Faulty Psu

[DennisTechTips]

So I recently recieved a faulty Psu from corsair the (CX550M). My PC would turn on for a fraction of a second and would shut off because of it. I know it was my psu because I tested my psu on another PC and when it was plugged into the old PC the old PC did the same thing. I was able to download my operating system but when I unplugged the PC because I thought there was a storm brewing and came back later and tried to turn it on the whole system would pulse on for a second (fans and led lights) and shut of. I was wondering, if this could have fried any of my other components and why my psu was faulty? I do not think it fries my motherboard because the led lights would still light up (the ROG heat sink and lines around the motherboard) when I plugged it in. The lights stay lit even when the PC is shut down (Not when unplugged or when the psu switch is turned off.) So does anyone have any clue why the psu was faulty and if I could have potentially fried some of my components?

 

PS. I am not able to test my old computers psu on my new PC because the cord to power the cpu on the old PC only has 6 pins and my motherboard requires 12.

[Bradders]

this could be due to not enough power coming into the pc, are you sure 550w suffices your pc's power need?

[DennisTechTips]

4 minutes ago, Bradders said:

this could be due to not enough power coming into the pc, are you sure 550w suffices your pc's power need?

Specs

gtx 960 4gb

core i5-4690k

asus Maximus vii

PNY 240gb ssd

when I put it into a calculator it said it would only be using about 350 watts or so at maximum

[STRMfrmXMN]

1 hour ago, DennisTechTips said:

Specs

gtx 960 4gb

core i5-4690k

asus Maximus vii

PNY 240gb ssd

when I put it into a calculator it said it would only be using about 350 watts or so at maximum

That system will never use more than 200W under overclocked load so that's not it. I think you just need to RMA thru Corsair. Their RMA service is unrivaled bar EVGA so you should have no troubles with them.

[Quantum1]

3 hours ago, Bradders said:

this could be due to not enough power coming into the pc, are you sure 550w suffices your pc's power need?

If the PC did need 550W on start up then He would have some super computer or a really inefficient PC. Your PC doesn't need a billion watts to start up. You're only going to need that much wattage under load, and booting up is not a heavy load.

[DennisTechTips]

4 hours ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

That system will never use more than 200W under overclocked load so that's not it. I think you just need to RMA thru Corsair. Their RMA service is unrivaled bar EVGA so you should have no troubles with them.

I filled out a ticket and I am getting ready to send it back tomorrow, I was hoping I would be able to get the free Windows ten update but unless they are super fast probably not happening.

[STRMfrmXMN]

39 minutes ago, DennisTechTips said:

I filled out a ticket and I am getting ready to send it back tomorrow, I was hoping I would be able to get the free Windows ten update but unless they are super fast probably not happening.

Aw, sorry about that man

[DennisTechTips]

29 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Aw, sorry about that man

I'm just more worried about other components being damaged over Windows 10. Windows seven is still a solid operating system.

[DennisTechTips]

On July 18, 2016 at 10:31 PM, STRMfrmXMN said:

Aw, sorry about that man

Upgraded my Psu to an RMx my PC works fine now, no components fried, and I am installing Windows 10 ?