Will an Antec TruePower 2.0 550W pull a Core2Duo E6600, 2 evga 7950GT KO's (512MB) (In SLI PCI-E), Audigy2 ZS PCI, DVD-/+RW Drive, 320GB HDD SATA, pqi turbo 2GB DDR2 5400 (In Dual Chan / 2x 1GB), on an ASUS P5NSLI mobo (with 2 120mm led fans & 3 small front led accent lights)?
If not, could it be why system stopped powering up? Or is it a faulty mobo?
Initial symptoms -
First Hunch: Bad Mobo
1. Wasnt recognizing PCI/PCI-E hardware properly, had problems with detection and drivers.
2. I touched some area on the mobo with a screwdriver, lightly though, and then PC wouldnt boot. The tip of the screwdriver might have been magnetic (dumb, I know). After PC wouldnt boot - mobo only showed a green "status light", but when I pressed power - front case accent lights went on for a split second, and then went out. Pressing the power button again was useless. The only way I could reproduce the split second "ON" was to take the power plug out of the PSU and then plug it back in.
*Edit: (Tried booting w/ one 7950GT, nothing. Tried booting w/ one memory stick, nothing. Tried wiggling/re-inserting expansion cards & memory, no help)
Second Hunch: PSU Faulty
1. My 120mm fan had a hard time spinning up off of the PSU's "Fan Only" plugs. It only started spinning like 10 secs after I pushed the power button.
2. Cold cathode dimmed randomly. Once went out during installation of windows.
Strange: I tried connecting the Antec PSU to my old system. I didnt plug in all the molex plugs, just the main power 24-pin plug & the ATX12V plug.) All powered up.
Please help. This computer is a monster and I want it on its feet asap. Either its a faulty mobo, or a PSU. Keep in mind that the computer booted perfectly the first 5 or so times. I have WinXP, all drivers, and a game installed. It just all of a sudden stopped working after I plugged in the external audio wires (the plastic block & wires that connect to the front panel audio plugs) into the mobo.
If not, could it be why system stopped powering up? Or is it a faulty mobo?
Initial symptoms -
First Hunch: Bad Mobo
1. Wasnt recognizing PCI/PCI-E hardware properly, had problems with detection and drivers.
2. I touched some area on the mobo with a screwdriver, lightly though, and then PC wouldnt boot. The tip of the screwdriver might have been magnetic (dumb, I know). After PC wouldnt boot - mobo only showed a green "status light", but when I pressed power - front case accent lights went on for a split second, and then went out. Pressing the power button again was useless. The only way I could reproduce the split second "ON" was to take the power plug out of the PSU and then plug it back in.
*Edit: (Tried booting w/ one 7950GT, nothing. Tried booting w/ one memory stick, nothing. Tried wiggling/re-inserting expansion cards & memory, no help)
Second Hunch: PSU Faulty
1. My 120mm fan had a hard time spinning up off of the PSU's "Fan Only" plugs. It only started spinning like 10 secs after I pushed the power button.
2. Cold cathode dimmed randomly. Once went out during installation of windows.
Strange: I tried connecting the Antec PSU to my old system. I didnt plug in all the molex plugs, just the main power 24-pin plug & the ATX12V plug.) All powered up.
Please help. This computer is a monster and I want it on its feet asap. Either its a faulty mobo, or a PSU. Keep in mind that the computer booted perfectly the first 5 or so times. I have WinXP, all drivers, and a game installed. It just all of a sudden stopped working after I plugged in the external audio wires (the plastic block & wires that connect to the front panel audio plugs) into the mobo.
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