Thankfully I came across this video. I though smoke coming from my PC was a feature. 😋

This dude was straight up no bs to the point without hesitating and not even trying to promote anything even. This channel deserves subscribes.

I would never have known that my smoking PSU,which caused my case to give me electric shocks and trip my breaker board, was failing if I hadnt found this video. You've done me a service sir.

#11. If your house is on fire, this could be a sign of a failing power supply.

simple and top the point! Thank you, thumbs up.

Thanks! This is helpful in narrowing down my issue.

I just experienced half of these symptoms all at once... including #10 over the long term in the form of 'power events' being tripped on my power backup unit (seems relevant in hindsight?). Thanks for the handy list on the webpage as a sanity check! Will get it checked out tomorrow.

Some seem obvious, but others are certainly not so obvious...

Thank you for the video, I was having many of these problems.

quick, to the point, and simple, thanks guy

If your PC and your entire apartment is on fire and the fire brigade is trying to knock down your door to put the fire out, you might have a PSU failure.

i believe to be experiencing #3, i stress test my pc alot and it acts fine but randomly on some days it just freezes where i cant interact with anything and i can only move my mouse cursor, if i dont manually reset my pc it will eventually do it for me

Thanks for this video, the first two problems seem to keep happening to me ordered a new PSU today hopefully this solves the issues, had my PSU for 3 years and it started doing this a few months ago didn't think it would be the problem. Love how fast and straight to the point this video is....im gonna subscribe just off of that alone no BS here, appreciate you for this happy holidays.

@Velocity Micro i had some of those issues BUT it got fixed after i changed the battery on the motherboard...it stops failing for 2-3 weeks and then i need to change to a new battery again..could it still be my PSU?

😌 Thanks you so much for this Vid. I'm tired 😩 of findings something wrong to my pc, suddenly i watch your video and now realized the problem of my POTATO PC 😊👌 3 symptoms that i got!😢

Hey yall thank you for this video, so with my pc I start it but I get no display the first start up. BUT when I turn it off then turn it on again it boots up like normal. Before what my Pc was doing before this was when I started it up it immediately turned off then a few seconds later like 5 sec it would boot up normally? Ive made sure all cables are plugged in, Ive also reseated everything. Would this be a psu problem at this point?

Built my first pc few months ago. Getting the blue screen error msg every 4 hrs or so. Im thinking “spontaneous reboot” but tbh i have no clue. Is there a way to fix this? I dont think it’s got anything to do with my gpu. As I’m normally just browsing on the internet when this occurs. It would be greatly appreciated if you have any tips or ideas that I can give a try that would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Appreciate it, in my case my computer had a surge from lightning and wouldn't boot up after I turned it off, no lights at all except my USB/3.5mm speakers, so I assume the PSU got nuked since all the other parts still work.

sometimes when I turn on the computer, the power supply fan spins very loudly and only the keyboard and mouse lights come on and I have to turn it off and on several times to start normally, after that I don't have any more problems, everything works normally the power supply fan spins slowly and the computer no longer has any problems (I have this problem for several days)

my rams stopped working one after another after buying in a short time period and i also experinced the screen flickering and lost display from vga port but couldnt find the problem until i saw this video thanks man! Now im gonna change my psu as soon as i can. hope that solve my problem

is it possible that my psu cant handle my gpu and it stutters when i play games? because i have good cpu and gpu temps and its not bottlenecking on my game settings

hi, if my psu works with clip test but I am getting random shut down. Sometimes when I turn my pc on, only cpu fan spins and ram rgb lits up then it will go off is ths faulty?

i have 3 problems of these came in order .. now it restart while gaming or programing . thx for this vid

The clicking noise is not that frequent and happens only when Im gaming. Its one tick/click per 5-10 minutes and I heard this might be a failing component. I recently overclocked my gpu too much. I did a factory reset and the gpu is working fine ig (but it makes lag spikes in games after some time so I need to give it a break. This might be an overheating problem.). After the factory reset I started hearing a clicking noise once 5-10min from the pc and I cant locate the source. Can someone pls help me

