Only getting 3V on 12V. PSU gone bad?

hank123 · 03-12-11, 09:02 PM

Had to replace a mobo that was popping ram. Cleaned the rig, Took it apart, put it all back together, went to bleed the water cooling, nothing. Tried to start the pump by jumping 4 and 6 on the mobo plug and was getting nothing. Checked it with a volt meter and its giving me 3.02 volts. Also checked 2 and 4 and it will jump from 8V down to 3.02 or so as soon as I flip on the power.

What do you think is going on? Its a OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS

Ideas please and thanks

King107s · 03-14-11, 07:24 AM

I have had problems with OCZ PSU's in the past my self (weak 5V and 12V rails) and if that has happened to you here its no suprise that some things (even fans) wont even turn on... Time to RMA or go with a different manufacture like Corsair. I would not continue trying to run on that PSU, it could fry something and is likely the reason your RAM was cooked.

On a funny side note... I have an OCZ SSD and in the OCZ forums they pretty much require you to have all of your system hardware listed before they will addresss your thread. Well, they blanked out the 'Corsair' name brand from my profile every where it was listed, like a curse word.... LOL

Bobnova · 03-14-11, 09:35 AM

3v on the 12v means it's dead.

03-12-11, 09:02 PM	Thread Starter #1
hank123 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: With Yahweh in Colorado	Only getting 3V on 12V. PSU gone bad? Had to replace a mobo that was popping ram. Cleaned the rig, Took it apart, put it all back together, went to bleed the water cooling, nothing. Tried to start the pump by jumping 4 and 6 on the mobo plug and was getting nothing. Checked it with a volt meter and its giving me 3.02 volts. Also checked 2 and 4 and it will jump from 8V down to 3.02 or so as soon as I flip on the power. What do you think is going on? Its a OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS Ideas please and thanks __________________ GIGABYTE P35-DS3L PENCIL VOLT MOD FOUND HERE! Mobo:ASROCK Z77 Extreme4 Ram: Gskill 2133 CPU:3570K @ 3.6 Load 1.224V Video: Diamond 7970 White box PSU: Antec quattro 850 Storage: 2 velociraptor 150 raid 0, 2 WD 640 RAID 0, Deskstar HDS721010CLA332 back up. Water Cooling: Dtec on CPU, 120X3 push pull system 23782 3dmark 06 P4542 3DMarks 11 My Heat
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03-14-11, 07:24 AM	#2
King107s Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Florida	I have had problems with OCZ PSU's in the past my self (weak 5V and 12V rails) and if that has happened to you here its no suprise that some things (even fans) wont even turn on... Time to RMA or go with a different manufacture like Corsair. I would not continue trying to run on that PSU, it could fry something and is likely the reason your RAM was cooked. On a funny side note... I have an OCZ SSD and in the OCZ forums they pretty much require you to have all of your system hardware listed before they will addresss your thread. Well, they blanked out the 'Corsair' name brand from my profile every where it was listed, like a curse word.... LOL __________________ CPU Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.9 GHz on H2O MB ASRock Z77 Extreme9 RAM G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 2133 9-11-10-28 VC Sapphire Dual-X OC 7970 3GB 1050/1500 (3DMark11 P10551) SSD 120GB OCZ Vertex 3 SATAIII HDD RAID0 2x1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 PSU Corsair AX1200 Case Corsair Obsidian 800D w/ Aerocool Shark Black ed. fans Cooling EK Supreme HF Rev 2 block, BIX GTX360 Rad, AFC1212D-PWM Fans, Primochill Myraid Res, Swiftech MCP655-B, Prolimatech PK-1 TIM, PrimoChill Liquid Utopia, PrimoFlex PRO LRT Tubing 1/2" ID 3/4" UV Blue
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03-14-11, 09:35 AM	#3
Bobnova Air Superiority Senior Member Benching Team Leader Join Date: May 2009 Location: Humboldt	3v on the 12v means it's dead. __________________ "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." -- Einstein (maybe) How to check your PSU with a multimeter. 17bXw5t51rEBXGavJFMJsC8g7HQgThUGc7 Heatware.
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