Watchman~SPARTA~ Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 My rig just expired, as it was booting. Switched it on and maybe 15 seconds in just stopped and now there's no response when I push the on switch. Consequently I'm guessing the psu has gone? Prior to switching on there was a constant high pitch tone coming from the case, not loud just audible with out background noise. The power light is illuminated on the psu, so it's taking a feed from the socket but there's no life in it at all. So, am I right is the psu or could there be another issue? I don't have another psu to swap in so wanted a double check before I splurge the cash, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Swap it out and se if it boots, Dogface just lost his hhd and had to replace it. It would boot tho. Listen to the post beeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PANiC Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 (edited) psu or mobo, certainly a lot easier to find out if you had a spare psu. do you have a multi meter? http://www.techrepublic.com/article/troubleshoot-three-common-pc-problems-with-a-multimeter/1053274 this guy is pretty handy for virus and malware removal but i just found he does a nice guide for testing a psu with a multimeter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac7YMUcMjbw more info than you probably need, but hey it's a useful diagram: from this page: http://www.fonerbooks.com/power.htm Edited February 23, 2013 by PANiC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchman~SPARTA~ Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 PSU was toast, still it must be 7 years old at least and did a good job. It was a Hiper 580w modular. Picked up an OCZ ZS 650w from PC World, with an online offer it came in at £6 cheaper than Overclockers, so not too painful. Just completed a system repair run and all seems good, so no peripheral damage caused by the psu failing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custard~SPARTA~ Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Have two OCZ PSU they are good kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Have two OCZ PSU they are good kit +1 for OCZ PSU http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/power_management/ http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-zx-series-850w-1250w-power-supply.html 5 year warranty backed by OCZ's exclusive PowerSwap Warranty replacement program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBE Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm greetz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XJackerooX~SPARTA~ Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 What if the computers had been programmed to beep morse code for error messages instead of random long and short beeps? lol · · · ? ? ? · · · Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PANiC Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 beeps are great when the pc actually turns on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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