immediate help needed

[madhatR]

ok well i got my new ram today .. and my case .. so i swapped everything out of the case and into my new lian li pc2000b i dropped my antec true control 550 .. seemed fine .. so i reinstalled it all .. go to power on and it seems the lower fan on the psu is making a sound like its rubbing against something .. anyways .. it boots up into windows and the screen has some snow on it .. and then it crashes .. its not overclocked or anything .. i booted into the bios .. and i look under hardware monitor .. and it reports my rails as so .. 12v at 11.55 and 3.3 also low .. i have never had any problems with this before i dropped it .. would a damaged psu cause snow ??????

my system specs are

amd 3500+
1gb gskill le
msi k8n neo2 plat
bfg 6800 ultra oc

do i need a new psu ?? i dont have any laying around and im on my laptop .. would a neopower 480 be enough ?? i heard they are better then the true control 550 ?? pls help me

[Know Nuttin]

yes, it's possible. Perhaps when you dropped it, something hit on the inside. Maybe the fan knocked something off or isn't running, which would cause the PSU to overheat and give you problems.

I'd recommend Bluestorm 500w Fortron.

[stang8118]

Get a fortron if your going to get a new PSU. Can get a real good one for $75, its 530w and it'll handle your Ultra great :)

[madhatR]

problem is .. i have no pc no more .. and wut is worse is that im not 100% sure that is wut it is ..

what else would cause the video to have snow on it .. and eventually just freeze .. could it be the psu is screwed ?? and the video card isnt getting enough power ..

[firebat45]

maybe try opening your PSU up, see if there is anything broken/knocked loose, and if you can fix it.

[madhatR]

everything spins fine .. i just dont get it .. i called bfg asking wut could cause the snow on the screen .. he said if banged ur psu .. it could definitely not be feeding enough power to the video card