Okay this might get a little long winded and it's from my phone so bear with the layout lol.
My computer randomly turned off about a week ago and would not boot or post so I presumed my mobo had died so I swapped it out this weekend and managed to get to windows 8 install, then I was installing some drivers and doing the usual first stuff and it switched off again, this happened a few times. After this it switched off again and would only come on for a few seconds before turning off, now the power button does nothing and when I plug the adapter from the socket to my psu there's a crackling electric sound :/. I tested the psu using the paperclip trick and nothing happens.
So I'm hoping it's the psu because I presume my computer wouldn't have let me install windows etc with bad ram/cpu?
Specs
Mobo - Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 Socket AM3+Motherboard
Cpu - amd fx 8150
Ram - g skill 8 gig
Heatsink - hyper evo 212
The psu is a cheap 750w iv had for around 18 months.
I'm away this week but want to get it going this weekend so should I buy a corsair 750w psu and hope it solves it?
Thanks in advance
My computer randomly turned off about a week ago and would not boot or post so I presumed my mobo had died so I swapped it out this weekend and managed to get to windows 8 install, then I was installing some drivers and doing the usual first stuff and it switched off again, this happened a few times. After this it switched off again and would only come on for a few seconds before turning off, now the power button does nothing and when I plug the adapter from the socket to my psu there's a crackling electric sound :/. I tested the psu using the paperclip trick and nothing happens.
So I'm hoping it's the psu because I presume my computer wouldn't have let me install windows etc with bad ram/cpu?
Specs
Mobo - Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 Socket AM3+Motherboard
Cpu - amd fx 8150
Ram - g skill 8 gig
Heatsink - hyper evo 212
The psu is a cheap 750w iv had for around 18 months.
I'm away this week but want to get it going this weekend so should I buy a corsair 750w psu and hope it solves it?
Thanks in advance