Hi, everyone. I'm a first-time system builder and am having a problem with my power supply. I had everything up and running, but on only the second day of using it (so only a few hours of use) my system froze, and now it won't start. The fans will spin, the HDD and DVD-ROM drives will make noises, but the motherboard doesn't beep, and then everything shuts off. It tries again after a few seconds. I was sure the problem was with the PSU because there was a part in the troubleshooting guide that described the problem exactly. I sent it back for a replacement, confident that it was a broken part and not my fault, but I just got the new one and I still have the same problem. So now I'm really frustrated because I've got a huge 1500 dollar paperweight.
The PSU in question is a Thermaltake TR2 500W , which I'm pretty sure is enough to power my system (details below). I have not overclocked my CPU yet and the only thing I changed in BIOS was a +0.1V in DIMM voltage because my ram was rated at 1.9V whereas my mobo default was 1.8V. My system froze once before this, and I thought it might have been because I hadn't changed that.
Mobo = GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3
CPU = Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
RAM = OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 Dual Channel
gfx = XFX PVT71PUDP3 GeForce 7900GS (psu has 29A on +12V rails, should be enough)
I also have a sound card and a tv tuner that I've added since the psu went away to be replaced, and of course a HDD and DVD-ROM drive that are inconsequential to this problem. Do you hardware wizards have any idea what's up? Is it possible that I got two faulty[/list] PSUs in a row? Is the problem somewhere else in my system? How could it have worked perfectly for a while and then stop? Could it be related to the RAM being rated higher than the motherboard's default?
ok so since your posting here you have a computer (thats good)
find the battery on your motherboard now find a small jumper it bridges 2 pins move it from pints 1-2 to 2-3 leave it there and plug computer in. press power button now unplug computer and move back.
next disconnect all the essentials cd dvd sound floppy hard disk everything exccept the video card and mobo.
Well I reset CMOS by removing the battery temporarily, and now it's up an running better than ever. It would seem that I never had to send my PSU away at all. It could have also been that my video card was not inserted all the way. Oh well, all is better now!
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