true2paintball Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Hello Everyone, Recently I moved to a new apartment and am having some issues and am concerned my power supply has gone bad. The issue that I am having is that when I start my computer and play some games everything is fine. When I play a more graphic intensive game (ie prototype, C&C world in conflict) my backup USP begins to emit a steady high pitched beep. If I ignore the beep the computer eventually crashes. If I Alt/Tab from the game the beeping immediately stops. Upon resuming it comes back again. If I plug the machine directly into the wall instead of the PSU it eventually crashes as well. This happens in about the same amount of time as if I ignore it with the USP. I do not have a spare power supply to try and I have tried other independent circuits to no avail. Anyone know how I can test what's going on here or if it is an RMA thing? Overclocked to 1.33125v and 430 FSB according to the bios and Also the 3dMark test does do the same thing! Never did before even with these settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 19, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 19, 2009 Try connecting the PSU directly to the wall outlet. It sounds like the power source at your new location is not as clean as your previous address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true2paintball Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 When I mention that I plugged the machine directly into the wall bypassing the PSU I misspoke. I meant I bypassed the USP (battery backup). So I have already tried that suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted August 21, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted August 21, 2009 Is it possible to test the system at a different location? If you didn't have any noise at the previous address, then most likely it is a problem with the power source at the new location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true2paintball Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 I will be at my folks place at the end of this month and know that their wiring/power supply is fine. I will keep you all posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true2paintball Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 In the meantime is there a reasonable way to test the power of my current apartment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true2paintball Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 Removing the second video card causes the 3dmark test to run perfectly fine. Does this mean the PSU is bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 No. Could be a bad card or a bad video slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true2paintball Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 So my entire computer worked (both cards, psu everything) at my old apartment. I move then I start getting this issue. The second video card is obviously putting the power usage up too high. The only thing this seems to lead to is the PSU being/going bad. How could the video card function if it was bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 The same way your car can work if there's a faulty part. Gas leak won't stop it from going, nor will a wonky transmission. Won't work like it's supposed to though. That's not to say it couldn't be the PSU. Could be anything. Swapping parts with another system is the easiest way to figure it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true2paintball Posted August 28, 2009 Author Share Posted August 28, 2009 Ok I don't have parts that I can swap out unfortunately but... As I have two cards could I do this. The Problem: With Card A in slot A and Card B in slot B the system draws too much power. Removing card B from slot B causes the system to work. Should I try: Keeping card B in slot B and removing Card A from slot A. Assumption: If using the single cards in all combinations works then it would not be the cards or slots. This is because I would be using the potentially faulty card and slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 You may want to do a careful inspection of your ENTIRE installation. I have seen situations in the past where an user will move and something inside the system will get loosened or damaged in the move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true2paintball Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 I went through and did the whole swap out method. The only thing that did not work was when the cards were both installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true2paintball Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 Still no resolution... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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