PSU problems

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cappy

Discussion Starter · Dec 2, 2009

HEC hp585d. Been running it daily since March with no problems until this morning. Turned the computer on like i do every morning, started checking the daily sites and my computer just shuts off.

Looked around the motherboard and video card, nothing looked burnt so i tried to turn it back on, the fans will spin for a second and stop. The lights on my motherboard are still on, so its getting some power.

Think its pretty much dead and needs a RMA?

PSU is in sig rig.

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meticadpa

· #2 · Dec 2, 2009

It seems that your power supply is dead, yes.

I'm not sure if it's worth replacing... it was bound to happen, that's not a very good quality unit, and you may not be so lucky next time. If a power supply dies, sometimes it can take components with it.

Can you smell burning around your power supply?

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Phaedrus2129

· #3 · Dec 2, 2009

Yeah, those HEC PSUs are junk. You could get it RMA'd then sell it on ebay to help pay for a decent power supply. Hopefully it didn't fry any of your other components when it went. I think that model is supposed to have OVP, etc, but I don't know if it's properly configured.

I'd get a Corsair VX550W or something.

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cappy

Discussion Starter · #4 · Dec 2, 2009

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Originally Posted by meticadpa

It does smell quite bad, same thing happened in March with my antec.. Though that actually burned with some smoke.

Thanks for the posts.

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