850watt corsair PSU

[wizzy]

hey guys, basically just been building a monster pc.. crosshair V formular MB 8core amd CPU, gtx 580, corsair H100 water cooler, 1TB sata drives and a 160gb SSD and a 850WATT corsair PSu... basically had it up and running kinda but needed a x64 windows 7 so while i was waiting for this i brought the water cooler and installed that.. went to turn everything on as usual to check it works and BOOM the psu crackled and blue sparks shot out and tripped fuses in house.... question is whats the chances ive just completely fried the rest of the pc of should it be ok.... slight tears here hah

 

also just done a full system test on http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp and can see i only need 584watt recomended so what the hell.. can i find compensation from the people i brought the psu from...??

Edited October 30, 2012 by wizzy

[Plastic Nev]

Hi, Welcome to Extreme Tech Support - Free PC Help.

A lot now depends on if it was a faulty PSU, or something else on the rest of it caused the PSU to fail.

The only way of course is to try another PSU. I do hope it didn't happen because of a water leak from the cooling as that could mean a new motherboard needed as well.

If it all works OK with another PSU though, then you can at least get a replacement from Corsair or money back.

 

Nev.

[wizzy]

ive contacted corsair and they are happy to take the psu back and send me a new one which is good.. so im just waiting to get that until i try to see if anything else is fried. ive been assured by them there product does protect the motherboard e.c.t so lets hope they are right.. always good to know though. im 100% sure there was no leek its a sealed corsair unit and it would of leeked on my g-card before it got onto the psu..! :)

[Plastic Nev]

OK Thanks, let us know how you get on.

 

Nev.

[wizzy]

well... got my new psu from ccl.. plugged everything in and push the old faithful power button and...... nothing..! the fans turned for 1 sec.. the cpu l.e.d flashed on the crosshair v formular motherboard once and the OC, Start and RESET button all stay on perminatly but nothing else... any ideas..? never used a gamers mother board before so dont know if it needs reseting or anything? ive got a feeling the board is fryed and isnt going to work... :(( very sad times very expensive loss..!!!!

[Plastic Nev]

Hi, at this stage, I am like you feeling the PSU blowing up also fried the MB.

What I recommend, and is what I would do in these circumstances, is to remove the motherboard, CPU included, and also any graphic card or cards, maybe even the hard drive and take the lot to a local repair shop and ask for both a check of all items, and a written report of all faults found.

Because Corsair have opened their mouth and insisted their power supply should protect everything else, you will then have written proof it didn't, and should be enough to get whatever is fried replaced at their expense, plus any testing and checking charges refunded.

 

Nev.

[wizzy]

hey, well ive sent the computer off and they said that everything was fine so they sent it back and ive plugged it back in and yea it turns on goes to boot then shuts down..??? what are they playing at. he said they took the HDD's out tested all them, also ram and cpu and even my old psu that crackled and popped apparently still works..!!! any ideas why it wont continue to boot now? everything comes on all the lights fans for about 10 seconds then the gamers elite bios menu pops up then it shuts down??

[Plastic Nev]

It should go straight back to them with a very big complaint and a mention that trading standards will be informed if nothing is done, or if they refuse any further work. At this stage anything you do now will be a lever for them to get out of doing a correct repair.

 

Nev.

[wizzy]

problem solved. was the bloody corsair H100 water cooler i was using isnt man enough to cool the cpu on boot.. what a crock of ***** that thing is.. think thats been the problem from the start.. what a nightmare.! anyway windows is now installing.. would advise NOT TO USE CORSAIR H100 ON A AM3+ cpu..!! wizzy out :)

[Plastic Nev]

OK thanks for the update on this.

However, I have to ask, was the CPU cooler correctly mounted and with thermal paste? also it should be set up so that the pump to circulate the water is the first thing that starts. If no to both, then quickly overheating will be the result.

 

Nev.

[wizzy]

yep was correctly installed and used new paste. the pump wud start just a second after i turned on also had it turned right up because there is 3 settings. might be because im only using one fan on the radiator because i cant mount the rad internally with both fans without it clashing with the motherboard... im guessing thats the problem..?

[Plastic Nev]

Hi, for maximum efficiency both fans should be used, however with only one fan, I am surprised it heated up so quickly. You live and learn as they say.

 

Nev.

[wizzy]

hi, been trying to play a few games on my rig and they keep crashing. i would of thought my gtx 580 should run black ops 2 and assassin creed 3 pretty well.?

ive over clocked the fx 8120 to 3900 mhz 19.5X 1.275V i assume this is optimal for this cpu.? ive also tried clocking the zotac gtx 580 to 920/2200/1.100mv and tried to run the games then also set it back to standard and tried..? installed lastest openGL and direct X.

dont really understand why it crashes so much.?

[Plastic Nev]

Hi, sorry but games and overclocking is way over my head, I am more a hardware and sounds guy, so can't really help. You might just be better off starting a new thread, maybe in the games section or forum, but link back to this thread so whoever takes up the help will know to look here first.

 

Nev.