new psu? completely dead?

[siresword]

I bought an enermax 535w psu (the 535 FMA or somethin) about a little less than two weeks ago. Today I came home and tried to turn on my comp and nothing happened. I looked inside and noticed that both diagnostic LEDs on my mb were out.

How could this happen to a new psu that I bought off newegg less than two weeks ago ? It was working fine yesterday and was giving me a nice 12.09v on its 12v rails. I haven't tried taxxing the psu in any way (no overclocking or anything) except for daily use and maybe a prolonged game of bf2 once? I do not understand how I could have a dead psu.

Anyway is there a way to fix this problem ? thanks in advance

[MVC]

Newegg shipped me a DOA OCZ PowerStream 520 about 2 weeks ago, so.... It happens. I had another 520 being RMA'd to OCZ so I ended up just shipping them both. But, you shouldn't have any problems RMAing this one to Newegg.

[siresword]

but I mean it was working completely fine yesterday
I was using my computer 12 hours ago :(( :((

[MVC]

The "first" dead PowerStream 520 I shipped back to OCZ was only 6 weeks old--bought January 23, 2006. And, like I said, the second arrived DOA. It happens. Hopefully not very often, but unless I start seeing a pattern I'm going to figure it was/is chance. Truth is stranger than fiction, so....

[siresword]

well I should just RMA it then I guess

...
are there any cases of where a psu couldn't um... 'start up' and wouldn't provide power until some kind of condition was reached?

[MVC]

... are there any cases of where a psu couldn't um... 'start up' and wouldn't provide power until some kind of condition was reached?
When you pull the PSU, jump the green wire on the ATX cable to any black wire on the ATX cable and then measure the voltage on any plug (yellow = 12v, red = 5v, orange = 3.3 volts) with a multimeter. The only thing a PSU should require is being turned on, but sometimes.... Checking it on the "bench" will tell you if it's working or not and jumping the green wire should be all that's required to turn it on.

[siresword]

haha um is that dangerous ?
and how do I jump the green wire to the black wire?

[Adragontattoo]

paper clip will work if you are careful

[MVC]

haha um is that dangerous ?
and how do I jump the green wire to the black wire?
Well, I prefer a scrap of wire to a paperclip, but anything metal will do. And, for the future, pick up a male ATX connector from Performance-Pcs (where I got mine, or any vendor of your choice) and make a jumper. The connector was 99 cents and if you're buying something else the shipping is irrelevant. Then, you can just plug the jumper onto the ATX cable and the PSU will start up for testing.

Edit: Oh, pins are probably around 10 cents each (if you don't already have spares), and I doubt you can get them in less than a pack of 4 or 5, so figure a buck and a half for the whole thing.

Here's what it looks like:

[siresword]

wow okay thanks a lot for the pic i'll try it out and try not to get fried

[einstein2]

i had a hiper PSU blew on me about 2 weeks or so ago and i switched it on and poof damaged components. Had to RMA everything, even my GPU had electricial supply damage. I am happy i got 3 year warranty though, even though the last PSU was a month old.

[siresword]

wow that sucks
well all of this was just me hoping that something I bought two weeks ago wouldn't just *die* on me.
Anyway I've jumped both of my psu's (lol i really was expecting my carpet to lite on fire or somethin but it was all good) and my old one works fine, but my new one is completely worthless.
The other thing I noticed and never mentioned was that my new one (the enermax 535w FMA somethin) is missing a pin. Uhh its the white cable? 4 pins down (going left) from the green one. Its just missing. I noticed it when I got my psu but it used to work so I had no complaints.. Anyway do you guys know anything special about missing the white cable on a psu ? And should I RMA mine and get the same one or should I get a Fortron 550 something (it was like $6 more but didn't have all the connectors I wanted)

thanks again

[einstein2]

ummmmmmmmmmmm i have no idea what the white cable is for, but if its meant to be there, then you've got a defective PSU and should get a replacement.