mmd123 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 ok, so I'm trying to decide if I need to rma my power supply or not, I finally fixed one issue I've been having with my gaming computer, but upon STARTING skyrim, not even 2 minutes into it, my second issue reared its ugly face. :[pouts: the second issue other than bsod's ive been having is that every now and again without warning, my computer completely powers off like the house had a power outage, just shuts off instantaniously and without warning. :confused: so I've been doing some poking around with my computer while I'm using it every now and again, and *touches the top of the psu* it gets very hot to the touch, yet the fan does not run unless I just started up the pc, and even then it only runs for about 3 to 4 seconds before stopping, and no mater what I'm doing on my pc, gaming, web browsing, just idling, that power supply fan NEVER runs... so my thought process is that I have a working power supply with faulty fan circuitry. can anyone else back up that theory? in addition to this is there anything that I can do to find out for sure if it is a faulty psu or not? any and all help into this matter is greatly appreciated. on a side note, I cannot remember when I bought this from bestbuy, is that going to be a deal breaker or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 How hot is hot? Can you keep your hand on the case ? What are your main voltages reading in your BIOS? 12,5,and 3.3v rails.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmd123 Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 I can barely keep my hand on it durring normal load to idle load, but if I'm gaming, and my pc doesnt crash, then thats a whole 'nother story, and let me check my bios readings right after I post this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmd123 Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 The lenovo bios actually do not give a read out of any voltages what so ever, so im going to see if speccy will or if siw will if speccy wont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmd123 Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 speccy indicates that my 3.3v is 3.332, 12v is 10.541, its not reading the 5v voltage, 1.5v is being read as 2.461 and cpu core is 1.118 to 1.124 at spike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Have the PSU RMA'd. Your 12v rail is way too low at 10.541. 11.4 is the lowest it should be to be considered within spec. I'm sure this is the reason behind your BSOD's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmd123 Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 Thanks for letting me know, will not having the box it came in, or any of the packaging our documentation be an issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Nope, box,packaging and documents are not a problem. But please include all your cables and be sure to package it good so it doesn't get damaged during shipping, and you should be good to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmd123 Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 Thank you for all your help with this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Your welcome! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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