ocz 520 possibly dead?

[#1STUD]

I woke up this morning and my pc was off. I think it might be the power supply. No lights show up on the back of power supply, but lights on my motherboard do turn on. No fans turn on though. Just curious to see what you guys think. I have only had my ocz 520 for around 8-9 months now.I wouldnt expect it to go out so soon....espically after hearing all the good things about it.

 

[Super Nade]

Try it another machine or try another PSU in this machine. If you can conclude that your unit died, contact SteveOCZ on these forums. They are very good at handling such issues.

 

[MVC]

I wouldn't put a (possibly) bad PSU in a good machine--you may wind up with two dead computers. The easiest way to test the "bad" PSU is to jump the green wire on the ATX connector to any of the black wires. This "turns on" the PSU. Then, test the output, 12v, 5v, 3.3v with a multimeter.

PSUs do go bad sooner than expected sometimes. I had a Powerstream 520 go bad after a few months of use earlier this year. While it was being RMA'd I bought another (1 day shipping from Newegg) as a replacement. The new one showed up DOA. So, I ended up RMAing two of them. OCZ was very good about replacing both units, and the system I'm typing on is being powered by one of the replacements (I sold the spare in the classifieds and as far as I know it's still working fine as well).

 

[Super Nade]

Jumping a PSU is not a very good idea. PSU's are designed to work under a minimum load, not all units would hold up to a no-load condition. Your PSU has OCP and OVP, so it will shut down in case of an internal short. No harm in trying it on another computer.

 

[SteveOCZ]

If it's toast send me a PM so we can setup an RMA