Lodus
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Alright, so I installed my new PSU & Video Card today. The Power supply is a Corsair Builder series CX500 V2 500w & That ASUS EAH6670 Radeon HD 6670 1gb. Sadly, I'm starting to see random crashes. Like 5 minutes ago I was playing CS:S then it randomly crashed on me & the whole computer froze I couldn't do anything I had to turn the computer off completely. Please help, I'm really nervous that something might break. :| Thanks - Lodus.
Edit #1: I'm pretty sure it isn't the video card because when it freezes monitor is still on but the lights on my keyboard go out. I'm starting to think it might be from my PSU overheating because my case that I installed it in is top mounted & it doesn't have any holes on the top of the case for airflow (above the fan on the PSU). I have no clue of what I can do. Please help me!
Edit #2: I don't think it's the power supply anymore because when it just crashed again I opened up the side to check if the fans were still running (meaning they have power) & they were! So I don't think it's my power supply but I also am not to sure if it's my video card because the fan on it was still spinning but it could be. I think it might be something I can fix once I figure out what it is, but for right now since everything is working fine until I actually start to game. I am going to try and see if it happens without gaming. I am just really hoping to not have to send anything back. ):
Edit #3: Took out the GPU but left the new PSU in and it still crashed, so I will probably send it back. Wondering if I could get money back instead of a new one since my old PSU can run my GPU?
Specs:
PSU: Corsair CX500 V2 500w
MOBO: PEGATRON M2N78-LA
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 630
Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB
GPU: ASUS EAH6670 Radeon HD 6670 1GB
System: HP-Pavilion AY018AA-ABL p6310f
Windows 7
Edit #1: I'm pretty sure it isn't the video card because when it freezes monitor is still on but the lights on my keyboard go out. I'm starting to think it might be from my PSU overheating because my case that I installed it in is top mounted & it doesn't have any holes on the top of the case for airflow (above the fan on the PSU). I have no clue of what I can do. Please help me!
Edit #2: I don't think it's the power supply anymore because when it just crashed again I opened up the side to check if the fans were still running (meaning they have power) & they were! So I don't think it's my power supply but I also am not to sure if it's my video card because the fan on it was still spinning but it could be. I think it might be something I can fix once I figure out what it is, but for right now since everything is working fine until I actually start to game. I am going to try and see if it happens without gaming. I am just really hoping to not have to send anything back. ):
Edit #3: Took out the GPU but left the new PSU in and it still crashed, so I will probably send it back. Wondering if I could get money back instead of a new one since my old PSU can run my GPU?
Specs:
PSU: Corsair CX500 V2 500w
MOBO: PEGATRON M2N78-LA
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 630
Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB
GPU: ASUS EAH6670 Radeon HD 6670 1GB
System: HP-Pavilion AY018AA-ABL p6310f
Windows 7
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