help Solved: Psu making clicking sound

[G510Gamer]

Hi I just bought a new pc and I went to turn it on but after I hit the button all it did was make a click after some component unplugging I narrowed it down to the psu and I threw away the box and I don't have any receipt for it 

 

It's a corsair hx1000i and it's 8 months old 

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, G510Gamer said:

Hi I just bought a new pc and I went to turn it on but after I hit the button all it did was make a click after some component unplugging I narrowed it down to the psu and I threw away the box and I don't have any receipt for it 

 

It's a corsair hx1000i and it's 8 months old 

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/support/warranty

[Windows7ge]

13 minutes ago, CUDA_Cores said:

How good is corsairs warranty? Don't they need a receipt?

 

Also to OP, if your PSU is making a clicking sound I believe that is the relays inside of the power supply turning on and off. This usually happens when there is a short internally or externally with the power supply and the relay switching is over-current protection kicking in. 

 

This isn't something you can fix yourself without a PSU schematic and some soldering (well I guess you could do it without a schematic). the point is try to RMA the thing, it's not worth it to fix yourself if its still under warranty

If there's a short it's not necessarily always internal. Any of the cables plugged into it could be shorting on something. That's user repairable.

[Jaker788]

You didn't use any cables from some other psu right?  

 

I've done that before I knew the pin locations aren't the same for all modular cables between different brands.  Whenever I used the wrong cable, the psu would just make some clicking noises and not allow the PC the power up.

[G510Gamer]

5 hours ago, CUDA_Cores said:

I am confused. So you turn on the computer and you hear a click, then it powers off?

Yes

[G510Gamer]

4 hours ago, Jaker788 said:

You didn't use any cables from some other psu right?  

 

I've done that before I knew the pin locations aren't the same for all modular cables between different brands.  Whenever I used the wrong cable, the psu would just make some clicking noises and not allow the PC the power up.

All are original corsair cables 

[G510Gamer]

4 hours ago, CUDA_Cores said:

In that case the best thing to try would be to unplug everything and turn on the PSU with the "paperclip" trick.

I'll try that

[STRMfrmXMN]

This click sounds perfectly normal to me. My EVGA GS clicks on and off with the system.