sudden shutdown

[marl]

hello everyone,

today i have built my new pc however i do have 1 problem,

After like 5 hours being turned on suddently my screen turned black, my fans stoppen spinning.

I screwed the case open and found out that the psu didnt explode (400 watt and old),the hard drive was quite cold and the gpu+cpu+everyting else where not in a bad shape either.

After about 5 minutes i was able to turn it on again and everyting worked fine.

Does anyone know how this can happen?

Thanks in advance

[sanyi32]

Your PSU or one of your fans maybe shorted out the system... Check the cables, and try another PSU if you can.

[tito]

Look for some "fat" capacitors, maybe some of them need replacement. What hardware do you have on your system?

[marl]

My hardware:

- AMD fx 8350

- asrock 970 extreme 4 (new)

- gtx 550 ti from asus

- 4gb (2x2) ddr3

- aftermarket cpu cooler (hyper evo or something like that)

I installed speedfan today and watched my temperatures, i noticed aux

[marl]

Was running hot but i do not have any idea what that means

[marl]

I have found the problem, my rig was too demanding for my psu. Wile playing games my rig needs more power and the psu security shuts everything down after a amount of time. I already bought a new 500 w psu as replacement