PC is broke.

2008-02-05 08:20:48

#1

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|6970|Devon, England

Ok, yesterday morning my mother called me and said the PC turned on, then turned off shortly afterwards and wouldn't turn on again.

When I got home to have a look at it, I assumed it was the PSU, so I replaced it with a spare 200W one I had. It now turned on, but of course a 200W PSU isn't strong enough to run my 7600GT and everything else, so I took that out. After doing so, I realised I had no way to connect my monitor with the onboard GPU port (Both male for some reason).

So anyway, no problem really, eh? Just get a new PSU and it should be fixed?

Wrong.

I just turned it on now, to get in on the network so I can could listen to some of my music on my laptop, and it turned on fine, but as soon as I put in the ethernet cable, it just turned off. Now, it wouldn't turn on again...

I unplugged it, did some stuff, and eventually got it to turn on again (by holding in the button for 10 seconds, then letting go and holding it again). I put in the ethernet cable again, and it stayed on this time. I now went to put in the USB port for my mouse and keyboard, and as soon as it was connected, it turned off.

Now, what's my problem.

Is it the motherboard? Or is the motherboard fine, it's just this spare 200W PSU is only strong enough to run the motherboard, hard drive and DVD drive with no peripherals?

Help...

Last edited by FFLink13 (2008-02-05 08:22:16)

2008-02-05 08:22:55

#2

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|6972

It's either the weak PSU or your motherboard.

x

2008-02-05 08:33:12

#3

Peter: Super Awesome Member; +494|6681|dm_maidenhead

Superior Mind wrote:
It's either the weak PSU or your motherboard.

I think that#s pretty much what he asked.

2008-02-05 08:36:30

#4

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6693|Finland

FFLink13 wrote:
200W PSU

there is the problem... I had 300w PSU 10 years ago.... 200w is definately not enough for modern PC....

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2008-02-05 08:36:47)

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2008-02-05 08:54:13

#5

teek22: Add "teek22" on your PS3 fools!; +133|6660|Bromley, London

I have a 230W one, it has 2 hard drives, mouse, keyboard, floppy, 2 dvd RW drives, and a x1300 graphics card. I never "notice" the lack of power.

2008-02-05 09:15:34

#6

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6476|Winland

Propably the PSU that's at the breaking point. If you plug in an USB unit and it shuts off, it might be that it's just pushing it a little over.

@ Panzer: In '98, you had 500MHz P3's and 64MB RAM. Anything over 200w was very rare.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-02-05 09:18:03

#7

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6693|Finland

Freezer7Pro wrote:
Propably the PSU that's at the breaking point. If you plug in an USB unit and it shuts off, it might be that it's just pushing it a little over.

@ Panzer: In '98, you had 500MHz P3's and 64MB RAM. Anything over 200w was very rare.

I know. but it was highend that day, lulz....

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2008-02-05 10:45:10

#8

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|6970|Devon, England

Well I've sent off for a replacement PSU (as it had a 3 years guarantee), so I just guess I'll see what happens when I get that.

2008-02-05 13:18:18

#9

MagikTrik: yes.....but your still gay; +138|6649|Pittsburgh, PA USA

Could ya update whenever you get it sorted. I guess it would have to be the PSU but I've personally never heard of that happening so it would be col to see if that was definitely it. (sorry I can't be of any actual help though)

2008-02-05 16:50:12

#10

GCFC: Davide Santon; +45|6208|NY/CT

FFLink13 wrote:
Ok, yesterday morning my mother called me and said the PC turned on, then turned off shortly afterwards and wouldn't turn on again.

When I got home to have a look at it, I assumed it was the PSU, so I replaced it with a spare 200W one I had. It now turned on, but of course a 200W PSU isn't strong enough to run my 7600GT and everything else, so I took that out. After doing so, I realised I had no way to connect my monitor with the onboard GPU port (Both male for some reason).

So anyway, no problem really, eh? Just get a new PSU and it should be fixed?

Wrong.

I just turned it on now, to get in on the network so I can could listen to some of my music on my laptop, and it turned on fine, but as soon as I put in the ethernet cable, it just turned off. Now, it wouldn't turn on again...

I unplugged it, did some stuff, and eventually got it to turn on again (by holding in the button for 10 seconds, then letting go and holding it again). I put in the ethernet cable again, and it stayed on this time. I now went to put in the USB port for my mouse and keyboard, and as soon as it was connected, it turned off.

Now, what's my problem.

Is it the motherboard? Or is the motherboard fine, it's just this spare 200W PSU is only strong enough to run the motherboard, hard drive and DVD drive with no peripherals?

Help...

its your psu bc 200w is too weak
try it with a 500-600w psu and see what happens
good luck

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