psu failure

maddogl · **Posted:** Thu Dec 20, 2012 9:17 pm

do i need a new psu (short i will have a pic as well)

Blokeymon · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2012 7:37 am

I'm no expert, but I'd be a little more concerned about the temp readings of fan 3... :hmm:

maddogl · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2012 7:46 am

is was like that when i got it so i don't know edit: i ment the voltage readings in the middle

Ax · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2012 11:10 am

Blokeymon wrote:

I'm no expert, but I'd be a little more concerned about the temp readings of fan 3... :hmm:

Fukken rost!!!

maddogl · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2012 1:54 pm

Ax wrote:

Blokeymon wrote:

I'm no expert, but I'd be a little more concerned about the temp readings of fan 3... :hmm:

Fukken rost!!!

it says minus 128 so ... the overclocks you could get out of that, is that not the temp of liquid nitrogen?

but over all is my psu gonna need replacing because of the voltages

Blokeymon · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2012 8:24 pm

Did a bit of googling, and found this page.

From what it says, your CPU is...

...not looking in that good a condition.

maddogl · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:09 pm

is there an approximation of how long it will last because we have no money at the moment (i am so fucked if it will not last my dad will go ape shit) i also thought it could be the psu because of the voltages on the picture :facepalm:

could this get any worse?

Prof. Chaos · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:28 pm

Modern motherboards can under/overclock anything they want based on the load, which alters the voltages. Install CPUZ and post a screenshot of what it says for you.

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

maddogl · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:38 pm

installed and screen shoted i have seen the voltage go to 1.474

Prof. Chaos · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2012 11:19 pm

The voltage for the cpu is right where it should be. I don't think you have anything to worry about unless you get random shutdowns.

maddogl · **Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:39 am

not had random shutdowns but i have had random restarts and the screen goes black and says monitor going to sleep when opening programs but i has to have been on about half a day for this to happen

Blokeymon · **Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2012 2:20 pm

Here's a question - how often do you open it up and clean it out? Given you've been talking about graphics cards and whatnot, I'm guessing you tinker about a fair bit, but most folk neglect their towers until they're dead.

We usually take the sides off once every few month and use a vacuum to remove all the built-up dust from the insides, especially the PSU fans and whatnot. This more often than not gives us a tiny but noticable improvement on performance right away.

maddogl · **Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2012 2:38 pm

Blokeymon wrote:

Here's a question - how often do you open it up and clean it out? Given you've been talking about graphics cards and whatnot, I'm guessing you tinker about a fair bit, but most folk neglect their towers until they're dead.

We usually take the sides off once every few month and use a vacuum to remove all the built-up dust from the insides, especially the PSU fans and whatnot. This more often than not gives us a tiny but noticable improvement on performance right away.

replaced the psu a month ago to the one i have not and i clean it out about once a month but i have been told not to use a vac as it could suck up or out a component i actually opened it this morning to connect a fan and had a bit of a dust clean out.

Blokeymon · **Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2012 3:11 pm

Yeah, vacuums can cause a lot of problems, and I've been warned against it loads of times, but you'll soon start to see that I tend to do retarded stuff with little to no regards as to the possibly terrifying outcome.

You know that one guy at your school/work who'll eat nuts, bolts and light bulbs just for a laugh? Yeah, thats me... :lol:

Terradude · **Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2012 4:18 pm

Restarts after lengthy sessions sounds more like a heat issue than a PSU one.

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