Recent content by oswary

A little update: Another week, another issue, it seems. All the new components arrived, and with the new PSU, my mobo doesn't even breathe. I press the button (and tried through the pins too) and nothing spins to life, not even the PSU. I testes the new PSU same way I tested the old one, and...

Well, although I could see the use of an oscilloscope (I'm a electrical engineering student, after all), I don't think I would manage to find a load tester, so I'll have to hope that is actually the PSU fault and not my mobo going psycho mode and frying every ram stick. As I said before...

Oh wow. I mean, it's capitalism nature, can't do anything about it besides getting frustrated. I would like to have a way to be 100% sure that my PSU is the issue, exactly because would already be a big investment for me to get the new sticks and a new PSU, and it would suck if in the end the...

Hello. Thanks for the test. I did it and the PSU does turn on just fine. I went a step further, and with a multimeter I did measure the output voltage of the different pins of the 24-pin connection. The results were as follows: Gray cable: 5.12V Yellow cable: 12.49V Red cable: 5.12V Orange...

Wow. I knew before hand that it was mediocre at best. I didn't know about the outdated technologies though, like how the switch was dropped, since I live somewhere where pc components are quite expensive, so it is still very common to see around. Thanks for the insights.

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know I could keep in the old thread, since I'm technically working with another issue. Thanks for the merge, the head up, and the response about the psu though.

This post is essentially a follow-up of two previous post I made earlier. (https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/computer-wont-post-anymore.3770738/) (https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/all-4-ram-sticks-died-overnight-why.3770765/) Long story short, I turned off my pc two days ago and...

Oof, sorry to hear that. Well, as it seems like I'll have to replace my RAM sticks first and foremost, I can only hope that the PSU can hold itself together for a while until I'm able to afford a good quality replacement. Thank you for the help!

I see. For now I'm using the borrowed stick that made me realize that my four old sticks were the issue. I finished testing every stick in every slot, and as expected, not a single combination worked out. So, the most likely diagnosis is that the bad PSU somehow fried them when I turned the pc...

Yes, I did. Now I'm even trying every single stick alone in every single slot, just for the sake of testing. Thanks for the insight about the PSU. I didn't notice any issues about it before today when the sticks died. Could it be the psu regardless or even the mobo perhaps?

Thanks for the quick reply. I did try some combinations of some RAM sticks alone in some slots, to no avail. For the sake of trying, I'm now doing every single stick alone in every single slot. I never did anything related to overclock, so I actually don't even know what (A-XMP/DOCP) means, and...

Update: Well, turns out it's a RAM issue, as the symptoms indicated. I borrowed a stick from my uncle's pc and it worked like a charm. My uncle's stick is an Atermiter 8Gb DDR3 1600Mhz stick. I found pretty interesting though the fact that all 4 sticks just died overnight for apparently no...

This post is essentially a follow-up of a previous post I made earlier today. (https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/computer-wont-post-anymore.3770738/) Long story short, I turned off my pc yesterday and today it refused to post. After some troubleshooting, I picked up another stick from...

Hello, and thanks for the answer. I believe my psu model is "TDA Power ATX 750W" (http://tda.com.br/br/index.php/produtostda/fontes-e-energia/atx750wp4). The warranty sticker on it indicates that I have it since 2018. I added these info on the main post too.

Hello. Yesterday at night, I turned off my pc as usual and went to sleep, nothing out of the ordinary. Today, when I woke up and tried to turn it on, it just refuses to POST. My motherboard have its speakers, so I'm used to hear the POST beep, which is not happening today. I noticed my GPU fan...