PSU quit working,and fixed itself weeks later?

Hardware Hub PSU
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Ok about 1 month i had been working on my moms pc i had replaced the hard with one of my extras till i could get her a new one,well i was in the middle of doing some final driver installs and setups,and out of no where the pc freezes for half a second and then the screen goes blank and it was off,i tried to turn it on,and NOTHING happened when i pushed the power button,i had checked all the cables inside and none were lose.

I then gave up and said it was the psu ,and then have been waiting till i can afford to get her a new one.

Then eariler today i was in the room talking with my mom,and out of bordem(and ADHD lol) i pressed the power button,thinking nothing would happen,but for some weird reason it powered up and booted just fine.

 

I have never heard of a PSU dying and coming back to life lol.

What should i do?

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buy a new psu ^^

  • the psu you are using is probaly too weak or has bad components. 

i think it couldnt deliver enough power to the pc when you were installing drivers (wich can be intensive). could it be?

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Her pc is this one:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883107707

With these upgrades:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817103013

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125417

 

I do plan on getting her a new psu,but right now we don't have any extra money.

Also should i worry about it going out agian? and mabye taking other parts with it?

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Could also be a short in the Power button or wires, I've had that problem when in damp environments when it some times would just shut off or auto turn on. Still got a case that has that problem behind me being used as a Nightstand/snack shelf.

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Sounds like the power supply is going bad. Might be bad compacaters or really over heating

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your psu is now 400watt,
your gpu needs atleast 400 and your cpu 65 watt, thats a total of 465 watt.
i would recommend atleast a 500 watt psu. this thing is going to sweat and kill itself especially becouse it has crap components also always have about 15% more power than your build needs.