power supply making a high static sound

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I can hear a high screeching sound, when i click the on button nothing
happens, the fan does not go on either.
I am hoping its a power supply fault and not the mobo, its a Antec
SmartPower 2.0 350 Watt ATX12V PSU which is not even a year old. The
last couple of days when it was working I had to reload the onboard
network driver quite often as it would just loose connection to the
internet.
Other computers on the same network were and are sill working fine.

I just hope its the power supply ? is screeching , static type sound
symptons of a faulty fan or motheboard?

thanks
 
geletine said:
I can hear a high screeching sound, when i click the on button nothing
happens, the fan does not go on either.
I am hoping its a power supply fault and not the mobo, its a Antec
SmartPower 2.0 350 Watt ATX12V PSU which is not even a year old. The
last couple of days when it was working I had to reload the onboard
network driver quite often as it would just loose connection to the
internet.
Other computers on the same network were and are sill working fine.
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I just hope its the power supply ?
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One obvious way to find out.
is screeching , static type sound symptons of a faulty fan or motheboard?
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Its most commonly a power supply fault, but it can be seen
with a motherboard thats shorting the power supply output
so the power suppy shuts down. It wont be the fan if it isnt
rotating, it needs to be rotating to get bearing noise.
 
geletine said:
I can hear a high screeching sound, when i click the on button nothing
happens, the fan does not go on either.
I am hoping its a power supply fault and not the mobo, its a Antec
SmartPower 2.0 350 Watt ATX12V PSU which is not even a year old. The
last couple of days when it was working I had to reload the onboard
network driver quite often as it would just loose connection to the
internet.
Other computers on the same network were and are sill working fine.

I just hope its the power supply ? is screeching , static type sound
symptons of a faulty fan or motheboard?
Click to expand...

My son had a similar problem a few weeks ago -- computer dead
and power supply making a high pitched sound. His PSU was the
Antec SmartPower 450 watt. Our theory was that it had been zapped
by a power surge. Could that have happened to yours? If, so you might
also consider replacing your surge protector (If you don't have one, buy
one!!), as they only protect against a limited number of surges. Anyway,
my son replaced his PSU with an Antec SmartPower 350, and his
computer worked fine. Personally, I favor Seasonic power supplies and
would recommend one of those. You might also consider an Antec
TruePower.

-- Bob Day
http://bobday.vze.com
 
Bob said:
My son had a similar problem a few weeks ago -- computer dead
and power supply making a high pitched sound. His PSU was the
Antec SmartPower 450 watt. Our theory was that it had been zapped
by a power surge. Could that have happened to yours? If, so you might
also consider replacing your surge protector (If you don't have one, buy
one!!), as they only protect against a limited number of surges. Anyway,
my son replaced his PSU with an Antec SmartPower 350, and his
computer worked fine. Personally, I favor Seasonic power supplies and
would recommend one of those. You might also consider an Antec
TruePower.
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Well it was not plugged in last night, this morning i plugged it and
the diagnostics i mentioned above happened, i do have a surge
protector. That is quite interesting that your son had antec as well, i
just hope there is not some faulty batches out there..
As its under 1 year , the shop where i bought it from should replace it
for no fee, if not i will look into Seasonic power supplies or the
Antec truepower.

thanks for the advice..
 
I can hear a high screeching sound, when i click the on button nothing
happens, the fan does not go on either.
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You hear the screeching before pressing the on button or
only after pressing it?

Unplug the PSU from the motherboard and everything else. If
you have an old worthless HDD, plug the PSU into that
(only), temporarily. Now plug the AC cord back in, does it
make the noise? If so, you've ruled out the motherboard.
If not, short the PS-on line (Pin 14, usually a green wire)
to ground to turn on the PSU. The old/worthless HDD should
now be spinning, PSU turned on and fan spinning too. Take
voltage readings if you have a multimeter.

If not, inspect the board, and disconnect all components
non-essential towards getting it to post. Pull out cards,
leaving only 1 memory module, CPU + heatsink/fan, and video.
Clear CMOS then plug AC back in and try to start system.

I am hoping its a power supply fault and not the mobo, its a Antec
SmartPower 2.0 350 Watt ATX12V PSU which is not even a year old. The
last couple of days when it was working I had to reload the onboard
network driver quite often as it would just loose connection to the
internet.
Other computers on the same network were and are sill working fine.

I just hope its the power supply ? is screeching , static type sound
symptons of a faulty fan or motheboard?
Click to expand...

It seems to be the power supply, but do the other things
mentioned above to try and isolate it more.
 
geletine said:
I can hear a high screeching sound, when i click the on button nothing
happens, the fan does not go on either.
I am hoping its a power supply fault and not the mobo, its a Antec
SmartPower 2.0 350 Watt ATX12V PSU which is not even a year old. The
last couple of days when it was working I had to reload the onboard
network driver quite often as it would just loose connection to the
internet.
Other computers on the same network were and are sill working fine.

I just hope its the power supply ? is screeching , static type sound
symptons of a faulty fan or motheboard?

thanks
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PSU's, AFAIK always buzz like that, but get drowned out by the fans. I know
this from the time I took the fan out of a Gateway PS, and promptly shocked
myself on the Heatsinks (Man, they carry *VOLTAGE* ;) ).

It's likely that the transformers are still up, but further voltage
step-downs blew out.

poly-p man
 
PSU's, AFAIK always buzz like that, but get drowned out by the fans.
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Nope, most obviously with the very quiet power supplys.
I know this from the time I took the fan out of a Gateway PS, and promptly
shocked myself on the Heatsinks (Man, they carry *VOLTAGE* ;) ).
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It's likely that the transformers are still up,
but further voltage step-downs blew out.
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You clearly dont know how switchers work.
 
I got it back today from the shop it was just a faulty psu, its funny
how it only lasted 8 months and i have a p3 beside me thats 6 years old
and the psu has never been changed..

my brothers psu went on his last year , also it was just 1 year or so.

Both psu's are powering amd64 box's if thats any correlation..........
 
geletine said:
I got it back today from the shop it was just a faulty psu,
its funny how it only lasted 8 months and i have a p3 beside
me thats 6 years old and the psu has never been changed..
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Its not that unusual for cheap power supplys to fail.
my brothers psu went on his last year ,
also it was just 1 year or so.
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Both psu's are powering amd64 box's if thats any correlation..........
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Likely they are just cheap power supplys.
 
I got it back today from the shop it was just a faulty psu, its funny
how it only lasted 8 months and i have a p3 beside me thats 6 years old
and the psu has never been changed..

my brothers psu went on his last year , also it was just 1 year or so.

Both psu's are powering amd64 box's if thats any correlation..........
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The power demands of a modern system have risen over the
years, moreso than the quality or real power capability of
many generic PSU. In short, you run the PSU at it's limits
and it fails sooner.
 
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