Bought a new pc and my power supply has been having this coil whine since i got it, now my pc usually reboots or shuts down by itslef once or twice when i first start it up within the first couple minutes. Also every once in a while my pc will just stutter, video and sound just stutters really bad for about 5 seconds. This video is helpful thanks

I added a gpu yesterday … it was t showing up so I pressed on the riser iwhile it was running.. i somehow made a shortcut I think… the pc went off and now doest turn back on.. no ram lights no cpu fan no signal just rgb lights on the back light up… u think this could be the psu too ?? Or more likely the mb?

simple and to the point

My keyboard switches and mouse behaves randomly and stop working as well..is it because of psu problem?

That explains why I got one shocked from the wires of the PSU and one shock from touching the psu

If im playing games my pc is not freezing but when im watching some random youtube videos it will freeze immediately and i dont know why is this power supply?

my pc shuts down unexpectedly when playing high intensive games for an hour but doesnt reboot, I have to manually turn it back on, no other symptoms on the video. I have a rtx 2060 and ryzen 7 5800x, and my psu is rated 650 watts and 80+ gold. Is my psu at fault here or is it something else? Things I have already checked off the list as not being a problem is memory, temps, and drivers.

I have number 3 and 6 frequently.. though my PSU is 1000watts titanium by antec.. It's fairly new too.. and, 7 I get daily too.. though it's usually i go from my pc to touch my tap or door handle and then I get electric shock.

so my pc has no fan that is supposed to get the hot air out of the case and my psu is the only guy who grabs that hot air and if my case gets too hot and psu gets hot too it starts making some wierd sizzling like sounds and im thinking maybe because i have no fan that will grab the hot air out of the case?

i’m still tryna confirm if my psu is failing, i’ve had several blackouts throughout the months due to the heat where i’m at, my pc is a power hog and a high end one too, i stress test my pc/ benchmarks etc to see if i can replicate my pc randomly turning off on the start screen, what i found out is my psu cable wasnt plugged all the way in but at the same time i’m doubting that’s as entirely it.

how exactly to ensure that filcking on mointor is a psu failure ??

hello i got a problem not on you list my 1800watt psu runs quiet for the first 5 hours then it creates this super highpitch sound like sonic high sounds ??? why is that and is that normal??? i Absolutely dread this noise please help:(

my pc is restarting after 10-15 mins of gaming and another problem the screen goes black for 1 sec then come back to normal, so i hope that is the psu and not other component cuz i'm gonna buy a new one

Ever since the most recent update with windows 10 my PC crapped out on me frying both of my SSD drives and corrupting them. I tried the SSD drives in this laptop my buddy gave me and they did not work. I tried the old archaic hard drive from the laptop in my PC Got fried then my PC went into spontaneous reboot. But when I took that hard drive out and put back in both of my SSD drives it was loading normally at start up then gave a error saying I need to have a internal drive with windows. Give or take this PC is 10 years old my brother hand built it 10 years ago then I bought it off of him two years ago and it was working perfectly fine up until the moment I went to update it then it had crashed and both of my ssd's are now fried. Should I just get a whole new PC instead of frying new hardware trying to locate the problem ?

Oh my god!! This is probably what’s wrong with my pc! Thanks!

I'm using a laptop, I started having spontaneous restarts when I removed my battery. Any way to fix this?

I would get these stutters and spontaneous reboots for a while now and just yesterday my gpu failed to start and so did my cpu fan. The motherboard stopped giving me a light indication as well. I’m fairly positive its my psu but I just got this psu from an RMA not even a year ago…

hi budd, my PC restarts specially when i try to run any game. i have been using the same smps since 2019 without any problem and now it started happening. should i change it or any other ideas plz do share.

I have a noise sound from my psu (bzzzz), is that mean that my power supply is failure and I have to change it ?

