No Comp

[=iNi=Kharn]

I guess its about time I got around to this. My comp at home is not working. The power supply finally gave out (I'm guessing because the new pcu uses to much juice). My comp has been randomly restarting for awhile, and for about ten minutes usually, I wouldn't be able to turn it on. One time I couldn't turn it on till I woke up about 12 hours later. But it has finally given out. I need to buy a new one, but until I get off my lazy ass, I will be comp-less, and therefor out of Rune for now.

Anyone wanna send me a power supply with a greater output than 450W? Cause thats what mine was, which obviously isnt enough anymore.

[=iNi=Deliverance]

LoL, pull out a CD-ROM drive, and kill the floppy drive. That will cut back on the needed power from the power supply

[ryanocerous]

I've run into and am currently dealing with this problem for the second time. I'm at a loss for what to do. Originally I had a 550w psu for my gaming comp, and after a couple months it started completely freezing after 20-30 minutes of being on, peripherals lost power, and the power button wouldn't turn it off. After flicking the power switch of the psu off and on, the damn thing won't turn on for a few hours.

Judging by the symptoms I assumed it was the psu and it was overheating in some way. I ordered a new 600w psu and switched them out, and it fixed it. For a while anyway. A month later here I am again with the same problem.

My only thought to the cause is my power strip. I have no outlets with a ground in my room, so I use a 3 to 2 prong converter for my power strip. Could the power strip not being grounded have anything to do with it? The only other thing I can think of is another computer component causing the psu to fry after a while, but I don't know what it could be.

AT THE MERCY OF THE DELIMAN,
Ryan

if specs will help at all, c2d e6600 2.4ghz, evga 680i mobo, 2gb crucial 800mhz ddr2 ram, geforce 8800gtx, sound blaster xi-fi, roswell 600w psu

[=iNi=Kharn]

damn
nice specs asshole
lol

[=iNi=Undertaker]

hey ryan i will text del he has no internet rite now

[=iNi=Deliverance]

Wel said, and well thought out Ryan. That is about what I would have looked at myself. The next thought I had was the mainboard(mobo) can create these issues as well. That version/model of mainboard(evga 680i mobo) has an issue in it. The chipset fails and has booting/power issues that arrise. nVidia is having issues in this product, yet not fully supporting their consumers.
I would say try to update your BIOS, as well as any evga 680i mobo chipset softwares.

Hit me back ...
G/L

[ryanocerous]

I had heard of some problems when i bought the mobo, but I didn't even think that could be the problem when this happened. I'll update the bios and see if that fixes it. If not, I'm not sure whether to just buy a new motherboard or try a new psu.

thanks for the speedy response, i know what a pain no internet is