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Hey folks,
I was busy playing Boderlands after a long days work, and also in-order to finish it before the second part arrived. As fate would have it, there were heavy thunder showers and loads of lightning, but I continued to slay enemies, suddenly I heard a small 'bijli' bomb sort of an explosive sound, I wasnt sure what it was, since my game was still running fine, and I have a ton of devices surrounding me, so just to be on the safe side, I quit the game, and shut down the computer.
After about 10-15 mins, I tried restarting, and there was no video output, I had scene this earlier, so I want worried tried a few more times and nothing changed. Then took out the GPU, and plugged into the onboard video and got to see the BIOS, went into windows restarted, and this time BIOS told me that 'During the last boot there was a power surge and that ASUS anti surge had protected my compter' again I had seen this message a couple times earlier wasnt too concerned. I was too sleepy, thought ill try tomorrow.
Today, again tried putting the GPU back in, switching PCIE slots, nothing worked, I had deduced that my GPU had gone kaput, so I removed the GPU, and packed it for RMA, I just couldnt believe that the GPU had given way, cause post the sound I heard, everything was working fine, I gave it another shot in the night again no luck.
So, I hooked it up to the onboard video and it started, I was surfing, and checking on 'how to test a PSU', and the computer just restarted, again showing the same error at the bios about the power surge, then I recalled even in the afternoon, I had left the comp on listening to songs, and after a while the same message was on the screen. But, I wasnt convinced, I restarted, and again after 5 mins the same thing happened.
I did check the voltages in the Asus BIOS, the CPU voltage kept fluctuating from 1.130 to 1.145, sometimes the 3.3V line would also, but the CPU voltage keeps constantly fluctuating, not sure if this is normal.
Anyways, I would like to confirm, if you guys think if the PSU is gone, and I should RMA the PSU first and hold on to my GPU, let the new PSU come in and then test my GPU, or simply RMA both?
Also, will Corsair RMA my PSU just cause I say my comp keeps restarting? My config is in my signature.
Thanks in advance.
I was busy playing Boderlands after a long days work, and also in-order to finish it before the second part arrived. As fate would have it, there were heavy thunder showers and loads of lightning, but I continued to slay enemies, suddenly I heard a small 'bijli' bomb sort of an explosive sound, I wasnt sure what it was, since my game was still running fine, and I have a ton of devices surrounding me, so just to be on the safe side, I quit the game, and shut down the computer.
After about 10-15 mins, I tried restarting, and there was no video output, I had scene this earlier, so I want worried tried a few more times and nothing changed. Then took out the GPU, and plugged into the onboard video and got to see the BIOS, went into windows restarted, and this time BIOS told me that 'During the last boot there was a power surge and that ASUS anti surge had protected my compter' again I had seen this message a couple times earlier wasnt too concerned. I was too sleepy, thought ill try tomorrow.
Today, again tried putting the GPU back in, switching PCIE slots, nothing worked, I had deduced that my GPU had gone kaput, so I removed the GPU, and packed it for RMA, I just couldnt believe that the GPU had given way, cause post the sound I heard, everything was working fine, I gave it another shot in the night again no luck.
So, I hooked it up to the onboard video and it started, I was surfing, and checking on 'how to test a PSU', and the computer just restarted, again showing the same error at the bios about the power surge, then I recalled even in the afternoon, I had left the comp on listening to songs, and after a while the same message was on the screen. But, I wasnt convinced, I restarted, and again after 5 mins the same thing happened.
I did check the voltages in the Asus BIOS, the CPU voltage kept fluctuating from 1.130 to 1.145, sometimes the 3.3V line would also, but the CPU voltage keeps constantly fluctuating, not sure if this is normal.
Anyways, I would like to confirm, if you guys think if the PSU is gone, and I should RMA the PSU first and hold on to my GPU, let the new PSU come in and then test my GPU, or simply RMA both?
Also, will Corsair RMA my PSU just cause I say my comp keeps restarting? My config is in my signature.
Thanks in advance.
