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14th June 2004, 11:43

ok stuck in another psu boot
it's the second psu broken in 1 year with the same mobo
is this coincidence or not, and the light of the mobo burns with this broken psu

jmke · 14th June 2004, 11:45

lousy Quality PSU

14th June 2004, 12:16

problem solved in 50 minutes

jmke · 14th June 2004, 12:37

damn I'm getting slower

14th June 2004, 13:32

not solved yet
with the new psu, the pc restarts every second
just like u push the reset button every second

14th June 2004, 14:08

maybe there's a chewwing gum stuck on the button ?

j/k ,... pc's can be such an hasle !

13th July 2004, 03:05

hey kipni,
your prob sound like what i'm having except my time between reboots is longer. about 2 months ago i built a sweet new pc (lian-li pc-65b case, p43.0E, chaintech ct-9cjs mobo, 1gb 400ram, 2-80gb wd 7200rpm hd in raid-0, 120gb seagate hd, nVidia 5700ultra and a lot more). well this weekend i took it completely apart (for the third time) to add a fan to the back of the pull out mobo tray and to finish sleeving the psu and fan wires a nice uv blue. i got all my mods done and put it back together and booted it only to have it start rebooting over and over again. when i first turn it on it the fans fire up and the hd starts humming, but nothing on the moniter, the power light flashes rapidly, and evrything runs for about five seconds then it cuts off only to start back on it's own after about five seconds and runs about five second only to shut down again and then it starts up again and then it shuts down again and then it starts up again and then it shuts down again.......(no happy thoughts while this is happening) only when i switch the psu off it shuts down, but then after about 3 seconds it has like a power surge where the fans light up for a split second and then it dies.

i'm guessing i've fried something some how, but don't know what and don't want to have to buy something if it's not burnt. after checking and rechecking all my connections i found that something happened during the psu sleeving, i had to remove the molex connectors to get the sleeving over the wire and when i reassembled the plugs i switched the 5v wire with the 12v on one connector. i don't know if i plugged that connector in to anything and then checked all the other connectors and they were fine. i wish i knew how to check to see what happened. if anybody can help me here i would be very thankful

13th July 2004, 05:02

What PSU? Howmuch Watts? Howmany fans (size+rpm) Cuz' in the end, fans can take up quite a lot of power from your psu and since you sleaved your psu uv blue I'm guessing you also have at least 1 (uv)ccfl hooked up...

If I were you, I'd start with only mobo/proc/psu/ram/vidcard/monitor

if it works, hook up another component like your boot drive for starters.

If it doesn't work, either you replace part by part or you loose the vidcard/monitor although you'll probably need the little speaker that comes with most cases to listen for beep codes AND you need to know what the beep codes stand for.

13th July 2004, 05:13

420W Thermaltake Silent PurePower with 2 onboard fans and 3-80mm intake and 3-80mm exaust fans. all lights and fans have their own power lead and fans are controlled by a Fan Master controller with it's own power lead. i keep all my fans/lights on a seperate lead from hds and vga card. i tried booting with only the vga card and nothing else, but no good, seems to in the mobo, vga card or cpu?

Sidney · 13th July 2004, 06:48

I had sticky reset and power bottons before. Took me half a day to sort them out; the surface was rubbing from "poor plastic flashing". I am old; hence the slow diagnostic time.

14th June 2004, 11:45	#12
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	lousy Quality PSU __________________

14th June 2004, 12:37	#14
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	damn I'm getting slower __________________

13th July 2004, 03:05	#17
bdx007 Posts: n/a	REBOOT HELL!!! HELP! hey kipni, your prob sound like what i'm having except my time between reboots is longer. about 2 months ago i built a sweet new pc (lian-li pc-65b case, p43.0E, chaintech ct-9cjs mobo, 1gb 400ram, 2-80gb wd 7200rpm hd in raid-0, 120gb seagate hd, nVidia 5700ultra and a lot more). well this weekend i took it completely apart (for the third time) to add a fan to the back of the pull out mobo tray and to finish sleeving the psu and fan wires a nice uv blue. i got all my mods done and put it back together and booted it only to have it start rebooting over and over again. when i first turn it on it the fans fire up and the hd starts humming, but nothing on the moniter, the power light flashes rapidly, and evrything runs for about five seconds then it cuts off only to start back on it's own after about five seconds and runs about five second only to shut down again and then it starts up again and then it shuts down again and then it starts up again and then it shuts down again.......(no happy thoughts while this is happening) only when i switch the psu off it shuts down, but then after about 3 seconds it has like a power surge where the fans light up for a split second and then it dies. i'm guessing i've fried something some how, but don't know what and don't want to have to buy something if it's not burnt. after checking and rechecking all my connections i found that something happened during the psu sleeving, i had to remove the molex connectors to get the sleeving over the wire and when i reassembled the plugs i switched the 5v wire with the 12v on one connector. i don't know if i plugged that connector in to anything and then checked all the other connectors and they were fine. i wish i knew how to check to see what happened. if anybody can help me here i would be very thankful

13th July 2004, 06:48	#20
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	I had sticky reset and power bottons before. Took me half a day to sort them out; the surface was rubbing from "poor plastic flashing". I am old; hence the slow diagnostic time. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

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14th June 2004, 11:43	#11
kipni Posts: n/a	ok stuck in another psu boot it's the second psu broken in 1 year with the same mobo is this coincidence or not, and the light of the mobo burns with this broken psu

14th June 2004, 12:16	#13
Da_BoKa Posts: n/a	problem solved in 50 minutes

14th June 2004, 13:32	#15
kipni Posts: n/a	not solved yet with the new psu, the pc restarts every second just like u push the reset button every second

14th June 2004, 14:08	#16
StaRflaM Posts: n/a	maybe there's a chewwing gum stuck on the button ? j/k ,... pc's can be such an hasle !

13th July 2004, 05:02	#18
kristos Posts: n/a	What PSU? Howmuch Watts? Howmany fans (size+rpm) Cuz' in the end, fans can take up quite a lot of power from your psu and since you sleaved your psu uv blue I'm guessing you also have at least 1 (uv)ccfl hooked up... If I were you, I'd start with only mobo/proc/psu/ram/vidcard/monitor if it works, hook up another component like your boot drive for starters. If it doesn't work, either you replace part by part or you loose the vidcard/monitor although you'll probably need the little speaker that comes with most cases to listen for beep codes AND you need to know what the beep codes stand for.

13th July 2004, 05:13	#19
bdx007 Posts: n/a	420W Thermaltake Silent PurePower with 2 onboard fans and 3-80mm intake and 3-80mm exaust fans. all lights and fans have their own power lead and fans are controlled by a Fan Master controller with it's own power lead. i keep all my fans/lights on a seperate lead from hds and vga card. i tried booting with only the vga card and nothing else, but no good, seems to in the mobo, vga card or cpu?