Reading this thread further it looks like the OP got a cheap PSU and fried some components
I'll say it again, cheap PSUs are never a good idea, even if they don't fry your components they're usually noisy as hell.
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Steve
sjr (fountain of knowledge)
Sun 21-Mar-10 15:55:38
It honestly depends on the make. Certainly the cheap high street brands are useless. I'm also not convinced the psu failed, but rather it was just faulty.
OP: can you not take out graphics card, replace old psu then test the system again?
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Taras (eat-sleep-adslguide)
Sun 21-Mar-10 16:04:43
It honestly depends on the make. Certainly the cheap high street brands are useless. I'm also not convinced the psu failed, but rather it was just faulty.
OP: can you not take out graphics card, replace old psu then test the system again?
Yep sure with a 255w psu .. whats the bet it will boot up but with no video output
It honestly depends on the make. Certainly the cheap high street brands are useless. I'm also not convinced the psu failed, but rather it was just faulty.
Well that's one reason why they're cheap, quality control is a bit lax to say the least.
It is, but as I have said elsewhere, it may have ben failing. A new PC should "fail to start Windows"and need a reinstall in the first few day of use!!!!