- Jul 5, 2004
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I am having some more problems now that I actually have managed to get my Conroe rig together.
It is either stable for hours and hours, shuts down after two minutes, or refuses to start. Everytime it shuts down I can hear a click from the power supply.
Currently the rig has:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
Gigabyte GA-P965-DQ6
2 Gigs OCZ DDR2 Memory
ATI Radeon 1900XT
Creative X-Fi
Lite-On SHM-165H6S
Seagate ST3320620AS
Dlink DWL-G520
Antec P180b Case
Enermax Liberty 500W PSU
I am pretty sure it is the powersupply, although I cannot confirm this for sure atm.
It seems that maybe the powersupply just cannot handle the load? I wouldn't think that I am using up all 500 watts of the PSU with this setup.
Anyways I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on testing the PSU, if it is possibly just a bad unit and I should replace it, or that it cannot handle the system and I should return it.
If I should return it, what PSU should I get? I do like the modular design but its not required, simply makes cable management easier in the case, a quiet fan is a must however.
It is either stable for hours and hours, shuts down after two minutes, or refuses to start. Everytime it shuts down I can hear a click from the power supply.
Currently the rig has:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
Gigabyte GA-P965-DQ6
2 Gigs OCZ DDR2 Memory
ATI Radeon 1900XT
Creative X-Fi
Lite-On SHM-165H6S
Seagate ST3320620AS
Dlink DWL-G520
Antec P180b Case
Enermax Liberty 500W PSU
I am pretty sure it is the powersupply, although I cannot confirm this for sure atm.
It seems that maybe the powersupply just cannot handle the load? I wouldn't think that I am using up all 500 watts of the PSU with this setup.
Anyways I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on testing the PSU, if it is possibly just a bad unit and I should replace it, or that it cannot handle the system and I should return it.
If I should return it, what PSU should I get? I do like the modular design but its not required, simply makes cable management easier in the case, a quiet fan is a must however.