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Thread ID: 100822 2009-06-21 18:10:00 How Much Power do i need? crazy4sunshine (14724) Press F1
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784366 2009-06-21 18:10:00 I am going through very tough days, there is something wrong with my from 5 or 6 months and i can't really solve it, sometimes my HDD fails than i buy another one than this one fails than buy another one than another than another,....
i changed almost every parts of my pc just to solve this problem, i bought new MB, 5 New HDD, al failed, now i bought another hdd and new 2 gb ram, and a new 600 watts PSU.bcz someone told me i have low psu.
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My system :
Intel Core2 Duo (e7200@2.53 GHz)
3 GB DDR2 RAM (1GB+2GB)
1 TB HDD (Seagate)
1 DVD Writter
PCIE Graphics Card (Nvidia Geforce 9800)
PCI Sound Card
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Now How much power does my PC need? and is the new 600Watt ok for my pc?

and i have another problem,

after connecting my new PSU, my pc doesn't start. when i press the power button it shows the power led and hdd led and my cpu fan starts but goes stops in 1 second.

now what's happening? i am freaking out. i don't know what's going on with my pc. i have so many problem at once. my 1 tb hdd also makes sound when booting up. and (when my 500watt was connected)....

anyway plz someone answer.
crazy4sunshine (14724)
784367 2009-06-21 19:19:00 Corsair have a power supply calculator here (www.corsair.com)that you could try :). davidmmac (4619)
784368 2009-06-21 19:39:00 Are you overclocking the system? Do you take static precautions? Did you connect the square 12v plug as well? gary67 (56)
784369 2009-06-21 20:08:00 12v squar? the one which connects to the motherboard left hand side of the cpu fan? ya. i plugged all Connectors, when i press the powerbutton it shows the led than goes off at the next moment, what's wrong? crazy4sunshine (14724)
784370 2009-06-21 20:11:00 it looks like my pc is getting power but something is wrong. can anyone plz solve my problem?has anyone got the same problem anytime before? crazy4sunshine (14724)
784371 2009-06-21 21:12:00 How exactly do the hard drives fail?? What are the symptoms?

Have you gone back to the shop - all these parts would have been still under warranty so you shouldn't be buying new ones all the time.

What brand is this power supply?
pctek (84)
784372 2009-06-21 21:13:00 How exactly do the hard drives fail?? What are the symptoms?

Have you gone back to the shop - all these parts would have been still under warranty so you shouldn't be buying new ones all the time.

What brand is this power supply?
pctek (84)
784373 2009-06-21 21:50:00 With all these " Failures" I doubt its a low Power Supply, unless the original PSU had a fault.

At first reading the post I would say its either something in the Case that's shorting to cause the "failures" or you have an outside power Problem, Eg: Power surges / Spikes, dirty power.

What sort of power protection do you have, either surge protectors or UPS ?
wainuitech (129)
784374 2009-06-21 22:02:00 600W ought to be fine for your setup . It is pretty hard fixing the non-starting problem remotely - there just isn't a magic wand . It seems as if your mobo is not happy so doesn't send a power-good signal to the PSU so it can start up .

In all honesty, I recommend you get some professional hands-on help as the consequences of a dodgy power issue could be high .

But, to clarify, was the new mobo etc running with the old PSU before you changed to the new PSU?
linw (53)
784375 2009-06-21 23:11:00 Possibly might need a new mobo if that screwed up(however un/likely) ZapperBoy10647 (11988)
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