Blown PSU?

[imported_ninex]

Here are my specs:

AMD Mobile Athlon XP 2400+ @ 11.5x200 @ 1.625v
Thermalright SLK-900A w/ 92mm Vantec Tornado
MSI K7N2 Delta-L
2x256 PC3200 Kingston Hyper-X (2.5-3-3-11)
BFG Geforce 6800GT OC (370/1000 i believe, whatever the default settings are)
120GB WD 1200JB Special Edition (8mb cache)
12x32x12 IOMEGA CD-RW
SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Platinum
Antec True 380W PSU

I had all of this running fine in my old case (some cheap powmax one) with 4 80mm Speeze sleeve fans and one 80mm LED PowMax fan that came with my computer. I recently purchased an Antec P160 case because I was sick of the cheap case that I had. I hooked everything up (including the Antec 120mm fan that came with it and in addition a 120mm Vantec Stealth fan) and tried turning it on. When I flip the switch in the back on the PSU, the front lights turn on as well as the temperature LED on top as well as the light on my cd-rw. When I press the power button, everything turns on but then cuts off after like a second. I messed with all the cables inside to make sure I had everything hooked up right, and even tried booting without the fans plugged in, without the lights plugged in, and even without the power to my video card plugged on, all getting the same result.

I'm wondering if I've blown my psu or if there is something else I'm missing. I know the 6800GT takes a lot of juice, but everything was working fine for about 3 days (thats how long I had the card before purchasing the case). I just purchased this psu about 2 months ago, so I'd be pretty upset if it had already blown.

Please let me know if there is something I'm missing, if my psu is infact blown, or if I should post this in a different forum.

Thanks in advance.

 

[akira34]

I'd get the case replaced. I had a very similar experience with a system I built for a customer with that same case. I had used one of the cases in my own system build without issue. When I got the other one (from newegg) it gave me problems from the word "go". I ended up having to RMA the case and get a replacement (same model) before the system behaved properly. I think the ones that newegg have either get damaged in shipping from the manufacturer, distributor, or from newegg to you. Especially since the first one I used (in my own system build) came from a local store and had no issues at all.

If you did get it locally, then return it for a replacement and see how that goes. Getting the same case again should make for no grief to you from them.

 

[xbassman]

I have 5 Antec PSUs in different systems in my house.
2 of which are RMAs. Antec replaced them no problem.
Try another PSU to be sure.

 

[imported_ninex]

Bump for some more suggestions. Thanks to the people who replied.

 

[akira34]

I've used several Antec PSU's and have never gotten a bad one. I tried a different PSU in the P160, replaced it with an Antec PSU, problem continued. Replaced the mobo and processor, tried known good memory, problem continued. Replaced the case, problem solved. Just because it doesn't happen often (that you know about) doesn't make it out of consideration. With cases these days having more and more circuit boards, you really need to consider them as part of problems when trouble shooting.