Hey, I had a bit of a mishap today and wanted to know what in the world happened.
So I had just installed a new 150gb velociraptor, and a new fan because I was worried about temperatures. I booted up fine, and my computer was working just great for about 4 hours. Then I was reading up on stuff on airflow, and realized my fans were not blowing in the optimal directions, so I decided to re-route them. Upon installing these fans, I plugged back in the power cable, flipped the power switch, and nothing happened. The motherboard usually lights up, as well as the small LED light in the PSU. Tried to turn it on, nothing, so I figured something must be wrong with the power supply. I had a spare computer laying around, tested the PSU on there, and it too would not power on. Putting back the original PSU, the spare computer booted up just fine.
Then, just to make sure the motherboard was ok, I tested it with my spare computer's power supply. The motherboard's power LED light went on, and the CPU fan was running and everything. So I believe the motherboard seems to be running fine.
Do you think perhaps the PSU was a dud? I've had this rig for about a month and a half now, and have had no problems. I overclocked the computer about a week and a half ago, and it was running fine. The velociraptor was installed today and it seemed to be running fine as well. After the velociraptor I had rebooted at least twice. Was 650w enough power? Maybe I didn't calculate correctly..?
My specs are as follows:
Antec True Power 650w
Antec 300 case
ASUS P6T SE LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i7 920 OC @ 4.0gHz, 1.42v
Scythe Mugen 2
Velociraptor 150gb
2x WD Digital Caviar Black 500gb in Raid 0
1x Seagate 7200rpm 160gb SATA
CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
So I had just installed a new 150gb velociraptor, and a new fan because I was worried about temperatures. I booted up fine, and my computer was working just great for about 4 hours. Then I was reading up on stuff on airflow, and realized my fans were not blowing in the optimal directions, so I decided to re-route them. Upon installing these fans, I plugged back in the power cable, flipped the power switch, and nothing happened. The motherboard usually lights up, as well as the small LED light in the PSU. Tried to turn it on, nothing, so I figured something must be wrong with the power supply. I had a spare computer laying around, tested the PSU on there, and it too would not power on. Putting back the original PSU, the spare computer booted up just fine.
Then, just to make sure the motherboard was ok, I tested it with my spare computer's power supply. The motherboard's power LED light went on, and the CPU fan was running and everything. So I believe the motherboard seems to be running fine.
Do you think perhaps the PSU was a dud? I've had this rig for about a month and a half now, and have had no problems. I overclocked the computer about a week and a half ago, and it was running fine. The velociraptor was installed today and it seemed to be running fine as well. After the velociraptor I had rebooted at least twice. Was 650w enough power? Maybe I didn't calculate correctly..?
My specs are as follows:
Antec True Power 650w
Antec 300 case
ASUS P6T SE LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i7 920 OC @ 4.0gHz, 1.42v
Scythe Mugen 2
Velociraptor 150gb
2x WD Digital Caviar Black 500gb in Raid 0
1x Seagate 7200rpm 160gb SATA
CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)