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Anyone have any good guides, videos, etc. that help with installing a power supply? I got a tagan itz 1100w power supply that I need to install. I think I hooked everything up properly however when I turn my computer on it kicks on for about 2 or 3 seconds and turns off. Would that imply something isn't plugged in properly, or would that imply another issue?
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What was it doing with old PSU anything? Why you replacing your old one it go out? Sounds like motherboard issues. Not alot to installing the PSU, just put a plug that fits on all your devices
I've had some asus m/b's that would boot up 2-3 seconds shut off then kick back on.War is hell.
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Unplug all the IO device power plugs so that just the MOBO is connected to power and see if it comes on. If not , hookup the power supply to a known good operating MOBO and see if you get power. YOu can also try hooking up some IO devices like hard drives, CD/DVD roms drives to the IO connectors, and manually soft start the power supply by jumpering a couple of pins on the MOBO power connector.Comment
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My computer was previously just shutting off. I wrote about it here:
http://quakeone.com/forums/quake-tal...ded-again.html
I called the place I got my computer from and they said to send in the PSU and they sent me another. Between all the real life stuff I have been dealing with I just now got around to installing the PSU. lol.Comment
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hey man... ok check this:
First unplug everything except mobo. Mobo should have 1 Major connector and 1-2 other small 6-8 pin connectors. If that still powers off after 2 seconds then you are narrowing it down.
At this point i must ask, is this a NEW CPU? If not, was it bumped, hit, moved, shaken, etc while you were doing these upgrades?
If it is not a bad PS then this is normally a symptom of the CPU overheating and the mobo shuts off. These days the new mobos do that. Anyways that CPU has to have the right amount of thermal paste on it spread evenly and it has to be secured tight. The Fan you have on your CPU is it after market? Either way check and make sure the lockdown clips that hold that fan/exhaust onto the CPU did not come loose or undone. It may not seem like that big of deal, but it is and that can easily be the cause of your issue.
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I took everything off except for the connection to the mobo (a 20 pin connector and an 8 pin connector) (and I left on the connector to my cd drive because I couldn't get it off easily hah). Turned it on and it started making a very loud whirring noise. I quick shut it off.
The computer is about 2 years old. It has not been bumped or hit at all. I made sure everything was securely in place.Comment
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Hm, installing a power supply really isn't that hard. It's made so that no one part can fit in something not made for it... e.g. you can't use an 8-pin PCI-E power snake for the 8-pin CPU power connector even if you tried. Just make sure you have everything connected securly and that everything that needs power has it.
Define "very loud"... it's probably just a fan. Computers tend to run fans at full speed when it's first turned on, and once the temperature/fan speed control stuff kicks in it goes back down to normal speeds.
Also, if your power supply doesn't have active PFC (there's a switch on the back of the power supply for 115V/220V) make sure you set it to the right voltage. Is this your power supply? If so, then you have active PFC and this isn't an issue.e|------------------------0---------------
B|---------------0^1----------------1----
G|---------------2------2------0^2-------
D|---------------2-------2--2-------------
A|---------------0------------------------
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Yes, that is my power supply. I've got it hooked up properly now... it was making a loud noise because a loose wire was sitting on top of a fan. I reorganized the wires much better now.
So the computer booted now, loaded windows and sat on the desktop for about 1 minute and then the PC just shut off. I'm going to try reapplying some thermal paste to my heatsink.Comment
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How good are the memory chips? I was having issues with windows 7 last summer during beta testing and thought it was a bug, as my system would blue screen alot. (more blue screens last summer than i got all my life), found out it was a bad memory module works perfectly now that im only using 1 stick. (Santa forgot to buy me a memory card!) You could randomly try 1 stick (>512) and keep swapping them out until it stays on more than 1 minute...Comment
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hey sole, you seem to have ongoing hardware troubles. you're kind of an advertisement for HP....have you considered it?Comment
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^ lol
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^^^^Originally posted by Disco Rockstar View Post
This
I could also be a bad PSU from the factory but what you describe is what Disco has covered.
I will find you... it's only a matter of time.Comment
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I did not have time yet to reapply thermal paste to the heatsink but I will try this sometime this week.
This is my CPU cooling device:
http://www.vigorgaming.com/component...nii_intel.htmlComment
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So I cleaned out the inside of my computer fully, reapplied arctic silver to the heatsink and it still shuts down after about 1-2 minutes of being on. I went into BIOS and it listed the temps as being 17C and 24C. All voltages were listed as normal.
Any more ideas?Comment
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How about the video card (if you have one), is it getting properly cooled? If it has a fan, is it working correctly? You won't find a temp in the bios for that, but could also shut down your computer if its overheating.
And like R00k mentioned, make sure the memory isn't bad.Comment
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