Something wrong with my Seasonic X 1050w?

[NickyVida]

My PC suddenly shut off just now and rebooted with this. Wasn't doing anything on the com, basically youtubing and browsing web before it suddenly powered off. Haven't Oc'd my cpu or gpu before, and only on a single 780
On rebooting it showed this message and i found this on bios

and when i went into bios advanced mode, i found something strange. Never had a red highlight on the 3.3v before. It was white.

PSU is just a week old.:s22:


It also happened last night where a reset was needed before the 3.6v reading went away. is my psu toast or dangerous to use?

 

[philipma1957]

your mobo may be wrong and giving a false reading on the psu 3.3 volt.

do you have a different psu to attach to your build?

I have had an asus mobo do exactly what yours is doing and do it with a seasonic psu. the same 3.3 volt detector.

I had a maximus iv gene and a seasonic x 660.

I switched psu's and the mobo worked for a year the ethernet died a year later. The psu worked for an intel board but was flakey so I ended up having to rma the psu with seasonic.

 

[NickyVida]

your mobo may be wrong and giving a false reading on the psu 3.3 volt.

do you have a different psu to attach to your build?

I have had an asus mobo do exactly what yours is doing and do it with a seasonic psu. the same 3.3 volt detector.

I had a maximus iv gene and a seasonic x 660.

I switched psu's and the mobo worked for a year the ethernet died a year later. The psu worked for an intel board but was flakey so I ended up having to rma the psu with seasonic.

Hi, i dont have a spare psu unfortunately. Just updated my bios to 1204 as some said it could be an overvoltage warning range but my voltage is still at 3.536v. Is it safe to say its the psu?

 

[philipma1957]

Hi, i dont have a spare psu unfortunately. Just updated my bios to 1204 as some said it could be an overvoltage warning range but my voltage is still at 3.536v. Is it safe to say its the psu?

no the board could be wrong not the psu that reading may be wrong. you could try to get a psu tester


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16899705002

 

[NickyVida]

no the board could be wrong not the psu that reading may be wrong. you could try to get a psu tester


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16899705002

You mean the board is faulty? Im confused. Just had another pc shutoff even after updating my mobo bios to ver 1204

Just a quick edit. Im using hwmonitor and it shows the same voltage as the mobo. Is that okay to test it?

Should i rma both to be safe?

 

[philipma1957]

only one has the problem not both.

I would buy the testing gear from newegg. Or swap with a psu.

If you want to rma both the board and the psu without knowing which is bad it is your gear and your money.

If someone said to me phil you must only send in one piece of gear for an rma. No testing I would send in the psu.

I do lots of builds so I never rma until I am pretty certain what is broken.

In your case I am not certain. My guess is the psu then the board or the new bios that you loaded was bad.

 

[NickyVida]

only one has the problem not both.

I would buy the testing gear from newegg. Or swap with a psu.

If you want to rma both the board and the psu without knowing which is bad it is your gear and your money.

If someone said to me phil you must only send in one piece of gear for an rma. No testing I would send in the psu.

I do lots of builds so I never rma until I am pretty certain what is broken.

In your case I am not certain. My guess is the psu then the board or the new bios that you loaded was bad.

Hmm i see Thanks! i will try to get a psu tester as i can't get a spare psu.

There's a newer bios 1207 for my mobo. Should i try that?

 

[NightDreamer]

If you want to rma both the board and the psu without knowing which is bad it is your gear and your money.

If someone said to me phil you must only send in one piece of gear for an rma. No testing I would send in the psu.

I do lots of builds so I never rma until I am pretty certain what is broken.

In your case I am not certain. My guess is the psu then the board or the new bios that you loaded was bad.

Wow I'm really glad you do lots of builds and don't RMA parts unless your certain they are broken.

Your best bet would be to buy another psu (you don't need a 1000w, that's for sure) and test the system. Make sure you buy it somewhere you can return it. Or better yet, barrow a psu. I have a bunch laying around.

It's always good to have a backup anyways, cause a 7yr warranty doesn't help a lot for the 2 weeks your out of a computer.

 

[Zap]

Buy a digital multimeter and test the PSU using it. Go by what the multimeter reports, and not by what the BIOS reports.

Keep the multimeter for future use. It is an invaluable tool for any toolbox.