PC won't turn on, power supply making a faint ticking noise

El_Mayo · Jan 16, 2011

I don't think my power supply is broken because all I did was unplug power from my cd drive and then it wouldn't turn on. I wouldn't think a corsair psu would break that easily (?)
I switched it out with my old power supply with the same cable without reseating or anything and it's working now ;o

Bo$$ · Jan 16, 2011

may have shorted something i doubt it would kill anything, check the corsair PSU is still working by using the green-black pin trick

El_Mayo · Jan 16, 2011

Bo$$ said:
may have shorted something i doubt it would kill anything, check the corsair PSU is still working by using the green-black pin trick

how do you do that man? :]

DRDNA · Jan 16, 2011

I think he means this
http://us.shuttle.com/SCGFaq/attachments/28/How To Do the PSU PaperClip Test.pdf

Paperclip test

El_Mayo · Jan 16, 2011

gahhh i don't have any paperclips
is there anything else I can try? D;

DRDNA · Jan 16, 2011

El_Mayo said:
gahhh i don't have any paperclips
is there anything else I can try? D;

Any wire...a bread tie will work..peal back enough plastic to expose enough wire to create the connection.Or speaker wire. Pen that has a spring >>you can strecth the spring and use as a wire.

El_Mayo · Jan 16, 2011

DRDNA said:
Any wire...a bread tie will work..peal back enough plastic to expose enough wire to create the connection.Or speaker wire. Pen that has a spring >>you can strecth the spring and use as a wire.

i used the pen spring hahha
it's spinning right now so it still works

DRDNA · Jan 16, 2011

El_Mayo said:
i used the pen spring hahha
it's spinning right now so it still works

Nice! At least its still turning on.

El_Mayo · Jan 16, 2011

DRDNA said:
Nice! At least its still turning on.

just not when it was plugged into all my hardware, and I don't know why :eek:

El_Mayo · Jan 19, 2011

So yeah... any idea how so solve this?

qubit · Jan 19, 2011

I think your Corsair is toast, I'm afraid - that ticking noise is a dead giveaway.* A faulty PSU may well come on without a load or lightly loaded and then fall over when the full load is applied.

Try it on another PC to double verify.

*My old Antec 550W PSU started making squirley noises that get louder with a bigger load. I replaced it with a brand new Corsair before it failed. That Antec is now sitting in an old PC that I don't use very much.

AsRock · Jan 19, 2011

Yeah sounds like it's switching it's self off to protect your system\ it's self.. Time for a RMA by the sound of it.

razaron · Jan 19, 2011

If i am correct the ticking sound is coming from a dead/burst capacitor trying to charge up but failing. So it would probably be in your best interests to get an RMA.

AsRock · Jan 19, 2011

razaron said:
If i am correct the ticking sound is coming from a dead/burst capacitor trying to charge up but failing. So it would probably be in your best interests to get an RMA.

Really ?, would the chance of it being a type relay switch turning it on \ off when there is a issue which should be resetting it self when there is no power( no you do not hear then going back on just off ).

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