My corsair 450w turns on automatically when i switch on the psu switch, i didn't even need to jumper it. But runs normally its just it automatically turns my pc on too. Is my psu dying?

Need more people like you

My power station is tripping off as soon as I connect the graphics card to it through the 6pin pcie connector. What could be the problem?

Love to know where you get your information. I'm a PC tech of 18 years and I can tell you - there are other indicators of a paing PSU and you didnt mention even one. smoke? Sheesh!

What if I didn’t know my fan on my psu stopped working, and I tried turning on my pc, I played a few games, then my pc crashed, and the psu was super hot and there was also a burning plastic smell? Could that have hurt other components in my pc as well?

What if you have a 3 monitor setup, all screens connected to one GPU and you have these symptoms randomly, not very often, accruing: - when pc is started from turned off state (cold) the GPU fans will go off like turbines, no picture appears on the screens and the pc doesn’t Boot at all. The pc will stay in this state until power is disconnected and will eventually come back to life after several boot try’s. - when the gpu gets load, in my case typically when showing the 3d printers movement in the slicer software, the screens will go black. I can then still connect to my pc sometimes using TeamViewer as the pc is still working, but without picture output on the screens. To then shutdown and restart the system correctly. In 80% of the time this works. If not, I have to force shut down the system by the power switch or power cable unfortunately - my ram is ok, all the other hardware works just fine when the pc is working. But sometimes, it behaves like described. Faulty capacitors in my PSU? The system is 11 years old now (i7, 16GB Ram, SSD raid) and is still ok for me - but maybe 11 years is to much for some components. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance and happy New Year’s 🎆

Hi, hope you can help. My newly built pc works fine until I try to play a game, keeps crashing!. When I try my Rx 550 that doesn’t need power from psu games work fine, but when I try my rx 580 that connects to the psu every games crash. Could it be the psu?

This is exactly what I was dealing with. My PC suddenly shut down and then it was trying to restart over and over again.

Hi, my mouse and keyboard sometime keep connecting and reconnecting it happen when I plug both mouse and keyboard but if I plug only keyboard i won't happen at all. is it my psu failure? or my mouse just broke down if so, how does a broken mouse cause other usb port error too?

Few days ago I decided to clean my PC, so I used a blower (I turned off the power and I also didn't touch any equipment, I didn't unplug any wire from GPU, CPU, mainboard etc...) after I finished with the cleaning I came to turn my PC on but it went off right after I turned it on... so I decided to test few things, like I detached the RAMs and changed their places and I also switched the power outlet (instead of using multi outlet I connected PC straight to the outlet) so the thing happened was that PC stayed on for a longer time (few more seconds) but it still went off and turned on again by itself... it's more like a restart loop... rn I connected the monitor but I don't have a screen at all not even mainboard logo and literally black screen...

I have the ax1600i and when i plug the power in it fisses and crackels withoute the switch even being on

#8 was my problem, helped to know that the PSU was FOR SURE the problem. Picked up a new one and my PC is as good as ever again. Cheers!

Hi my pc turns on fine but after 5 or 15 mins it turns off, but does not reboot

im having the 2nd issue spontaneous reboot its been happening a lot more recently it can happen anywhere from an hour into gameplay to 5 hours in I've contacted corsair and they are sending me a new and better rated psu luckily.

My power supply has an rgb fan I passed out last night with my pc on and it was frozen when I woke up rgb fans and ram where the same color turned it off and nothing happens the fans spin like it starting up but stops

i replaced lc power 650w with argus aps 720w no more instant reboots when playing a game it also bluetooth dongle no longer blinking rampantly when pc is off

Everything seems fine but mines making a clicking sound which never happened before. Its more annoying then anything at the moment.

My pc tends to always freeze with games and makes a pop sound I got a new cpu so idk what's the problem and new cpu fan

The Ethernet socket led turns on but my pc won’t. Is this a dead psu then?

