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PC won't power on OCZ PSU help ><
Hi,
I recently built a PC for my friend.
Specs:
Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3 SATA II 7200RPM 32M
OCZ ModXstream Pro 600W modular PSU
LiteON IHAS324 SATA DVD-RW 24X Black Retail
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM
Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 4GB (2x XMS3 2GB) PC-12800
Tenda W322P Wireless N PCI Adapter
Asus P7H55D-M EVO MB, Socket 1156, Intel H55 Chipset
LG E2340V 23"W Slim LED HDMI FULL HD 5ms
Intel Core i5 760 Processor LGA1156 2.8GHz 8MB Cache CPU
NZXT Vulcan Micro ATX Case
POV GTX 460 1G D5 2DVI/HDMI
He wanted a good graphics card so he choose a lower range PSU
OCZ ModXstream Pro 600W modular PSU
I checked the specs for a GTX 460 and said minimum 550W PSU and the OCZ claimed it had SLI support and had the PCI-E adapter to fit it. And an extra 1 pin connected to one of the PCI-E cables for a bigger graphics card I assume.
For the first couple days it was working but stutters such as the audio and video happened sometimes. He had to reset once in a game of starcraft 2 after the audio stutter. He said the video was kind of moving slow so maybe that was stuttering as well. So I came over and before I did anything he showed me a replay from starcraft 2. So it was working then.
I thought I would reconnect the HD audio cable into motherboard as it is tightly fit against the graphics card and wireless PCI internet card. I then turned the PSU upside down so the fan is facing down so the cables would have a better reach and were more ordered, since it was kinda messy.
Then I booted it up and it would go through the BIOS fine and start loading windows, the animation would go (win 7) and then it would hang and eventually power down. I put the Win 7 disc in thinking it may be because windows has a boot problem and it loaded up until it turned into the graphical screen and then hung. I tried the suggested windows recovery fix (forget the name, but the one after you power it down without shutting down) and it just hung again.
So I then thought it could be the PSU. Since it had booted before I turned the PSU back with the fan facing up (not far from the graphics card) like it was originally and now it will not turn on.
I am thinking that maybe the 600W wasn't enough to run the system or the PSU may be faulty. This was purchased about a week ago and it has warranty, what do you suggest?
Thanks for reading,