GA-EP43-UD3L boot problem

[Dark Mantis]

Fair enough Craig wouldn't want to cause trouble in the matrimonial home.

[absic]

  Don't want to make the rest of the week a living hell at my house.   

Coward!!! 

[Ozz58]

Hey, after 22 years I have learned to pick my fights.  Plus she is a redhead.................enough said?   

Craig

[absic]

Hey, I've got red hair.... you got a problem with that!? ?

[Dark Mantis]

Oh! I never knew that you dyed your hair as well! 

[absic]

Actually it's from the blood. My wife will keep hitting me with the damn frying pan. Bu****ed if I know why! 

[Dark Mantis]

Wok! That's terrible

[absic]

It's what she does with the chopsticks that really makes my eyes water. It's too scary to go into on this forum but have you ever had sweet and sour chicken balls from the take away?

[Dark Mantis]

Never again, that's for sure

[Ozz58]

You guys missed a great phone conversation. 

The best I could get from my plesent wife was it's a SmartPower 450 ps.
 To recap;  No beeps, phase lights pulse (from bottom to top; green, green yellow, red), power supply voltages check out and I don't see the pulsing on my meter, have cleared my CMOS, unhooked everything but mem and cpu, took it out of the case, switched mem around and use only 1 stick at times.  reseated the processor, DVD has no lights working until I unhook the ribbon cable then the power light pulses like the LEDs and power light.

This computer is a few years old and been running fine, nothing new installed for over a year, programs or hardware.

Not sure what my next step should be,

Craig

[Dark Mantis]

The thing is Craig without being able to physically test it I am not sure but I would go along with absic and say that there is a fair chance that your PSU is no longer any good. They deteriorate over tiem and you say you have had yours for a few years so at best it is probably pumping out only about 300-350W. If that is the case it is probably no longer enough to power your system.

[Ozz58]

Thanks for all the help,

I'll pick up a new power supply on my way home from work and see if that fixes it, if not I'll just use it in a new system.

Again thanks,

Craig

[Dark Mantis]

Let us know how you get on and hopefully it will all be well. 

[Ozz58]

Thanks guys, it was the power supply.

You saved me a lot of money, and if you are ever in Texas look me up I'll buy you two a beer.

Again thanks,

Craig

[Dark Mantis]

That's great news and if we ever make it to Texas I am sure we'll be ready for a couple of cold ones It is always best when it turns out to be the cheapest option.