Pc keeps keeps going into cycling..any help

If your pc instantly turns off followed by a burning smell in the vicinity of your psu...your psu just died? Cuz thats what mine did last night. Its 8 yrs old at this point and got alotta use. I went to work, n tried powering it back up after I got back...nothin. a little red light did turn on on my MB though....

I’m trying to identify where my issue is coming from. My display will crash but I can still hear audio. The last time it happened, the other components like the fans turned off as well. It was like the PC was off but I could still hear audio. It’s not the gpu because I’ve swapped to my old one already. I’m almost finished the ram test and it says no problems yet. I’m just thinking it’s between mobo and psu but does this sound like it could be a psu issue? The psu fan is working.

My pc has been having a problem thats kinda weird where it turns off randomly even if I'm not doing anything like just watching a movie and then when i try turning it back on it will turn on but the screen,keyboard and mouse won't turn on but when i give it a sec it eventually does turn on but now it completely wont turn on and will take longer when i turn it off from the power then turn it on it will work but sometimes doesn't i jist don't know if it's the power or the gpu because now it turns on but screen keeps flickering

My problem is kinda odd so ill get power to the gpu lights but no fans half of my fans arent on and ill get rear usb power for .5 seconds than it wont recieve power

Mainboard LED glowing when PSU is turned on. Pressing the power-on button makes it glow for quarter of a second, then the whole mainboard loses power.

If the pc shutting down without any reason it is psu failure or it is any other fault motherboard or cpu

My pc freeze up every 3-12 hour, either it restarts itself or i have to hit the reset button. I've tried my RAM sticks with memtest86+ for about 6 hours (8 tests) with everyting passed. Also checked all the hard drives and they seem to be in good condition. Scanned my pc entirely for viruses and didn't find nothing. I DO have a riser cable for my GPU. it must be that interfiering due to bad cable or something, or the PSU. Right? ps. I've had the same issue with both win10 and 11. The issue went away for about 2 months completely after I dusted of my pc, then it came back. Clues?

My PC shuts off if my Power Supply cord is touched lightly. Since my PSU is connected to my Harddrive for the Operating System, can this be a reason why my Harddrive may have Corrupted Files?

how about rapid clicking then power up. it was doing that. So then last night i shut it off and turned off the PSU directly and completely. Today i flipped the switch hit the power button, and nothing happened. i took several attempts. couple clicks and nothing. the last time it clicked a bunch of times and finally turned on. it was like trying to start a car that ran out of gas.

I had a blue screen saying critical process died and now it won't turn on. Do u know what the issue might be

Theres a fire, should i be worried, and is warranty voided?

I just had my PC shut off today but the ran was still lit up. Then I ordered even down and unplugged it. Plugged it back on and nothing. No light on the MOBO, no RGB ram, no fans spinning nothing. I'm hoping only my PSU went and that it didn't take anything else with it in the process.

My pc won’t turn on when it’s cold but it’s works fine when it’s warm do you think that’s a sign of a bad power supply

Super helpful!

while playing, the screen will black out, no power to mouse and keyboard but the system unit is still running, fan is still running. also tried to reseat ram and cmos batt. Can this be a symptom of PSU failure?

So my screen flickers from time to time after I recently changed my GPU and my PSU and I have to constantly replug the hdmi cable. Also, when I try running heavier games like Cyberpunk, my screen will suddenly say 'no input' and the only thing I could do is restart my PC. Does anyone know what's wrong with my PC?

My PC experienced the problem number 3, this problem happens when I use ALT + Tab to move between apps, Also when editing problem number 3 occurs too

Im having a issue when i turn on my pc my fans are working fine but there no display only black screen. Before i got this problem while im using my pc it suddently turns off the display ( fans still spinning ) after that it will shutdown do you think its the psu? Please help

My PC Started to do Spontaneous Reboots, and The Montors occasionaly turns off and On Again. When I Boot and when I game my Fans sound like an F1 Race Car. I deep cleaned my PC and even changed the thermal pastes. But the problem is still there Do i need to replace my PSU?

hi there! what if my MOBO Leds turn on but pc doesnt start when i press power button? I tried also to make a jump on the mobo power pins with screwdriver but nothing. could it still be a PSU problem? thank you!

