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Recently had a power supply fail. Will an Antec 550 watt BP550 Plus be fine to use with my XFX 1GB 7770, i5 3570k ivy bridge, gigabyte Z77-D3H? I ordered a 600 watt corsair but the person who I paid to install gave it back to me with this Antec power supply in it. Thanks in advance for any help.

I am unsure if my motherboard has that... What can I look for? A VGA or DVI plug right on the motherboard?

I have taken out the GPU. I cleaned it and let it dry a few times before re-installing it and trying to run it again. I have not tried to boot Windows with it uninstalled, but I have tried to run the PC with a different card installed. I am using that card right now. I'm suspicious if it is even...

I have not tried re-installing Windows... This computer is less than 5 days old so I have nothing important I can't easily retrieve. Just downloadable games. I'm not installing a brand new piece of hardware. It arrived assembled and worked marvelously until this happened. I will keep the tip...

I will admit I am a novice when it comes to assembling a computer from start to finish. By novice I mean I've literally never done it, once. I feel comfortable taking out the RAM and the GPU, but I'm hesitant when it comes to anything else. I don't have a choice at this point, though, so I will...

Well, I get to the load screen for Windows, I see the animation beginning, but that's when the system re-boots and I see "Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change may be the cause." But yes I will definitely keep the thread posted. I have a few more things to do today and...

Excellent! this is the most optimistic I've felt about it since it's happened, I thank you greatly. I will keep this posted because chances are I'll have more questions. Or, hopefully, I get it figured out. At that point, I owe you guys big time. Thanks again in advance and I hope I see some...

I have absolutely no idea how to apply thermal compound. The GPU's PCB is clean but the motherboard might have a spot or two that I didn't see or that I missed. I'lll get the things listed and give this a shot tonight. Hope I get somewhere, but if not, oh well =\

I will try all of this. Thank you very much for the help. Just bought this machine, haven't had it a full week yet. I am pretty desperate, so I think I might try taking more of it apart than I feel comfortable doing. I have been meaning to learn how to assemble them from start to finish anyway...

Anyone else? Getting desperate here. Did I short the CPU or Motherboard? Should I attempt removing them and cleaning them?

I was told this is an ideal place to look for information about spills. This is a cross-post. Thank everyone in advance for any help/information provided. Here is my story, I hope you can help: I was gaming one morning. My nephew was watching me, I went to use the rest room. I come back and...