My PSU is dead

[Cypher]

I had an Antec True 430 in rig 2, and I added more fans to the fan only line than I should have over the summer. It was working fine (except that line) than two of the fans gave out and it started rebooting randomly. Today I came home and it was reving high and low so I had to pull the plug on her for now. I'll have to go to Compusa and pick up a new one this weekend. I killed a perfectly good PSU is what it boils down to. May she rest in pieces.

[phigity]

Originally posted by cyPHer_138
I had an Antec True 430 in rig 2, and I added more fans to the fan only line than I should have over the summer. It was working fine (except that line) than two of the fans gave out and it started rebooting randomly. Today I came home and it was reving high and low so I had to pull the plug on her for now. I'll have to go to Compusa and pick up a new one this weekend. I killed a perfectly good PSU is what it boils down to. May she rest in pieces.

hey man you said that it reboots randomly b/c of the bad psu? my com, prob read my threads, reboots randomly. how can i test my psu to see if it's bad?

[Cypher]

If you have access to a multi meter you could check the rails on it.
Because I overloaded the fan only line on mine I knew it's days were numbered. Than theres the reving, reboots and certain fans going out. All signs point to the PSU. I'll look at your thread later and see if I see anything in it that might help.

[phigity]

Originally posted by cyPHer_138
If you have access to a multi meter you could check the rails on it.
Because I overloaded the fan only line on mine I knew it's days were numbered. Than theres the reving, reboots and certain fans going out. All signs point to the PSU. I'll look at your thread later and see if I see anything in it that might help.

i'll see if i can find anyone with a meter. thanks cypher!

[Cypher]

It's definatly a driver issue. When I don't clean install them here's what I do:
First DL Driver Cleaner 2.6 from here
http://www.driverheaven.net/#article_7721
You'll have to register to do so but it's a great site so it's worth it.
Uninstall display drivers from CP and reboot as prompted.
Run the ATI uninstall.exe in C: Program Files/ATI Technologies/uninstalAll.
Reboot to safe mode and run driver cleaner for ATI than go to tools and choose .cab cleaner
Reboot and install latest drivers.

[phigity]

are you talking about my video card thread? if so i meant this thread WinXP Rebooting Problem. let me know if you know of anything. thanks again man!

[Cypher]

I was referring to this one:
http://forums.speedguide.net/showthr...hreadid=129969

[phigity]

Originally posted by cyPHer_138
I was referring to this one:
http://forums.speedguide.net/showthr...hreadid=129969

i've since then uninstalled and reinstalled drivers but haven't run 3dmark03 again yet. i will soon and post if the problems were fixed.

did you have any suggestions on the winsp rebooting problem?

[Brk]

Well...gonna go buy a new one or what?

[Cypher]

Yeah I picked up a 500watt one for $50 at Compusa. Yesterday I had a BIOS issue with rig 1 so I was completely computer less for a while there. I came close to getting that Abit but I decided I'm so sick of buying hardware lately I'd wait for an RMA. As I was getting ready to pack it up I cleared it the CMOS one more time and got it back up and running. I'm gonna try to hold out until they get BTX and 64-bit out and bug free before I upgrade again. Besides I have other things to spend my money on for now.