I have a Powmax 400w PSU, only a couple of months old and three 80mm LED case fans, of course CPU fan and GPU fan. It did this before, but I didn't really pay it much attention, but for some reason, well.....
Last night there was a bad storm, so I unpluged everything. Everything was fine. This morning I plugged it in, turned it on and it came on for about 1 sec and the power LED on case was blinking and it wouldn't turn back on. So I turned off switch on back of power supply, back on, and then hit switch on front, this time it ran for like 3 seconds, and then with the blinking again. So I turned PSU back off, waited like 20 seconds, and then turned it all on and it works fine. Apparrently something is acting like a capacitor and needs to charge before it can supply power to entire system at once. Please note system specs in post 2 CD-Rom's, 2 HDD's, 1 floppy, AGP GF3 video card, and the associated fans.
I should have a more then adaquate PSU.
Any ideas or similiar experiences?
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At the moment I'd like to
my ATX PSU, did I mention, I'm experiencing PSU-RAGE?
Things were so much simpler with AT PSU's.......
At the moment I'd like to
my ATX PSU, did I mention, I'm experiencing PSU-RAGE? Things were so much simpler with AT PSU's.......
guess i have everyone stumped.............................. 
and some seem to be sooooooo smart most of the time
and some seem to be sooooooo smart most of the time
sounds like you might have a short somewhere in your system we never get stumped here
finally...........ok thanks, i thought about that too, but, once psu has power, if i wait 20 seconds before hitting button on front it works perfectly
it's only if i turn on psu and then two seconds later, turn on button on front. and its progressive, as in, if i wait 5 seconds it runs for 2 sec. if i wait 8 seconds it runs for 5 secs. and so on until i wait around 20 secs and then its fine
aw hell, i dont know, probably something on the motherboard or PSU (like a capacitor) which needs a few secs to "charge" is what i think still
it's really time for a new mb and cpu anyways, i think i will be getting one soon, thinking a P4 2.2 or 2.4, seems they runs like 3.0's with proper cooling, or an AMD 2200 - 2400,
it's only if i turn on psu and then two seconds later, turn on button on front. and its progressive, as in, if i wait 5 seconds it runs for 2 sec. if i wait 8 seconds it runs for 5 secs. and so on until i wait around 20 secs and then its fine
aw hell, i dont know, probably something on the motherboard or PSU (like a capacitor) which needs a few secs to "charge" is what i think still
it's really time for a new mb and cpu anyways, i think i will be getting one soon, thinking a P4 2.2 or 2.4, seems they runs like 3.0's with proper cooling, or an AMD 2200 - 2400,
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