power supply fans

when i first built my computer i just used the cheap power supply that came with my case, the fans never went as fast as it seemed they should. Eventually that one crapped out on me, and i went out and bought an antec power supply. The fans on it never went very fast either, i thought maybe it was natural. But lately my computer has been crashing alot, and I realised that the 2 fans on my power supply arent running at all, I'm guessing this is the reason behind my crashes. I don't really know what to do in order to fix this.

did the cpu come with a fan regulator cable? some can be connected to the motherboard so it controls the speed of the fan, others like i think thermaltake's have a back/or frontal panel which allows the user to manually adjust the speeds, maby ur caboe is screwed up in some way have You checked it?....just a thought

i once took my first pc to best buy for repairs (had a hd failure) and when i got back the pc the fan controler for the psu was disconnected, the damn best buy tekies didnt connect it back at all.

Did you have a crash or not? Explain what you mean by a videao card crash and when it happened (before or after you opened the side of the case). Which Antec PSU is in the rig and can you still get an RMA?

You need to disable auto reboots in Windows. Simple procedure, but after you do it you will receive a BSOD error instead of the machine rebooting. You can then Google the error that your receive - very useful info.

At this point it looks like heat is at least part of the issue, but you may have driver/patch or memory issues, too. Update all of your drivers and patches and then run Memtest86 on your rig. Try Memtest on both sticks and then on each individual stick.

RMA is Return Merchandise Authorization. Online retailers typically have a return policy for items that they sell. If you're not happy with an item and are within their RMA policies, then you can return for exchange or money. You must read the RMA policy for the site where you purchased the item - these policies can/will vary widely between merchants.

The game shutting down like that would make me think it was driver/patch related for that particular error.

Back to the PSU - if opening/cooling the case resolved your errors, then I think a primary issue is overheating. Get a replacement PSU - either from the retailer or Antec. Install, close up the case and play...

Still test out your memory and do the other things I suggested just in case...