I have had this case for roughly 3-4 weeks now, got on it when NewEgg had the free shipping. It has been fine up til this past Friday. And then it happened.
My current setup is a P4 1.6a OCed to 2.4, Asus P4B533-VM, 2x512 Kingston HyperX PC3500, GF3 Ti450, Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! 5.1, NEC DVD-2500, and a handful of Seagate hard drives. With the exception of the DVD burner, I have had this setup running smooth as a baby's bottom since November 2003 and has never given me an issue with any application.
On Friday morning, my computer just started to reboot for no reason, once every couple hours. Around early afternoon it was doing it every 5-15 minutes. Heat not playing a factor here as with the case fans it never exceeds 45C, and there is AC running in the room. There after a few times of it rebooting every 5-15 minutes, it just wouldn't turn on. So after a few choice words, I took everything out of the case to troubleshoot. First thing I noticed was the Antec PSU:
Antec PSU 1 Pic
Antec PSU 2 Pic
I remember reading on some case releated forums, and even a NewEgg review or two that the PSUs that have come with the Antec cases have sh*t the bed early, but I just thought it was nonsense, yet something appears to be the problem here.
As a result of this fiasco, as to what the hell happened, all I know now is that the open 2 PCI slots I have on my mobo (It's a MicroATX, and video card makes first PCI slot unusable), if I try booting with the SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 in PCI slot 2 of 3, the computer reboots immediately on the Windows. If I booting with the SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 in PCI slot 3 of 3, it goes undetected.
At first I thought it could have been something to do with my overclock, but the fact I have had it running smooth and perfect for 3/4 of a year, and that I have moved the same setup and am using a little Inwin matx 180w PSU just fine proves against holding the OC at fault.
Anybody else have any issues or problems like this? If the PSU is faulty, which I HIGHLY believe it is, how should I go about this issue?
Thanks in advance.
My current setup is a P4 1.6a OCed to 2.4, Asus P4B533-VM, 2x512 Kingston HyperX PC3500, GF3 Ti450, Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! 5.1, NEC DVD-2500, and a handful of Seagate hard drives. With the exception of the DVD burner, I have had this setup running smooth as a baby's bottom since November 2003 and has never given me an issue with any application.
On Friday morning, my computer just started to reboot for no reason, once every couple hours. Around early afternoon it was doing it every 5-15 minutes. Heat not playing a factor here as with the case fans it never exceeds 45C, and there is AC running in the room. There after a few times of it rebooting every 5-15 minutes, it just wouldn't turn on. So after a few choice words, I took everything out of the case to troubleshoot. First thing I noticed was the Antec PSU:
Antec PSU 1 Pic
Antec PSU 2 Pic
I remember reading on some case releated forums, and even a NewEgg review or two that the PSUs that have come with the Antec cases have sh*t the bed early, but I just thought it was nonsense, yet something appears to be the problem here.
As a result of this fiasco, as to what the hell happened, all I know now is that the open 2 PCI slots I have on my mobo (It's a MicroATX, and video card makes first PCI slot unusable), if I try booting with the SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 in PCI slot 2 of 3, the computer reboots immediately on the Windows. If I booting with the SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 in PCI slot 3 of 3, it goes undetected.
At first I thought it could have been something to do with my overclock, but the fact I have had it running smooth and perfect for 3/4 of a year, and that I have moved the same setup and am using a little Inwin matx 180w PSU just fine proves against holding the OC at fault.
Anybody else have any issues or problems like this? If the PSU is faulty, which I HIGHLY believe it is, how should I go about this issue?
Thanks in advance.
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