Think it hurt anything?

Congressman Feels Uneasy About XM/Sirius Merger

Published on December 27, 2007

Washington (DC) - Congressman Paul Broun (R-GA) has written a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, Attorney General Michael Mukasey, and FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras. Read more

Cast Your Vote! Computex 2008 Design Awards

Published on June 02, 2008

We encourage our readers to rate their favorite Computex 2008 product designs! Ten items made it through our pre-selection process, and it's yours to decide who will win the Gold and Silver Computex 2008 Design Awards. Be a part of it! Read more

Computer graphics software could weaken classical drawing skills

Published on April 05, 2006

Gifted artists and drawers are able to pick up a pencil and sketch away a great portrait, fantasy character or even famous robots from Japanese animation. Less talented people have to attend classes to improve thjeir drawing their skills and often these classes have computers set up with programs like Adobe's Photoshop or Illustrator. While these programs can easily draw shapes and insert text, a recent Reuter's article claims that the programs could actually hurt degrade an artist's ability to draw. Read more

PC Shipments Grow By 15% Last Quarter

Published on January 18, 2008

The rapid growth curve for computer shipments in last year's third quarter extended into the year's final months, two technology research firms reported Wednesday. Read more

Latest Reviews & Articles

Tom's Holiday Buyer's Guide 2008, Part 1

Published on November 05, 2008

Welcome to the first installment in our six-part Tom's Holiday Buyer's Guide. In Part 1, two beautiful models help showcase some of our favorite no-hassle hardware gifts for 2008. Read more

Round Up: Five Powerful, Light Ultraportables

Published on November 05, 2008

Executives, road warriors, and gadget geeks all lust after ultraportable notebooks. Five of these amazing machines battle it out in this roundup. Read more

Core i7: 4-Way CrossFire, 3-way SLI, Paradise?

Published on November 04, 2008

For the first time ever, gamers are being treated to a reasonably priced platform enabling the best that AMD and Nvidia have to offer. Is Core i7 a gamer’s nirvana or does the processor serve up more of the same? Read more

Editor's Corner: Overclocking Core i7

Published on November 04, 2008

After discovering Intel's Overspeed Protection in yesterday's first-look at Core i7's performance, we're back to set the record straight on the overclocking headroom of the flagship 965 Extreme and entry-level Core i7 920. Read more

All the Reviews & Articles

Think it hurt anything?

Word : Username : Filter :
Bottom
Author	Thread : Think it hurt anything?

paulnola

Profile: stranger

More Information

02-07-2008 at 01:14:52 AM

I finished putting together my new system, followed all the directions for everything, but when I powered it on all I got was enough power to turn on the fans and LED's.

Doing a little research, I have come to the conclusion that the PSU was just not strong enough, so a new one has been ordered. So my question is that in the short time it was powered up (1-2 minutes), would this have hurt the new motherboard or CPU?

In case it doesn't show, I have a Gigabyte GA-MA790X-D4 with an AMD Athlon X2 5600, 2 Gb G.Skill DDR2, and a BFG 6600GT vid card.

Thanks

Related Product

nossr50

Profile: member

More Information

02-07-2008 at 02:03:46 AM

Hide

Did the system POST?

1) Did anything burn and create smoke?

2) Did the CPU fan spin?

Otherwise it should be fine.. although I can't say for sure it was your PSU, try unplugging the fans (but not the cpu one) if it turns on longer, I would assume it is the PSU)

---------------
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts
-Shakespeare

Tom's Hardware Forums » Homebuilt Systems » New System Build » Think it hurt anything?

Go to:

Page generated in 0.237 seconds

Google Ads