PSU Problems

battyboimatt

Hi All,

Thanks for the quick replies, like I said before I cant take it back to the shop as it closed down, the owner had a heart attack and died so its just all boreded up with a to let sign on it, it must of been the stress of building my pc, well here you all go the complete specs of my pc

Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit

AMD Athon FX 74 3.00 GHz Processor x2
ASUS L1N64-SLI WS - motherboard - SSI CEB - nForce 680a SLI
Antec Black Titan 650 Server Case
Ram 4 GB Crossier
nvidia 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 Dual DVI TVO PCI-E Graphics Card x2
Antec TruePower Quattro 1000W PSU
Western Digital 250 GB hard drivers x4
Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Speakers 505W RMS - THX Certified
Logitech Dinovo Edge Bluetooth Rechargable Wireless Keyboard - USB
Logitech Black MX Revolution Wireless Laser Mouse
LG DVD RW x2
Samsung Pebble 22 Inch Monitor

Think thats about it, my pc started up first time this evening and the +3.3 V is at 3.04V so I think thats why its stable, I have coped the error warnings from when I was having problems but this is what the display reads at the moment

Vcore 1 1.47V
Vcore 2 1.49V
+3.3 3.04V
+5 5.06V
+12 12.10V
CPU 1 56 oc
CPU 2 50 oc
MB 56 oc

and here are the warnings from the pas few days

[03/30/2008 at 08:06 pm] +3.3 Voltage Abnormal, 2.56 V
[03/30/2008 at 08:12 pm] +3.3 Voltage become normal, 2.69 V
[03/30/2008 at 08:13 pm] +3.3 Voltage Abnormal, 2.67 V
[03/30/2008 at 08:13 pm] +3.3 Voltage become normal, 2.78 V
[03/30/2008 at 08:14 pm] +3.3 Voltage Abnormal, 2.62 V
[03/30/2008 at 08:15 pm] +3.3 Voltage become normal, 2.75 V
[03/30/2008 at 08:15 pm] +3.3 Voltage Abnormal, 2.67 V
[03/30/2008 at 08:15 pm] +3.3 Voltage become normal, 2.74 V
[03/30/2008 at 08:16 pm] +3.3 Voltage Abnormal, 2.67 V
[03/30/2008 at 08:58 pm] +3.3 Voltage Abnormal, 2.64 V
[03/30/2008 at 08:58 pm] +3.3 Voltage become normal, 2.83 V
[03/30/2008 at 09:04 pm] +3.3 Voltage Abnormal, 2.67 V
[03/30/2008 at 09:04 pm] +3.3 Voltage become normal, 2.78 V
[03/31/2008 at 01:01 pm] +3.3 Voltage Abnormal, 2.66 V
[03/31/2008 at 01:01 pm] +3.3 Voltage become normal, 2.72 V
[03/31/2008 at 01:01 pm] +3.3 Voltage Abnormal, 2.67 V
[03/31/2008 at 01:02 pm] +3.3 Voltage become normal, 2.78 V
[03/31/2008 at 01:04 pm] +3.3 Voltage Abnormal, 2.67 V
[03/31/2008 at 01:04 pm] +3.3 Voltage become normal, 2.74 V

and on and one as you can see, do you think this is the source of the problem, thanks very much everyone really apprecaited

indierocker85

jje wrote: »

If the product is faulty at two months old the Vendor of the machine is entirely and solely responsible not the manufacturer of any parts .Contact who ever you bought it off and explain the problem if they are unwilling to fix free of charge then contact your local trading standards .Its not a cheap PSU and though the PSU may be at fault it could be a motherboard failure/problem .
Baring something silly like a loose connector the product is not fit for purpose almost certainly UK legislation will say you are entitled to your money back .
You take it back to the builder he tests it swops out the PSU all works so replaces PSU and the vendor goes through the process of getting his money back not the buyer . Dont get fobbed off with any 28 days ruling their is no such thing in UK consumer law . That says a product must be fit for purpose and the time scale is up to six years . But once over twelve months it gets rather more complicated than just asking for your money back 4 years down the line .
One further point as of this year anyway its up to the vendor to prove their is not something wrong with the machine they sold not you .

jje

I think the op did state that it was custom built

danivtec

The psu is more than enough to run your rig, either its a loose connection or the psu is faulty.

indierocker85

Hi battyboi,

Well the spec doesn't look like it should be too demanding for a 1000W PSU, even with the two 8800GTX's (Not at all jealous of the rig by the way lol). But, judging by the errors the system has stability issues with power management. This could be the PSU or it could in fact be the motherboard.

My suggestion would be to try taking the graphics cards out of SLI, and removing one of them temporarily. Run the system for a day and see if this has any effect. If it doesn't then try and purchase/borrow a generic 1000W PSU and put the card back in and monitor the system again. Should it not improve, I would look at returning the defective PSU and possibly looking at paying the difference for a 1500w SLI PSU. I.e Toughpower 1500W PSU

Keep us posted