I was having spontaneous reboot problem and i did not knew about it I thought it is because of overheating due to low thermal But now i have my answer and i have to the change the PSU 😢

I do have some questions if anyone can answer them. I have been getting kicked out of a lot of my games and an error message will always occur through the game itself. For instance, on the finals, it will kick me out after the game stutters a little bit and it’ll give me some errors I’m thinking that it’s my power supply not giving my system, enough power or something like that, maybe it might be the ram if anyone has any information, please let me know😁🙏

my power supply is just louder than usual should I need to get another?

In my case my pc turn on sometimes and sometimes not I checked the all cables on the motherboard and it's all fine but my pc not turn on sometimes

I give a like coz its short and insightfull

yo my display signal goes out when my cursor or keyboard arent be touched or moved and graphics in games look really bad do I have a malfunctioning gpu or psu pls reply

i have random black screens that brick my pc only during certain games, only thing that works are fans and LED's the only way i can restart it is unplugging it from the wall any ideas? could that be a PSU thing?

Now if my psu is broken from the first thing u said are the rest of my parts fine?

I'm getting shocked, my pc gives me black screens in random situations and now my 3070 isn't working. My motherboard gives me the vga light and the fans sometimes spin and when it happens, the fans spin super fast, but then they slow down again. Now I thinks it's the psu, I hope my gpu isn't fucked.

Brand new sealed pack RMA PSU CORSAIR shows 8 volt in 12 volt line in bios. I got it RMA because of the same problem in old PSU. Attached new PSU. First 4 minutes shows 11 volt. Then black screen. Again checked this new one is also showing 8 volt in red colour on a 12 volt line. Is it because of faulty mother board 🤔 please help 🙏 or my gpu is crushing every other components 😢 i have suspicion on motherboard on rank 1, gpu on rank 2, and rams on rank 3. I use apc ups 1500va model to protect my pc.

I had a compaq that I found in the side of the road that had a power supply covered in burn marks, one power supply replacement later and the computer worked fine. Apon close inspection of the old power supply it was clear that one of the components had suffered a catastrophic failure which resulted in the old power supply going up in flames

Hey bro my pc doesn't give display something and sometimes it start but display goes off randomly even though pc is running so i checked the whole pc i thought its gpu but when i check my cpu and gpu fans sometimes runs and stops after 1 sec happens 7,8 times then sometime pc run after or it goes on and off i am really confused now some videos say its motherboard, some say its gpu , some pcu i have done every trick that is mentioned in many videos cleaned my whole pc and i am not getting time to go to service center cause its too far from my house have to carry my whole box there what to do ?

oh, I'm supposed to unplug my PC when it starts smoking? I just tried overclocking all components As far as I could take them

this morning my wife went turn on her PC with a 1000W ATX 80 Plus Gold, it went "buzzzzz click" and did nothing. no lights on motherboard .

I just upgraded my pc with the new motherboard, new ram and a new CPU and a new cool for the cpu. Everything is plugged in and when I flip the switch of the power supply, I see no light on my motherboard. When I try to turn it on, it doesn’t turn on. Does this indicate my power supply died Or could there be other problems?

Was wondering why my pc did not boot, grandma told me last time it did a big blue flash, I tough she ment a blue death screen... but then she told me it was not from the screen... so yeah it's time to replace the psu and probably check most of the internal parts.

facing a really unusual problem with a gigabyte p650b psu , it runs fine no issues at all unless i unplug the pc , after replugging the pc it wont power up for 20 min (so no power at all not fans lights nothing ) , secondly if leave the pc on and it goes to sleep wont power up also unless unplugged and replugged + the20 min.... but if i clikc on sleep option instead of leaving the pc to go to sleep on its own it works fine no problem so confusing not sure where the issue ...(all connections are double checked )