I've been trying to boot my PC after swapping many parts over several months (primarily motherboards). After installing the third motherboard, the PC still wouldn't boot (nor POST). The PSU made a ticking noise and the LEDs on my case fans were flashing. I tested the PSU on a different PC and it started up fine. Though the other PC had less power demanding hardware. Before i blow another $150 on a motherboard, do you think it's the power supply?
TL;DR power supply ticking and not starting PC but works on other PCs. Is the PSU dead?
P.S. This PSU DID work on my computer before this happened with the same hardware.
PC specs:
XFX Nvidia 780i 3-way SLI motherboard
Intel Core2Quad 2.66ghz Q9400
4 Gigs DDR2 800 AMPX SDRAM
XFX GTS 250 1GB
Western Digital 1TB HDD
4 120mm Case Fans (two with LEDs)
850 Watt XION PSU
TL;DR power supply ticking and not starting PC but works on other PCs. Is the PSU dead?
P.S. This PSU DID work on my computer before this happened with the same hardware.
PC specs:
XFX Nvidia 780i 3-way SLI motherboard
Intel Core2Quad 2.66ghz Q9400
4 Gigs DDR2 800 AMPX SDRAM
XFX GTS 250 1GB
Western Digital 1TB HDD
4 120mm Case Fans (two with LEDs)
850 Watt XION PSU