PC fucked?

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10-08-2012
|uK|Rays

PC fucked?

I had a power surge yesterday and my PC of course lost power, not the first time this has happened but I decided to leave it off for awhile and do other things. I came back to it this morning to turn it on and nothing. I did a quick google and I think it's the power supply, but I checked to see if any electricity is going through my rig with a hot stick first and the PSU was still feeding everything. When I went to turn on the PC I got nothing, not even a blinking light. I decided to unplug the PSU and let it sit for about 5 mins, and when I plugged it back in to try and turn it on I still got nothing, and the PSU isn't feeding the other parts at all. I'm posting from my old Dell, anyone got a clue about troubleshooting PSU's?
10-08-2012
Moskva

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm...65dmo1_500.gif
10-08-2012
SAM

Have you got a circuit tester? If not, there should be a green light on the motherboard that lights up if there is power being fed regardless of whether the computer is powered on or not.
10-08-2012
|uK|Rays

I brought it to a guy with a PSU tester and it has indeed died, damn thing won't feed any of my parts. No lights or anything on the mobo, gonna see if I can get a replacement.
10-08-2012
SAM

I hope you didn't pay for that diagnosis....it's really easy to diagnose whether PSU is feeding mobo, there's a light on it.

Another thing you might need is a motherboard. The surge might have fried it along with all parts connected to it....
10-08-2012
|uK|Rays

Nah I didn't pay. The other parts are fine.
10-08-2012
SAM

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Nah I didn't pay. The other parts are fine.

Ah hope so! Did you order a new PSU yet? Computer's are really easy to assemble, don't pay someone to do it unless you really think you are incapable lol
10-08-2012
|uK|Rays

A few months ago I would have considered it all above my head and that's why I bought this one pre-built, but it's actually kind of addicting to put new parts on. Feels like grown up legos.

Broken PSU is an xtremegear 600W btw, never get one. Did some more google and people generally give bad reviews on them, lots of failures. Any suggestions on a good PSU in the 600-800W range?
10-08-2012
|uK|chiseller

Corsair or Seasonic.
What are your specs?
10-08-2012
|uK|Rays

MOBO: Asus ASROCK A55M-HVS
CPU: AMD A8-3870K @ 3.0Ghz w/ Cooler Master Hyper TX-3 Fan
GPU: 1x Radeon HD 7850
RAM: 8GB DDR3
HDD: 1TB 7200 RPM
10-08-2012
.seVered.][

Troubleshooting a MB? doesn't it BEEP anymore?
10-09-2012
SAM

Rays. You should buy a surge protector. They're like 10$ and would prevent these expensive repairs....or get a circuit breaker somewhere
10-09-2012

The simplest most reliable way to check, is borrow a working PSU. If the MoBo NoGo :sour:
It could easily be a case of replacing the internal fuse. Simple things get over-looked.

In the UK our mains power is not smoothed, and can easily fry a PSU.
I fit "Mains Transient Suppressors" in the plugs on anything I am worried about.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/transient-suppressor-mov-499
You can buy spike-protection plugs for...
to be honest it doesn't matter when compared to 69p each. You won't beat that.
Fitting them to multi-way power strips is a great idea.
Open the plug and put the 2 legs into the same terminals as the live and neutral are connected to.
The hardest bit is getting the legs the right length and position, so they don't snag anywhere.
10-09-2012
|uK|chiseller

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Originally Posted by |uK|Rays

MOBO: Asus ASROCK A55M-HVS
CPU: AMD A8-3870K @ 3.0Ghz w/ Cooler Master Hyper TX-3 Fan
GPU: 1x Radeon HD 7850
RAM: 8GB DDR3
HDD: 1TB 7200 RPM

You probably don't need more than a 450W PSU for that.
10-09-2012
Keith

Corsairs 80+ psu are the way to go
10-12-2012
|uK|Rays

Thanks for the recommendation Keith, I ended up getting an HX750. Everythings back up now, 7 year warranty is tewgud.
10-12-2012
SAM

I find corsair somewhat unreliable though....just personal experience.
10-13-2012
.seVered.][

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Thanks for the recommendation Keith, I ended up getting an HX750. Everythings back up now, 7 year warranty is tewgud.

Ya, but they don't call it the 7 Year ITCH for nothing... you'll be wanting an upgrade real soon or at least ANOTHER one of those beauties right next to that one. 2 is SO MUCH more fun than 1. Specially if they are blonde's!

Just ask the beauty in your signature... who is that fox?
10-13-2012
Keith

Good choice Rays
10-13-2012
|uK|B|aZe//.

she is emma watson severed and young enough to be your granddaughter so get your eyes off her!
10-13-2012
.seVered.][

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she is emma watson severed and young enough to be your granddaughter so get your eyes off her!

LOL, oh.. ok.. Knock on wood, thank god I'm not a GrandFather.... YET!!!
10-14-2012
|uK|Rays

Emma Watson already stole my heart, sorry Blaze, but I'm taken.
10-14-2012
|uK|B|aZe//.

me too rays <3 i know you still love me though
10-16-2012
Chamberly

It looked a little bit of Kristen Stewart. Lol...
12-13-2012

Did you replace the fuse inside the PSU ?
12-13-2012
|uK|Rays

I got this fixed awhile ago, PSU was junk and I got a new one. Runs fine now.
12-28-2012
.seVered.][

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I got this fixed awhile ago, PSU was junk and I got a new one. Runs fine now.

SO... then ... where are ya MAN.. we miss ya...
12-28-2012
|uK|kenneth

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SO... then ... where are ya MAN.. we miss ya...

hes playing LOL all day.