- New Motherboard/CPU/PSU problem
- Posted by Wally Riley on February 17th, 2006
Hi,
I hope someone out there can help me.
I was happily running my PC (AMD 64 system with a 300Watt PSU and 1gb of DDR
RAM), but decided to upgrade the Ram. I bought the ram, shut down the pc and
powered off, inserted the module into the slot (the nmobo supports 4GB RAM),
but on rebooting the PC didn't recognise the memory. I shut the computer
down again and turned the PSU off (not at the wall socket), when I
reinstalled the Ram and turned the PSU on again it crackled and arced. I
turned all the power off and went and bought a new PSU (400w switchable),
but when i installed it into a new spiffy case that I couldn't resist, the
PC wouldn't boot, the LED fan at the front of the case lit up briefly, but
that was it.
My wife wanted a new PC, so thinking that I may have fried the MB or the
processor, I went out and bought some new kit, and installed that with the
PSU and case. All I connected up to the new Motherboard was the CPU, 1
memory stick, a hard drive and the PSU. When I power up the small fan on the
MB (Not the CPU fan) starts up for a second then stops.
Could the PSU be at fault? It seems to me that it is (by process of
elimination)
- Posted by Brian H¹© on February 17th, 2006
Wally Riley wrote:
Oh really?
No O'Riley.
What a Wally.
I would give it to someone who knows what they are doing, if I were you,
and get them to sort it out.
- Posted by Wally Riley on February 17th, 2006
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- Posted by Wally Riley on February 17th, 2006
*SOLVED*
A new PSU solved the problem
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- Posted by Whiskers on February 17th, 2006
On 2006-02-17, Wally Riley <bluefin@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
Take all the bits to someone who can actually test them properly to see if
they can salvage anything for you, and have them build a new machine for
you. Or just cut your losses and buy a ready-made 'base unit' with a
specification that does what you want (or that you can afford).
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-- Whiskers
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- Posted by Dave on February 17th, 2006
Its the kind of help you get most of the time on this group man!!!
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