I will hook it up as soon as it gets here. My biggest concern now is that my hard drives are not damaged. I have 1 primary drive, and 2 storage drives. I really don't want to lose any data. is there any reassurance of this?
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Disconnect the drives till you get the system to post. That will eliminate any future damage. Doubt they were damaged by the failure.
I will hook it up as soon as it gets here. My biggest concern now is that my hard drives are not damaged. I have 1 primary drive, and 2 storage drives. I really don't want to lose any data. is there any reassurance of this?
Power supplies even long before PCs existed were *required* to not damage any hardware even when completely failed. However, in a market of computer assemblers that typically have no electrical knowledge, then many power supplies are dumped into the market that are missing essential functions. The naive assume that when the computer boots, then the power supply is perfectly good.
Does that supply come with a long list of written numeric specs? If not, then worry. A supply that claims to have those 'so many' functions (in writing) will not damage any other hardware.
Power supplies even long before PCs existed were *required* to not damage any hardware even when completely failed. However, in a market of computer assemblers that typically have no electrical knowledge, then many power supplies are dumped into the market that are missing essential functions. The naive assume that when the computer boots, then the power supply is perfectly good.
Does that supply come with a long list of written numeric specs? If not, then worry. A supply that claims to have those 'so many' functions (in writing) will not damage any other hardware.
Not necessaarily true. Most of even the better/best manufacturers do NOT publish COMPLETE specs because no one except engineers are going to understand them anyway. Thus a long list of "stuff" means little or nothing. It's what they have chosen to state a spec for that counts, and in 99.99 cases, its volts amps and watts. Not very informative. Anyone intimately familiar with the formal PSU standards is painfully aware of this.
Sheesh Brad, lets leave it at the list of parts blown up by failed PSU's (with "protection circuits" as well as PSU's that don't have them at all stated or otherwise) is endless and growing.
Not necessaarily true. Most of even the better/best manufacturers do NOT publish COMPLETE specs because no one except engineers are going to understand them anyway.
Exactly. This is true for all products. Less than 1% know what those specs say - for any product. But it is the one percent who will blow the whistle. To keep that 1% silent, the manufacturer intentionally forgets to provide specs.
No specifications is the first indication that essential functions are 'forgotten'. Often to increase profits when the least technically knowledgeable are the only targeted market. In power supplies, this would be called dumping.
No minimally acceptable supply even 40 years ago could damage the load.
I have the new Corsair PSU and a brand new EVGA X58 3X SLI BL-E758-TR board.
I hooked everything up just now but it's not even booting this time. There is a blue LED on the board which according to the manual should come on when it is receiving constant power from the PSU. But right now it's just flashing on and off. I made sure the motherboard power and 8 pin cpu power are connected. The manual doesn't explain what the flashing on and off means. Maybe there's another connection i forgot about?
new power supply is working along with new motherboard. Had some problems at first with because i have multiple monitors but things are back to normal now. thanks for everyone's help!
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