Hey guys,
Hopefully someone has some experience with this scenario. My PC has been working fine for 14 months. I've been experiencing corrupt GPU memory symptoms with my GTX 260, so I purchased a GTX 275 to see if the issue would go away (intermittent green dots on the screen...and they also showed up on print screens). Anyway, after I installed the new GTX 275, the PC won't boot, the lights and fans just come on for a millisecond and then nothing. I think I might either have a bad PSU or mobo. I hope I didn't fry the mobo. I even went all nerdy and used an anti-static wrist band. It may be worth noting that I had the PSU plugged in while I did the work, but the switch in the back was off. This was an attempt to do everything by the book so that I wouldn't fry the hardware....but I'm wondering if that's what killed it. I also tried putting in the old GTX 260 again, and it does the same thing....no power.
The PSU in question is an ABS Tagan BZ-800 PSU (800 watt). I've seen some pretty awful reviews on those, so I'm thinking it might have finally failed me. Tonight I bought a Corsair TX850 PSU, but then got the horrible feeling that maybe this is a mobo issue. Does anyone have any experience with this issue? I've already tried holding the power button on the case down to "reset" the PSU, but that didn't work. Please help!
Thanks,
Paul
Hopefully someone has some experience with this scenario. My PC has been working fine for 14 months. I've been experiencing corrupt GPU memory symptoms with my GTX 260, so I purchased a GTX 275 to see if the issue would go away (intermittent green dots on the screen...and they also showed up on print screens). Anyway, after I installed the new GTX 275, the PC won't boot, the lights and fans just come on for a millisecond and then nothing. I think I might either have a bad PSU or mobo. I hope I didn't fry the mobo. I even went all nerdy and used an anti-static wrist band. It may be worth noting that I had the PSU plugged in while I did the work, but the switch in the back was off. This was an attempt to do everything by the book so that I wouldn't fry the hardware....but I'm wondering if that's what killed it. I also tried putting in the old GTX 260 again, and it does the same thing....no power.
The PSU in question is an ABS Tagan BZ-800 PSU (800 watt). I've seen some pretty awful reviews on those, so I'm thinking it might have finally failed me. Tonight I bought a Corsair TX850 PSU, but then got the horrible feeling that maybe this is a mobo issue. Does anyone have any experience with this issue? I've already tried holding the power button on the case down to "reset" the PSU, but that didn't work. Please help!
Thanks,
Paul