Weird Computer Encountered.. help needed.... sob..

[Jezter]

Anyone can help with advise?other than calling for exorcists?kekeke

 

my gf desktop have this weird prob,her cpu cant seemed to be turned on at home.its been fully rebuilt with a brand new 400W power supply few days back.

 

1)after rebuilt,works fine at shop.

2)brought home,installed drivers,shut down.

3)cant switch on few hours later,no burnt smell,changed cables,still nothing.

4)brought the cpu ard house socket points to test,also nothing.

5)brought to shop next day,works fine.came back,works fine.

6)subsequently,cant switch on anymore.Changed new extension cord etc...useless.

 

how??

 

next thing i'm going to try is to bring my own cpu to test at her place.

 

this is like very frustrating,and i am suppose to be on leave with gf.... and am getting bothered by this darn cpu

Edited December 13, 2007 by Jezter

[Tunge]

something wrong with the com lah. bo bian go abck to shop again lor. don't think it's to do with the power supply in the house lah. other electrical appliances like TV, fridge, rice cooker, etc can work don't suppose any reason why cpu cannot on.

[Apollo]

try plugging the power socket to an extension cord and tap supply fr elsewhere.

 

but a worst possibility.

 

off all supplies.

 

check the motherboard, did u install it DIY or the shop? is the mobo secured down properly. did u push down the mobo when there is no supply?

any led light on at that time.

 

biggest fear is mobo was powered but if not secured properly and push down, comes into contact with casing.. mobo fries....

[Slowmo]

there could be a short circuit somewhere.

 

Double check to see if your bottom mb parts are not in contact with the casing, also, try to get a different PSU to try on the PC.

 

I suspect is either short circuit, or the electric supply in your gf's house is unclean, so the PSU may be too sensitive.

[Kespher]

You can try asking ard in Hardwarezone forum. The 400w may not be sufficient if you have any power sapping stuff.

[Zniper]

it can be due to power supply... try changing to another higher wattage power supply and try...

[Jezter]

replying to you now using her cpu at my place.and my room have lots of things that demand power....

 

puzzled...

[Jezter]

i'm puzzled... cpu works perfectly fine at my place now...

[Jezter]

i'm starting to think its the unclean electric supply at her place....

 

any way to rectify? her dad insists its the comp having prob...

[Jezter]

400W shd be more than enough...changed PSU cos the graphic card need ard 375W.

 

other stuffs quite minimal...1xHDD,1xDVD drive,1x$12 sound card...

[Apollo]

nope... dun be shocked. cheap PSU actually very over rated. a costly PSU will give u closer power to the stated number

[Verve]

its the power supply lah, i had the same problem.

 

try to get an intel certified power supply, but it costs a lot more.

[Allan2082]

try changing another power cable.

[Comfy]

then its unclean stuff liao...

 

the socket u drawing power from might be a tapped source... try from a original source...

[Bentwy]

i had power issues before.

 

sometimes can on sometimes cannot.

 

is your 400W really 400W or one of those $20 type? what GPU?

it may work at your place and at SLS because her place could be older, or one of her sockets has issues.

why don't you use your PSU on her PC at her place?

 

doing up your own PC has its joys lar. after the 1st few times it's like building lego.

[Jezter]

i enjoy building up PC,but this one really freaky.

 

the PSU is Strider or Sunstrider... costs ard $79+ ...

 

will try which socket is the main one and try...

 

[Jezter]

will try to check which is the main socket... like needle in a haystack...

[Jezter]

its the power supply lah, i had the same problem.

 

try to get an intel certified power supply, but it costs a lot more.

 

power supply ar... but working at my place now le...