Okay, so I was programming on my PC, then I decided to shut it off and go take a shower. After I got out of the shower, I remembered that I needed to sync my iPhone, so I pressed to power button. The front led and fans lit up for under a second and the computer failed to power on. I do not know what happened, so I tried it a couple of more times... Bad mistake? So I read online that it could have been the PSU, but it has worked fine for the past 1 1/2 years, and the new parts I just bought and put together worked fine for the 30 days that I had them.
Sometime during this frustration, I read that the PSU has a 115 and a 230 red switch on the back of it. Not knowing what that really did, I switched it up to 230... The PC then turned on, but the power had always been on 115, so how could this have happened...
Now the worst part, the POST failed at the CPU. I have an ASUS motherboard which has leds all over it to tell you what component is being tested. I thought the CPU was getting overloaded with power, so I just turned it off and then tried another technique. Plug 8-pin connector into the CPU spot on the motherboard... Did not work. So I reverted back to everything (230 to 115, 4-pin connector) and just turned left the computer off for about 5 hours.
When I arrived home, I decided to give it one last shot before I claimed that it was a bad part. Guess what, it turned on and passed the POST and booted Windows, so now here I am posting this thread.
Can someone please explain to me what just happened???
Sometime during this frustration, I read that the PSU has a 115 and a 230 red switch on the back of it. Not knowing what that really did, I switched it up to 230... The PC then turned on, but the power had always been on 115, so how could this have happened...
Now the worst part, the POST failed at the CPU. I have an ASUS motherboard which has leds all over it to tell you what component is being tested. I thought the CPU was getting overloaded with power, so I just turned it off and then tried another technique. Plug 8-pin connector into the CPU spot on the motherboard... Did not work. So I reverted back to everything (230 to 115, 4-pin connector) and just turned left the computer off for about 5 hours.
When I arrived home, I decided to give it one last shot before I claimed that it was a bad part. Guess what, it turned on and passed the POST and booted Windows, so now here I am posting this thread.
Can someone please explain to me what just happened???