PC problem need help

2011-11-22 07:34:03

#1

paranoid101: Ambitious but Rubbish; +540|6991

Hey all I've been having a strange problem when I try to turn my pc on, it starts but the fans don't seem fast enough then it switches itself off a few seconds later, I have to keep pressing the power on button a few times to get it started.

Once started it seems fine and seems to start up fine when restarting or turning on from sleep mode.

I'm thinking my power supply might be on the way out but I'm not sure.

What do you guys think?

2011-11-22 07:39:21

#2

coke: Aye up duck!; +440|6960|England. Stoke

Friend of mine had a similar problem, and PSU was the cause. May not be though, could be something else, but PSU seems likely to me.

2011-11-22 08:04:33

#3

SonderKommando: Eat, Lift, Grow, Repeat....; +564|6911|The darkside of Denver

Sounds power related to me too.

2011-11-22 08:36:49

#4

paranoid101: Ambitious but Rubbish; +540|6991

Going to get a new psu, havent get got alot of money sadly what do you guys think on the size watt I will need?

I have ATI 5770 card
an AMD Phenom II X4 cpu
4gb of ram

2011-11-22 08:57:08

#5

SonderKommando: Eat, Lift, Grow, Repeat....; +564|6911|The darkside of Denver

Nothing major. 650w would power that.

2011-11-22 09:05:23

#6

paranoid101: Ambitious but Rubbish; +540|6991

SonderKommando wrote:
Nothing major. 650w would power that.

That a branded one at 650w?

2011-11-22 09:16:41

#7

SonderKommando: Eat, Lift, Grow, Repeat....; +564|6911|The darkside of Denver

paranoid101 wrote:
SonderKommando wrote:
Nothing major. 650w would power that.
That a branded one at 650w?

Yes.

2011-11-22 09:19:44

#8

paranoid101: Ambitious but Rubbish; +540|6991

Thanks again for everyone's help I've decided to get.

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/22857725/ … fer=search

2011-11-22 09:36:13

#9

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5219|Dundee, Scotland.

Have you cleared the cmos? I literally just fixed a pc with symptoms similar to this by cmos clear.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2011-11-22 09:38:02

#10

SonderKommando: Eat, Lift, Grow, Repeat....; +564|6911|The darkside of Denver

paranoid101 wrote:
Thanks again for everyone's help I've decided to get.

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/22857725/ … fer=search

Let me know how it turns out.

2011-11-22 09:40:14

#11

SonderKommando: Eat, Lift, Grow, Repeat....; +564|6911|The darkside of Denver

SonderKommando wrote:
paranoid101 wrote:
Thanks again for everyone's help I've decided to get.

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/22857725/ … fer=search
Let me know how it turns out.

You can try Camms suggestion, wouldn't hurt. But I find it hard to to lean on a BIOS\Config issue manifesting itself in such symptoms which are generally power related. But he's a smart kid too, so give it a shot.

DDDDDDouble-POST

Last edited by SonderKommando (2011-11-22 09:40:36)

2011-11-22 10:03:41

#12

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6039|Catherine Black

SonderKommando wrote:
SonderKommando wrote:
paranoid101 wrote:
Thanks again for everyone's help I've decided to get.

http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/22857725/ … fer=search
Let me know how it turns out.
You can try Camms suggestion, wouldn't hurt. But I find it hard to to lean on a BIOS\Config issue manifesting itself in such symptoms which are generally power related. But he's a smart kid too, so give it a shot.

DDDDDDouble-POST

I'd like to take that "smart kid" credit, because I told him it might be a CMOS problem and lo and behold it was

2011-11-22 18:36:16

#13

coke: Aye up duck!; +440|6960|England. Stoke

SonderKommando wrote:
paranoid101 wrote:
SonderKommando wrote:
Nothing major. 650w would power that.
That a branded one at 650w?
Yes.

Doubt you would even need that tbh, a branded 500w would be enough I think.

2011-11-22 21:18:14

#14

Shahter: Zee Ruskie; +295|7027|Moscow, Russia

if you are not overclocking that stuff even 500 would be way over the top. i have a 460W PSU powering a similar system and it runs no problem.

if you open your mind too much your brain will fall out.

2011-11-22 23:53:13

#15

SonderKommando: Eat, Lift, Grow, Repeat....; +564|6911|The darkside of Denver

They're probably right. I have a bad habit of always buying way more psu than I need.

2011-11-24 18:22:56

#16

paranoid101: Ambitious but Rubbish; +540|6991

New power supply is in and so far no problems.

Thanks for all your help guys

2011-11-24 18:23:52

#17

coke: Aye up duck!; +440|6960|England. Stoke

Woot!
What did you get in the end?

Last edited by coke (2011-11-24 18:24:17)

2011-11-25 01:06:07

#18

globefish23: sophisticated slacker; +334|6575|Graz, Austria

Shahter wrote:
if you are not overclocking that stuff even 500 would be way over the top. i have a 460W PSU powering a similar system and it runs no problem.

I have to totally agree.

I'm running this system with my 6 year, old 470W PSU (BeQuiet! Black Line):
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
AMD Athlon II 640 4x 3.0GHz
Corsair 8GB DDR3 RAM 1333MHz
Asus M4A78LT-M
ATI Radeon HD 5670 1024MB
1TB Western Digital HDD
Soundblaster Audigy 2ZS

Most of those wattage calculations are averages with 3 HDDs, 2 DVD drives, etc.
Just read up in the manuals of all your main components (CPU, GPU, HDDs, sound card, fans) and look for the average power consumption and the ones under full load and sum them up. Don't forget USB devices that don't have their own power.

2011-11-25 12:22:05

#19

paranoid101: Ambitious but Rubbish; +540|6991

coke wrote:
Woot!
What did you get in the end?

Went with http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/22857725/ … fer=search in the end, it seems a good price and future proofs me for awhile.

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