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Is this a sign of my psu dying?

MehRepublic

few hour ago(at the time i post this) my pc suddenly shut down, i was just browsing the internet (no heavy program running)

turn on the power and it fail to boot, only my mobo light are turning on

 

from what i can say its not cpu or gpu related, temperature is perfectly fine, no coilwhine sound

 

what make me say its my psu is it sometime fail to power on on standby mode, i can only power it afterward by unplugging the power socket on plugging it back or around 5-20 sec after turning on the power socket

 

is there anyway i can check this? troubleshoot it? any info missing?

 

i somehow manage to turn my pc on 5 min later...

 

System spec

I7-3770k (no oc)

Msi z77mpower, 8gb ram, r9 290 tri-x, 

Seasonic x660

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Sounds like a dried up capacitor on the +5VSB. That explains the failed start-up attempts.

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Sounds like a dried up capacitor on the +5VSB. That explains the failed start-up attempts.

should i get a replacement? sometime it power on, sometime its not

 

warranty is still left few month(maybe its over) 5 years but its way to troublesome

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should i get a replacement? sometime it power on, sometime its not

 

warranty is still left few month(maybe its over) 5 years but its way to troublesome

you should RMA it. It should definitely be covered under warranty.

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT

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you should RMA it. It should definitely be covered under warranty.

before that how do i make sure it my psu?

*i dont have any spare psu to do the test

*same thing happen (few min ago) the weird thing it happen on the same website/program/background program running, i will try to remake the situation

 

just a preparation before i pay for the postage

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before that how do i make sure it my psu?

*i dont have any spare psu to do the test

*same thing happen (few min ago) the weird thing it happen on the same website/program/background program running, i will try to remake the situation

 

just a preparation before i pay for the postage

Well, I guess you could always wait for other people's opinions but unless you have a way of testing it in another system there is no way to be sure :/

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
Seraph (Laptop 2) CPU:i7 6700HQ GPU:GTX 970M 3GB RAM:2x8GB DDR4Storage: 256GB Samsung 951 + 1TB Toshiba HDD Model:Asus GL502VT

Windows 10 is now MSX! - http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440190-can-we-start-calling-windows-10/page-6

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Well, I guess you could always wait for other people's opinions but unless you have a way of testing it in another system there is no way to be sure :/

the same thing just happen again, but this time it happen around 10 min after i turn on the system,

manage to reboot it again, i think i try to contact seasonic about this and probably get another backup psu if i gonna do the rma

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i ask from the shop that i buy my pc, i and i got the best answer i can get

 

"should we charge u for this service(answering my/this question, not the RMA), u can send ur whole rig and "some money" and we will do the test"

 

BS, i guess i have to do this on my own

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