Welp, I've been having constant TDR (Timeout Detection Recovery) errors for the like two months. I've been clawing my eyes out and doing everything I could think of to try and pinpoint the problem. After many, many, many, many sleepless nights I think I've finally narrowed it down to some kind of PSU issue. My friend took my PC for about a week to do some tests on it and he said everything ran fine when he had it connected to his power supply, and he also told me when he was looking at the BIOS when my PSU was connected the voltages seemed fluctuate.
Now I'm thinking I just have to buy a new PSU, but I want to be absolutely sure before I do. My computer functions, but whenever I try and play games or watch YouTube videos I get TDRs. I was told by my friend that it may be because the PSU is sending incorrect voltages to my video cards, causing them to artifact on things and screw up, or just crash games and cause TDRs all together.
So, my question is, are there any programs or ways to test your power supply for any faults?
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What...? Not bad as in low performance, bad as in faulty.
[QUOTE=Wolverunder;32863230]What...? Not bad as in low performance, bad as in faulty.[/QUOTE]
Put another one in and see if it works fine.
Oh, and make sure there's no scorch marks on it :v:
The best way for a consumer to determine if a PSU is faulty or okay is to perform a control test. You need a known good PSU to plug into your system to test, or a known good motherboard to test for a simple complete PSU failure. If you don't have any friends to help you out, you might as well just shell out the cash and buy a robust power supply rather than play the guessing game. Save yourself the headache - you'll probably need another PSU in the future anyway.
To dispel a myth:
You cannot determine if a PSU is good by only measuring voltages without a load. I have a PSU that serves as a counter-example to this.
(To clarify, it looks like you haven't done this. Just putting this out there before someone recommends it.)
Next time its turned on throw water at it.
No seriously find a mate and ask for his help thats what they are there for.
You could also check reviews of the model to see if it is known for breaking.
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