Hey I believe my PSU died after upgrading my CPU from a Intel Core i7 3820 3.6GHz to a Intel Core i7 4930K 3.4GHz.
I am not to familiar with what causes hardware to die apart from misuse and wear and tear. I just want to be sure that replacing the PSU is the right thing to do and the won't be another issue that is causing it.
So it is hard to point out what the cause is with most hardware issues without a lot of trouble shooting of course. I was replacing and cleaning my PC with compressed air and removing the Corsair H55i removed the pump and fan. No problem switched the CPU's applied thermal paste and put everything back on.
After I was done. Switched the PC on and the motherboard LED's flashed for a millisecond.
After that the computer didn't even enter standby no power whatsoever was going through the system.
My brother was kind enough to lend me his PSU a basic none branded 250watt. PC entered standby I didn't boot the system of course.
I am using a
Rampage iv Formula x79 motherboard
16gb of dominator ram DDR3
Currently have the Intel Core i7 4930K installed
Nvidia GTX 780Ti
I've ordered a NZXT Hale90 full modular PSU which runs at 1000watts from a XFX none modular that ran at 850watts it had about 3 years of use give or take a few months.
Any answers what could of caused the PSU failure after such little use would be appreciated.
Update: It appears that my motherboard didn't survive. It displayed "error 00" on the boards little digital screen. Which from what I can gather is a CPU problem. The thing is I have tested two CPU's a Intel Core 7 3820 my old CPU and my new CPU an Intel Core i7 4930K. Both CPU's haven't managed to get my system to boot.
So I'm going to need to get a new motherboard it seems either way.
Is it possible that "a bad" CPU could be the cause to kill a PSU and a motherboard?
Update: Can confirm the motherboard failed when the PSU died. Replaced and my rig is back up and running. :)
It being faulty from the start, it dying during the CPU replacement was just a coincident.
Or you somehow managed to cause a short circuit
[QUOTE=d_cover;46331356]So it is hard to point out what the cause is with most hardware issues without a lot of trouble shooting of course. I was replacing and cleaning my PC with compressed air and removing the Corsair H55i removed the pump and fan. No problem switched the CPU's applied thermal paste and put everything back on.
After I was done. Switched the PC on and the motherboard LED's flashed for a millisecond.
After that the computer didn't even enter standby no power whatsoever was going through the system.[/QUOTE]
Sounds like something is shorted out. If you're lucky, fixing the short will resolve the issue.
[QUOTE=d_cover;46331356]My brother was kind enough to lend me his PSU a basic none branded 250watt. PC entered standby didn't boot the system of course.[/QUOTE]
If you're unlucky, the short or this killed your machine. A 250W PSU is nowhere near enough to power even just the motherboard, CPU and RAM. Even worse is that it's a noname PSU that's probably over 10 years old.
You need to strip your computer down to parts and preferably build up just the motherboard, CPU, heatsink and RAM on a table and see if it still works.
[QUOTE=d_cover;46331356]I've ordered a NZXT Hale90 full modular PSU which runs at 1000watts from a XFX none modular that ran at 850watts it had about 3 years of use give or take a few months.[/QUOTE]
A 1 kW PSU is complete overkill for that system. A quality 650W is more than enough for a system like that and would have saved you a ton of money.
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;46336878]Sounds like something is shorted out. If you're lucky, fixing the short will resolve the issue.
If you're unlucky, the short or this killed your machine. A 250W PSU is nowhere near enough to power even just the motherboard, CPU and RAM. Even worse is that it's a noname PSU that's probably over 10 years old.
You need to strip your computer down to parts and preferably build up just the motherboard, CPU, heatsink and RAM on a table and see if it still works.
A 1 kW PSU is complete overkill for that system. A quality 650W is more than enough for a system like that and would have saved you a ton of money.[/QUOTE]
I only used my brothers PSU to see if it would go into standby. Not boot the system.
It would seem like to me that my new CPU caused the issue if that is even possible?
[QUOTE=d_cover;46340541]I only used my brothers PSU to see if it would go into standby. Not boot the system.[/QUOTE]
A no-name under-rated PSU that could be a decade old is unsafe to plug into the motherboard even if you just want standby power. You're subjecting the motherboard to all power rails when you plug the ATX power connector in.
[QUOTE=d_cover;46340541]It would seem like to me that my new CPU caused the issue if that is even possible?[/QUOTE]
If you bent the contacts in the socket or something then maybe. But an unsupported CPU isn't going to cause the motherboard to fail to power on, most motherboards will power up without a CPU installed, they just won't do anything.
I still recommend removing the board from the case and putting the bare minimum on with a known working PSU and see if it powers on. If you still have the old CPU, try that as well.
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;46340736]A no-name under-rated PSU that could be a decade old is unsafe to plug into the motherboard even if you just want standby power. You're subjecting the motherboard to all power rails when you plug the ATX power connector in.
If you bent the contacts in the socket or something then maybe. But an unsupported CPU isn't going to cause the motherboard to fail to power on, most motherboards will power up without a CPU installed, they just won't do anything.
I still recommend removing the board from the case and putting the bare minimum on with a known working PSU and see if it powers on. If you still have the old CPU, try that as well.[/QUOTE]
Well looks like the board is beyond saving. I'm just hoping it isn't a CPU thing since I need to buy a new board.
Fingers crossed all my hardware survived.
My friend was suspicious that the issue happened soon as I switched CPU's,
I guess I'll just have to hope everything goes well on the second build.
Did you try switching back to the old CPU? You should do that before you go and buy a new board.
[QUOTE=GiGaBiTe;46346044]Did you try switching back to the old CPU? You should do that before you go and buy a new board.[/QUOTE]
Yeah tried a lot to get the board to work switched back and forth between CPU's, tried bios flashback and switching into the second bios. Plus a lot of other things that my friend tried. The error code it had wasn't listed in the manual. Well it was but it said something like "not listed" or "unknown" something like that. I'm just hoping my new CPU works, ram survived and that my gpu made it. The wait for the new hardware is killing me. Plus I was half way through AC black flag.
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