I am troubleshooting an older psu before I go buy another one.
Symptoms:
■Random Shutdown's
■Must unplug then plugin PSU to turn computer on after random shutdown's
■Shutdown's occur at idle, high usage, and boot.
Computer History:
■4 Years ago, Built computer from scratch.
■2 Years ago, Replaced bad PSU
■1 Year ago, Added HDD
■4 Months ago, Rebuild due to failing memory (Caused computer to never reach post), New APU, Mobo, Memory, Monitor, Resulting in LESS Wattage requirements.
■1 Month ago, Replaced FIRST HDD with 2TB HDD (Old drive was 3/gbs new is 6/gbs)
Current Build:
■ AMD A8 3850 Llano APU
■ Motherboard
■ 450w 2 year old PSU. (Purchased new at store)
■ 2 x 2GB DDR3 1600 memory UNDERCLOCKED to 1333 (BIOS Default)
■ 160GB SATA2 7200RPM HDD (Purchased used at store)
■ 2TB SATA3 7200RPM HDD
■ 5 USB Devices (WebCam, Printer, Mouse, KB, Occasional PS3 Controller)
■ CPU/APU Fan
Research:
■ Current 450w PSU is acceptable for equipment/hardware/peripherals being ran. (Recommended
PSU Wattage: 279w + 10% + 20w = 326.9)
■ APU is at an acceptable 30C at time of shutdowns.
■ MOBO Caps are good.
■ CMOS reset did not help.
PSU Voltages:
Anyone else see anything odd with these results? How is my computer even on?
Posting this from the computer with these issues.
Running a PSU Test with OCCT causes a shutdown.
At the time of this posting I will run another OCCT PSU Test and see if it fails.
Symptoms:
■Random Shutdown's
■Must unplug then plugin PSU to turn computer on after random shutdown's
■Shutdown's occur at idle, high usage, and boot.
Computer History:
■4 Years ago, Built computer from scratch.
■2 Years ago, Replaced bad PSU
■1 Year ago, Added HDD
■4 Months ago, Rebuild due to failing memory (Caused computer to never reach post), New APU, Mobo, Memory, Monitor, Resulting in LESS Wattage requirements.
■1 Month ago, Replaced FIRST HDD with 2TB HDD (Old drive was 3/gbs new is 6/gbs)
Current Build:
■ AMD A8 3850 Llano APU
■ Motherboard
■ 450w 2 year old PSU. (Purchased new at store)
■ 2 x 2GB DDR3 1600 memory UNDERCLOCKED to 1333 (BIOS Default)
■ 160GB SATA2 7200RPM HDD (Purchased used at store)
■ 2TB SATA3 7200RPM HDD
■ 5 USB Devices (WebCam, Printer, Mouse, KB, Occasional PS3 Controller)
■ CPU/APU Fan
Research:
■ Current 450w PSU is acceptable for equipment/hardware/peripherals being ran. (Recommended
PSU Wattage: 279w + 10% + 20w = 326.9)
■ APU is at an acceptable 30C at time of shutdowns.
■ MOBO Caps are good.
■ CMOS reset did not help.
PSU Voltages:
Anyone else see anything odd with these results? How is my computer even on?
Posting this from the computer with these issues.
Running a PSU Test with OCCT causes a shutdown.
At the time of this posting I will run another OCCT PSU Test and see if it fails.