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Post by Reign on Mar 12, 2011 9:17:10 GMT -5
It's either a power supply issue, or a motherboard issue. My suggestion would be to check the power supply by unplugging all of the cords from everything except the hard drive. Take the 24-pin connector, and bridge the single green wire with any of the black wires. If it turns on and the hard drive spins up, it's the motherboard.
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Post by 90GTVert on Mar 12, 2011 9:20:37 GMT -5
I pulled the PSU out and shorted the pins to test it. Still no response at all. Kingwin has a 3 year warranty since this is next to the top of the line (the 1000W model is the top, mines the 850W). Looks like it takes at least 30 days for the process. Everything I use for photo processing and video editing and all the stuff I use for the forums is on that PC. I'm debating buying a new one and then trying to sell off the one that hopefully get replaced or repaired within the next couple of months.
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Post by Goosey on Mar 12, 2011 10:04:32 GMT -5
That, or spare parts are handy. Can you tell I'm part pack rat? I tend to have enough spare parts to swap em out for quick troubleshooting. I'd probably get a less expensive temp, and do the warranty. Keep the temp for emergency back up.
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Post by 90GTVert on Mar 12, 2011 10:14:03 GMT -5
Yeah, I might do that. The only place within a reasonable distance that carries PSUs doesn't carry one big enough. Nice. Even if it was in stock, they want too much for it. I just used the calc again and my minimum is 829W and recommended is 879W. Stupid HD video. That's what really caused me to need more power. lol
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Post by lshigham on Mar 12, 2011 10:16:06 GMT -5
What setup are you running that requires 850w? I've got a 750w in mine, which has two nVidia 260 GTX's and a 3.5Ghz quad core i5.
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Post by 90GTVert on Mar 12, 2011 10:34:30 GMT -5
6 core AMD 3.3/3.7GHz , high end mobo, GTX 470 overclocked, 3 hard drives, plenty of fans, giant Noctua cpu cooler (2 radiators and 120+140mm fans), 8GB
In reality, most of the time it sits here in max power saving mode so all the voltages are dropped etc... The only time I ever turn it on performance mode is when I edit videos. Long 1080p videos really do require a lot more processing power or a hell of a lot of patience. My old setup would do it, but it took hours to cut down because every time I split say a 30 minute raw video like a ride vid with the GoPro I had to walk away and do soemthing else cause it took so long before it would respond. Now I click split and it instantly is complete.
The old setup, which I gave to my parents, was a Pentium D dual core 3.0GHz with a GTS 250 or 260 and 4GB RAM.
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Post by Goosey on Mar 12, 2011 10:43:44 GMT -5
That's some scary beast you put together there :scared: :drool:
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Post by 90GTVert on Mar 12, 2011 10:58:08 GMT -5
It kinda sucks that really it's only need is for HD video, but I thought it was a good addition to the site. I don't play games on here, other than NItto with 2strokd on occasion which is a free game and requires no real power.
I ordered one of the cheaper Corsair PSUs from Newegg so hopefully I'll be back up and running by the middle of the week unless there's more going on. I'll probably just keep it in there since corsair gets great ratings for reliability. It's not modular, but I'd rather have a jumble of wires than a PSU that lasts 2.5 months.
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Post by lshigham on Mar 12, 2011 11:07:36 GMT -5
I've got a Corsair in mine, it's been running 24/7 for 6 months so far.
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Post by 90GTVert on Mar 12, 2011 14:19:28 GMT -5
I sometimes wonder if it matters what you get. The PSU in one of my old PCs was some junk I got that was as cheap as I could find local. It never went up in 5 years till I finally got rid of the comp.
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Post by Reign on Mar 12, 2011 15:36:21 GMT -5
You should be fine with a 700 or 750 with that setup. I'm running a 700 OCZ in mine. 4 GHz Core i7, 12 gigs of ram, dual GTX 260's, 3 hard drives I've even had 3 video cards in it at one time. No issue at all with the power.
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Post by 90GTVert on Mar 12, 2011 22:15:44 GMT -5
Whenever I use calcs they all say 800-900W. I'm sure it would be fine though. What are the chances that I fire up my 3 HDDs, DVD drives, video card under load, all USB etc.. slots, all 6 cores at 100%, all fans on high, etc... all at once? But then they give you these specs about deterioration over time and whatnot and it just feels safer to go a few bucks more. Of course I've proven I know squat by reading reviews and shopping around and choosing a PSU that went to crap in 2.5 months. lol
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Post by Reign on Mar 13, 2011 2:44:46 GMT -5
Whenever I use calcs they all say 800-900W. I'm sure it would be fine though. What are the chances that I fire up my 3 HDDs, DVD drives, video card under load, all USB etc.. slots, all 6 cores at 100%, all fans on high, etc... all at once? But then they give you these specs about deterioration over time and whatnot and it just feels safer to go a few bucks more. Of course I've proven I know squat by reading reviews and shopping around and choosing a PSU that went to crap in 2.5 months. lol If you go with a 700 range and don't feel as comfortable, most BIOS now days let you stagger the spin-up of your hard drives. Instead of spinning all 3 at once as soon as you hit the power button, it'll wait 5 or 10 seconds to spin the second and third.
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Post by lshigham on Mar 13, 2011 5:07:35 GMT -5
The calculators all give higher numbers than you'll ever need, for safety's sake. It's also been proven that the higher end PSU's will put out considerably more power than they are rated for without tripping or voltage drop.
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Post by 90GTVert on Mar 13, 2011 6:42:31 GMT -5
Good to know, though the PSU was already ordered. Oh well, now I know I'm 100% safe. When I originally bought it, I was considering a 1200W. The price was just too much though, and I figured it was delusional to think I'd ever actually get a 2nd graphics card. I didn't even like paying for the first one, but the vid prog I use will use the vid card.
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