Recent content by MJacobsen

I just wanted to stop by one last time in this thread and let everyone know that the PSU and graphics card have been installed and are working as intended! I'm not sure that I would have been able to solve this problem without your help, so I'd like to thank you for taking the time to help me...

Thank you again for all the help you've given me. I'll be purchasing the new PSU tomorrow. It will be the CMPSU-650HX and should be here around Tuesday if all goes well. I will report back to the forum at that time with the results so anyone else having this problem will be able to quickly...

I'm sorry to keep pestering you with questions, but I have one additional question before I pull the trigger on this PSU. I read deeper into this topic and found that the newer HX650 Gold PSU will chirp and is notorious for bad performance. However, I think you are referring to the bronze...

Hmmm, well the only other brand of PSU that has been reported working with my motherboard is Antec. I'm not too sure I want one of those haha. So i'll trust your recommendation for the HX650. If it does end up chirping, do you know if Corsair can repair it? I'll post back when I receive the...

Do you think the Corsair HX650 will have the "Chirping" issues that everyone seems to be talking about? For that reason I was considering the Corsair CX600 V2. It doesn't seem to have the same chirping issue and still has been suggested as a working replacement (Certain amazon reviews even...

Thank you so much for finding this! I'm actually so excited that i'm going to stay up tonight and see if this fixes it! I'll report back when its done! Also, happy new year everyone! EDIT: I successfully updated my BIOS to Ver 5.29. My SMBios was already Ver 2.5. Unfortunately the problem...

Thank you for chiming in on the thread Ko888! The PC is a HP Pavilion Elite 170f My computer's exact specs can be found here...

Hmmm alright thank you for clearing up the power switch dilema. That is actually a nice tidbit of information regarding Pegatron being a subsidary of ASUS. I bought the computer in 2009 so that means they were still a subsidary when I purchased it. I have considered it, but if I get a new...

Thank you for the heads up about the PSU tester! Now that you mention it, the PC was originally a pre-built HP (I was much younger and inexperienced, I would never buy another HP haha). What types of things should I be looking for to verify that the power button is indeed the problem? Are...

Thank you very much for responding Nostall. I completed the paperclip test and the fan spins like normal. I purchased an actual PSU tester which should arrive on Thursday. That will tell me for sure if all the connections are firing. But from just the paperclip test it seems to be in working...

Hmmm, I did not. I'll give that a try tomorrow or tonight. Thank you for your continued responses! EDIT: I attempted taking the battery out and putting it back in. There were no changes in the amount of detected RAM. However, I feel as though I'm getting very close to figuring out how to...

Anyone have any ideas? I've ordered a PSU tester and will be testing it to make sure its in working order and not Dead on Arrival. I'll keep the thread updated just in-case anyone would like to chime in and let me know if i'm doing something incorrectly!

So a little update on the RAM situation. Last night I chose to uninstall my new graphics card and put the old one in for the time being. After that installation my computer only read that I had 3GB of RAM. Becoming quite frustrated with that calculation (because i actually have 9GB of RAM) I...

No beeps at all. Just turns on, power light stays on and fans run, then abruptly turns off. I think i'll be taking the PSU to a shop and ask if they could test to see if its defective. Or i'll just buy a 10$ PSU tester, depending on how much they want to charge me for such a simple task. The...

I will attempt to do so when i re-assemble my computer. I'm currently trying to solve the PSU problem. I may just give up and take it to a shop. But my pride just won't let me. Not yet haha.