"Time To Help Friend Fix By Fixing His Computer!"

"Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura" (sundowne36) 01/07/2016 at 15:11 • Filed to: Computers

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Nothing is powering on... Save for the fan in the PSU provided that you hold the power button for long.

Glad he bought that performance/maintenance contract, though.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 01/07/2016 at 15:15

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PSU is toast pretty much guaranteed.

Wacko > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 01/07/2016 at 15:16

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could be a bad power supply.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. 01/07/2016 at 15:16

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Welp. Gotta undo a number of zipties and cable managem- ah, screw it. I’m just going to tell him to send it back up.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Wacko 01/07/2016 at 15:17

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I can’t remember the brand for now, but I knew it was a 550W... Had a feeling it didn’t like powering the computer as it is.

Jake, Yes, wearing khakis > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 01/07/2016 at 15:24

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While you’re in there you may want to adjust the way the RAM is populated. With two sticks of ram you can operate in dual channel mode to increase the memory bandwidth. So either have both sticks in the black slots or both in the gray slots.

Wacko > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 01/07/2016 at 15:24

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why only water cool the cpu?

the video cards are the ones that make the most noise.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Jake, Yes, wearing khakis 01/07/2016 at 15:29

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.... I think this picture sums up how I feel about myself for putting the RAM sticks side by side now that I know this.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Wacko 01/07/2016 at 15:30

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I asked him that as well, and this is what he told me:

“Well, my room is cold enough as it is and it’s never going to be an issue!”

He also asked me if I could overclock his system.

EyeFuzz > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 01/07/2016 at 15:40

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Probably Forgot to top off his Hard drive fluid......

In all seriousness though. See if you can get it to power up with minimal components. Unplug & remove the GPU and plug your display into the integrated card on the motherboard, unplug all of the non essential (non boot) drives & non essential fans. Also, you can jump the power button pins with a small flathead.

Good Luck!

wiffleballtony > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 01/07/2016 at 15:53

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If there are any issues after a power supply swap. Remove all the components from the case, it may be somehow grounding out. Just attach the PSU, and RAM, then jump it using a screwdriver.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. 01/07/2016 at 15:57

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550W is pretty low for most systems that have a dedicated GFX card, 650W-750W is a nicer operating envelope.

Grindintosecond > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 01/07/2016 at 16:09

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PCpower, Corsair, Silverstone are the only PSU brands i’ll ever touch anymore.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Grindintosecond 01/07/2016 at 16:12

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How about Thermaltake PSUs? They’re pretty rock solid from what I’ve experienced.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 01/07/2016 at 16:14

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Get this into dual channel mode stat. Oh and buy at least a 750 watt PSU inthe event he wants a newer nvidia gpu at some point this year.

B/Xmrrmvr > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 01/07/2016 at 16:38

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This seems wrong.

Edit: Oh, didn’t realize everyone already told you that. My bad.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > B/Xmrrmvr 01/07/2016 at 16:53

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Ehhh, I got the message.

In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 01/07/2016 at 17:30

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>NoVidia 960 3.5GB GTX

That’s your problem.

But no, his power supply shit a brick

Montalvo > Wacko 01/07/2016 at 18:34

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Most people wouldn’t liquid cool the CPU for noise, that would mainly be reserved for the overclockers, if you want silence you get heat sinks. GPUs generally don’t get hot enough to bother with it and even if they did there are plenty of air cooled options to keep the temps and the noise down.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 01/07/2016 at 21:08

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What’s wrong with NVidia? And ye, had a feeling it was the PSU.

uofime-2 > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. 01/08/2016 at 12:34

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stuff has gotten a lot more efficient recently.

that GPU is rated at 120w

a top of the line consumer i7 is <100w

a 550w psu should be ample (if its well made)

In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 01/08/2016 at 13:51

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They’re like apple in terms of crippling. https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace…

Sorry for the sauce. But it’s very descriptive and shows the problem.

Also and they are trying to monopolize (HAVE YOU SEEN THEIR PRICES!!!???)

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > uofime-2 01/08/2016 at 15:18

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He said something about over clocking in another comment, so I’m guessing he us pulling more than stock. A 550w psu should be good, but only if he spent the money to get a nice one, which lots of people don’t do. I would 0nly do <600w is if I was making a super small form PC that couldn't hold a second card.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > In a Mini; let them mock me as My Mini Countryman is higher than you 01/08/2016 at 23:16

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It’s slightly acceptable compared to AMD’s faulty drivers.