Just replaced my PSU now system keeps freezing

[davedumas0]

hello my problem is i had a 1000w xion PSU that died on me so i went to get a new one but could not spend that much money so i got an antek 750w and now my system keeps freezing when i play a game (star trek online) my system is custom build here is a list of parts



asus striker 2 extreme mobo
4 gig Patriot Viper DDR3 1333
intel qx9650 with Ultra ChillTEC Thermal Electric CPU Cooler
antek 750w PSU
1.5tb sata hard drive (storage) + a 250gb IDE hard drive (operating system )
nvidia gtx 260 896MB
cooler master HAF 932 full tower case
windows 7 x64 ultimate


the strange thing is it never froze b4 with the 1000w PSU

p.s. no overclocking i cranked it down to well below the stock speeds @2.66ghz and the voltage is set to auto
any clue ? maybe when the 1000w PSU went you think it might have broke something?

 

[saaiello]

Its very possible when PSU fails they tend to take something else with it. Your power supply do you mean Antec? You listed Antek If it is indeed an antec it should have more then enough power to run your system.

 

[davedumas0]

when i got home with the new PSU after i hooked it up i found out that one of my monitors (22") was not working either ?(i run dual monitors)

 

[Onus]

+1 @SAAIELLO. Antec = very good. Antek = cheap generic?
Low-quality PSUs (like Xion) often take other parts with them when they croak. If you've lost one of your video outputs, odds are good that your video card is among the deceased.

 

[davedumas0]

yea but im using it right now only played star trek online have not tried any other games (have all the new stuff) any suggestions on how to test my gpu/gpu memory?

 

[davedumas0]

here is the 1000w :http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817190018

here is the 750w :http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371025&cm_re=Antec_TruePower_New-_-17-371-025-_-Product

 

[davedumas0]

oh and i got the xion 8/24/2008

 

[Onus]

Ok, Antec Truepower is an excellent PSU.
If your second video port is dead, right there you know the GPU is damaged. Unless...have you tried switching monitors? I suppose it would be possible for the output to still be good, but the monitor to have been fried by a spike through it. Find out which of the two is actually not working.

 

[davedumas0]

the port works fine just the monitor it self does not wor (no power at all)

 

[davedumas0]

i mean work*

 

[davedumas0]

i know its not the port because Ive got a CRT monitor in its place

 

[Onus]

Well then, if your video card is working, perhaps just the monitor is dead. You can run memtest86+ to test your RAM,.
Also look in your BIOS and make sure your RAM voltage is [still] set right.

 

[davedumas0]

i put all voltages to auto and the multiplier is set to 8x(9.5stock)

 

[davedumas0]

im running atitool v0.27 checking for stability will let it run overnight and see what i get then run prime95 could it be the latest update for star trek online or video drivers?
cuz i have not tried any other games yet

 

[Onus]

Well, see how your tests run, and then maybe try some other games.

 

[davedumas0]

well i ran atitool for like 9 hrs with no errors about to try bioshock 2 and see if that freezes

 

[davedumas0]

ok did some research and found out that 750w is the bear minimum with all my peripherals(hard drives dvd drives etc) i used this
http://support.asus.com/PowerSupplyCalculator/PSCalculator.aspx?SLanguage=en-us
so i dis connected both of my dvd drives and now it has no froze (yet)

 

[Onus]

I put in your specs on the exact same site and got 650W, and quite frankly I think even that is high. Such sites recommend such high-wattage units because they are trying to account for all the crap PSUs out there that aren't good for what's on their labels. With Antec, you won't have that problem; their labels are always under what they can actually produce.

 

[davedumas0]

i have 3 hard drive and 2 dvd drives and the cooler master HAF 932 full tower case (witch has 5 fans 3 of them are huge 230mm) forgot to mention another hard drive (ssd running ubuntu) and well it seems to be working fine now since i unpluged my dvd drives

 

[davedumas0]

p.s. i just need to last for about a month so i can spend like 400 bucks on a good 1000w or better but from what every one is saying ill probably get another antec with more watts or maybee a corsair dont know yet

 

[davedumas0]

and i forgot to put the graphics card on x1 on that website it defaults to x0 i had to do it a few times to get it right

 

[shovenose]

are there any leaking capacitors on ur motherboard? check the ones around the cpu, they may have been damaged by the dying psu. in what way did the psu die? with a big bang or te psu just wouldnt turn on?

 

[davedumas0]

not sure it died while i was at work

 

[shovenose]

hmmm...

 

[Onus]

The Xion probably did some damage when it died.