PC shutting down by itself. PSU problem? [Archive]

Dimitriman

07-20-2005, 06:44 AM

I've got a Qtech 400W PSU on one of my PCs for about a year now. Since about 1 month ago the PC would rarely but surely shut it self down with no reason at all. I wouldn't turn on immediately either, as it would only work after about 10 seconds and when I unplugged and plugged in the power cable. Since then it only gotten worse and today that I upgraded its graphics card and added a PCI wireless card the problem got much worse and the PC is shutting itself down every 5 minutes.
Could this be a PSU problem? Since that Qtech only cost me about 35 euros my guess is that it is the problem. But can I get some opinions from you guys? It would be very appreciated.
Thanks.

einCe

07-20-2005, 07:05 AM

sounds to me like you arent getting enough power :) just because your psu says its 400w doesnt exactly MEAN its putting out 400w, basically with a psu you get what you pay for.
read this thread http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=56231

Dimitriman

07-20-2005, 07:19 AM

sounds to me like you arent getting enough power :) just because your psu says its 400w doesnt exactly MEAN its putting out 400w, basically with a psu you get what you pay for.
read this thread http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=56231

Yeah makes sense to me, I'm definately changing the PSU for a proper one, I'll take a closer look at that Tom's article as well.
Thanks bro.