Ok I just set up this system about a month ago, its a 2.8ghz,9800pro,512mb, pretty basic system. anyway i had this 300W ALLIED PSU i wasnt using and since I was on a low budget, i thought i'd try it out to see if it would work - nothing to lose.
it worked fine, until 2 nights ago. i came home from work to find my system shut down. i couldnt boot it back up, i sniffed the back of it and it smelt like the PSU had burnt. Is this possible? Did it just die?
Ok so I took this other PSU from my old rig, its some noname 350 PSU. ok my comp been running a litty iffy since i plugged this puppy in. first, the CPU fan makes these weird noises. When I load a web-page or run Counter-Strike, it runs faster/louder for a few seconds at a time. That, and when I plugin the CD-ROM into the PSU's power plug, my system wont boot up. After the Windows Load screen, it goes black and windows never boots up. All I have to do is unplug the CD-Rom and windows boots up fine.
Ok, im going to the store soon to get an ANTEC 400 PSU but I was wondering why is it doing this? Can someone scoop me in, just trying to learn more about PSU's since my PSU knowledge is very limited lol
Thanks in advance crew
EDIT: btw both PSUs had the 4 pin plugin that go into the mobo
it worked fine, until 2 nights ago. i came home from work to find my system shut down. i couldnt boot it back up, i sniffed the back of it and it smelt like the PSU had burnt. Is this possible? Did it just die?
Ok so I took this other PSU from my old rig, its some noname 350 PSU. ok my comp been running a litty iffy since i plugged this puppy in. first, the CPU fan makes these weird noises. When I load a web-page or run Counter-Strike, it runs faster/louder for a few seconds at a time. That, and when I plugin the CD-ROM into the PSU's power plug, my system wont boot up. After the Windows Load screen, it goes black and windows never boots up. All I have to do is unplug the CD-Rom and windows boots up fine.
Ok, im going to the store soon to get an ANTEC 400 PSU but I was wondering why is it doing this? Can someone scoop me in, just trying to learn more about PSU's since my PSU knowledge is very limited lol
Thanks in advance crew
EDIT: btw both PSUs had the 4 pin plugin that go into the mobo
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