Is my psu droping all power to my comp?

[funsta]

update.

Went and opened the pins up a very small amount on mobo. the fan is now spining up when its fully seated in the socket however the cpu(light check) on board stayed lit but wouldnt boot. i went back and had another look over the pins on both socket and wire. i noticed the some of the wire points was a little off. i very carefully moved the the pins back into place but with the smallest amount of pressure and i mean hardly even touched it some of the wire housing around the pins on psu broke away (extremely brittle?)

after some carefull looking it would seem that the plastic around these 2 point looks to be much thiner than the rest on the wire, and would say that one pin looks to have melted into the plastic itself. :(

[KenB]

2nd+3rd one down the left colum

This may explain the shutting down.

If your 3rd wire is the grey one - this is the "Power Good".

Basically it goes to 5v if all is well with the PSU. If it drops down from 5v then the m/board will shut down.

If the connection is suspect - this could explain the random shut-downs.

 

 

the wire housing around the pins on psu broke away

This is a symptom of overheating - they go brittle.

 

It looks like a new PSU is needed.

 

Is the connection on the m/board still good ?

[funsta]

yeah i have ordered one all ready cos the pin housing just looks unsafe. sadly for now replacing the one that broke with same model isnt gonna happen with my current spare funds. so i have had to drop to one half the current wattage of the one i had and. 600w should still be enough.

here is my theory to how this happened.

i have a huge pc case the obsidian 800D the power cable only just reached the socket on board. so maybe it was pulling a little on itself while seated in the socket. causing a few of the pins to make slight contact with the side of the plastic housing. with the comp being on pretty much all day every day for a year. in time i guess it gave up. ofc this is just my only thoughts on what could of caused it.

the new psu will get here 2mo, i also ordered a extension for the 24 pin wire just to be sure that there is plenty of wire to reach the mobo this time. if it was just a bad psu then nvm but if it is cause of the wire being a little tension in the socket a £5 extension cable could have saved the £180 psu thats now unsafe.(lesson learned)

With the mobo i have no idea if its ok the pins in it looked a bit black when the new psu gets here 2mo i guess ill find out.

[KenB]

Let us know how you get on.

 

Most systems will function OK with 600W If you were running 2 high end Video Cards you would need more :)

[funsta]

new psu is here. ive got the components set up on my desk just to test it all out befor i put it all back in the case. so new psu fully seated. powered up first time boot no prob. left it runing now ideal for a few hours seems to have solved the issue (i hope) will do some gaming 2night. just hope old psu hasnt damaged anything else on the board time will tell.

[Jelly Bean]

Fingers crossed....

 

Thankyou for getting back to us....

[funsta]

no thank you for the help. this is off topic a little from the main psu problem but no it would seem my GPU is having a party of its own. while playing games sometimes the fan just spins up to full speed for a second then screen lose's signal.

 

Problem signature:

Problem Event Name: BlueScreen

OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1

Locale ID: 1033

 

Additional information about the problem:

BCCode: 116

BCP1: FFFFFA80025314E0

BCP2: FFFFF8800434EC94

BCP3: FFFFFFFFC000009A

BCP4: 0000000000000004

OS Version: 6_1_7600

Service Pack: 0_0

Product: 256_1

 

i have tried to reinstall the drivers a few times and it dont seem to help the situation. :( one problem after another atm