Power supply decided to fireball Saturday night, will be a week or two before I can get another one on the way.
Power supply decided to fireball Saturday night, will be a week or two before I can get another one on the way.
I know the feeling. I just finished my big upgrade then my computer kept randomly black screening. Only way to get it back on was to unplug from the power socket & plug back in. Immediately thought PSU, did some reading which also suggested it was the PSU. Upgraded from 600w to 1000w, no issues at all!
I was pretty sure my 12v rail was getting weak. Its atleast 6 years old and has ran pretty hard. Pc rebooted itself once before and I chalked it up to something else entirely. Long story short it shut itself off and wouldn't power back up. Ran all my connections and attempted it again, 3 inch fireball shot out the side of my 24pin cable. Dead power supply confirmed haha.
Thinking mine is getting there it is around 6 years old also.
Heads up, I'm still down. Working to get a power supply ordered asap but with the wife being on maternity leave things are right.