Wrong PSU?

[FireStormX86]

Was all excited to have all the parts for my new rig! About halfway through after the motherboards in we try connecting the PSU and it doesn't fit...My friend who was doing most the building said it was because it wasn't EPS12? He had an adapter that we used so I thought that would be ok. But then about halfway through the windows install it just dies and powers off, it did it multiple times, not at the same point of the install either. We checked the temperatures and its not that, so were 90% sure it would be the power supply. Anyone else have experience with this? Here is my rig:

MOTHERBOARD - ASUS "A8N-SLI Deluxe" nForce4 SLI Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU -RETAIL

CPU - AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 2.2 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache 64-bit Socket 939 Processor - Retail

VIDEO - 2X BFG GeForce 6800 GT OC 256MB GDDR3/PCI-E/TV-Out/Dual-DVI (Retail Box) IN SLI

PRIMARY DRIVE - 2X Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD740GD, OEM Drive Only IN RAID-0

AUXILIARY DRIVE - Maxtor (6B300S0) DiamondMax Plus 10 300GB SATA 7200 RPM 16MB Cache

CASE - Lian-Li Silver ATX Full Tower Case, Model "PC-V2000A" -RETAIL

OPTICAL - NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Black, Model ND-3520A BK, OEM

PSU - Enermax Noisetaker 600Watt 'EG701P-VE SFMA' Retail

MEMORY - OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 Dual Channel Kit 184-Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail


I guess I'm just going to send the PSU back for a refund and try to find another one locally since I don't really want to wait so long. Anyone know if CDW or any local stores sell high quality PSUs? It must work with PCI-E and be pretty high wattage.

 

[Viper96720]

Doesn't need to be EPS12. The enermax should've been fine. Something else is wrong.

 

[FireStormX86]

Well it sure didn't fit the connection. I'm guessing it didn't work primarily because we were running the cheap converter and it didn't like it. Could anyone direct me to some power supplies that have been tested to work with this motherboard (personal experience would be best...)?

 

[housecat]

The connection doesnt matter. People are using those adapters all over the place, they work fine.

Its something else. Possible you got a bad PSU.. I'd pull most of your hardware out (so its pulling less) and try a different one.. if it posts your good.
At least on the rest of your hardware not being the problem.

Then add parts one by one and boot after each part is put in.

good luck.

 

[Ike0069]

Originally posted by: housecat
The connection doesnt matter. People are using those adapters all over the place, they work fine.

 

[Blazer]

i doubt it is the PSU,Raise the DDR vpltage to 2.75 and retry,may want to try just one stick,will the memory pass a 30 minute memtest86 test.

it may also be a thermal shutdown from the proc,donot load on a OC,use a bare sys,is the FSB correct.

can you post some links to the case and psu

 

[Gamingphreek]

Raising the VDIMM will do nothing. It if wasn't getting enough power it would not have even made it past POST.

Sounds like a power or a Thermal Problem. EPS12 has nothing to do with that motherboard. EPS12 is a server standard. That motherboard supports the BTX PSU standard (ie 24pin cable). Make sure, since you have a 20pin cable, that you insert it in the correct 20pins leaving the correct 4 open or just get the cheap $2 adapter.

-Kevin

 

[housecat]

hes got the $2 adapter

 

[housecat]

and using it.