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3569041/psu-dead.html
Where I thought I had killed my PSU.
So I left it overnight and figured I'd have another go today with the PSU, yesterday I did the paperclip test and the PSU would come on for a second, click and then switch off and repeat every 5-10 seconds.
Today I found my tester that came with the PSU (black plastic thing you connect to the ATX cable and essentially does what the paper clip does). To my surprise the PSU appeared to come on and stay on, I further tested this with a fan connected and sure enough it powered the fan consistently.
So I figured, I'll try it with the system again, I connect everything back up (except for my GPU as I had removed that), flicked the switch and nothing just a barely audible sound from the PSU, fan not moving, nothing powers on.
Disconnected the ATX cable from the motherboard and connected the tester thing again and when I flick the switch the PSU comes on and the harddrives power on as well.
Did I manage to kill my motherboard rather than my PSU? Motherboard is an MSI Z270 SLI Plus.
Is there anything else I can do to 100% confirm it's the motherboard that is at fault?
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3569041/psu-dead.html
Where I thought I had killed my PSU.
So I left it overnight and figured I'd have another go today with the PSU, yesterday I did the paperclip test and the PSU would come on for a second, click and then switch off and repeat every 5-10 seconds.
Today I found my tester that came with the PSU (black plastic thing you connect to the ATX cable and essentially does what the paper clip does). To my surprise the PSU appeared to come on and stay on, I further tested this with a fan connected and sure enough it powered the fan consistently.
So I figured, I'll try it with the system again, I connect everything back up (except for my GPU as I had removed that), flicked the switch and nothing just a barely audible sound from the PSU, fan not moving, nothing powers on.
Disconnected the ATX cable from the motherboard and connected the tester thing again and when I flick the switch the PSU comes on and the harddrives power on as well.
Did I manage to kill my motherboard rather than my PSU? Motherboard is an MSI Z270 SLI Plus.
Is there anything else I can do to 100% confirm it's the motherboard that is at fault?
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