Urgent - Need Assistance ASAP

bliske

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Alright, Well normally I don't leave my computer on of a night although lately I have been (even while I'm asleep) and there hasn't been any problems.

Anyhow today I woke up and everything that was connected to adapters not power-points were out, like no power at all, so I went out to the main-box and turned it back on and everything kept dropping as soon as i pressed the switch that's connected to my computer.

Now here's where it gets strange, I know for a fact it's not my PSU because at one point the computer turned on and it was on for a solid 15 minutes before bam! everything dropped again.

What's also more odd is that we used an extension cord with different adapters to make it work and then those stopped working, Now what I don't understand is we used the power-point in my brother's bedroom, and my bathroom and at both times the power kept dropping again.

I'm not sure what exactly it is or what keeps causing it, Everything else works fine but as soon as the power is on to turn the computer on, Everything drops instantly.

Edit: Tested a hair-dryer in the power-point in my room and it didn't cut everything out.

If anybody at all knows if it is my computer, or the power-point or the adapters or anything please leave a message below seeing as how I'm really unsure what could be causing this seeing as how this is a first timer, and it's never happened in the past.

Also if i posted this in the wrong sub-forum I'm sorry :>
 
Solution


Agreed. A shorting/malfunctioning PSU is much more likely than something else in the case if it is causing your house breaker to go.
Kind of sounds like there is a short in the PC somewhere. look for any shorting wires, and also disconnect all drives and peripherals, and maybe try another power supply if you can't find a short elsewhere. I would hook up some other appliance to the same outlet just in case the short is the wall somehow and not the PC.
 
Just because your psu worked for a period of time does not the psu could not still be defective. If your computer is fliping the breaker then it should be a psu issue. If anything is happening on the 5v and 12v of the motherboard the psu should just be turning itself off and not effecting any power in your home.
 


Agreed. A shorting/malfunctioning PSU is much more likely than something else in the case if it is causing your house breaker to go.
 
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Seems to be right, seeing as how the PSU i'm using right now is like a budget-PSU since when my last one fried about a month ago the cheap alternative was to get like a 650w where most others were 750ish

Ill look into this today.