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From: kony on 23 Jan 2010 13:40
On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:02:44 -0800, Ant <ant(a)zimage.comANT>
wrote:

>Weird, I have this new Antec Basiq BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power
>ATX12V V2.2 Modular Active PFC power supply from a month ago:
>
>Doesn't Boot Up (even without unneeded hardwares to boot up show BIOS,
>but still spins fans and show hardware lights) with:
>AMD Athlon 64 X2 (dual core) 939 4600+ CPU, MSI K8N NEO4-F (MS-7125)
>motherboard (NVIDIA nForce4), EVGA GeForce 8800 GT (PCIE; NVIDIA), etc.
>
>Worked with:
>AMD Athlon 64 (single core) 754 3200+ CPU, ASUS K8V SE Deluxe
>motherboard (VIA chipset), GeForce FX 5200 (AGP; NVIDIA), etc.

So it basically (pardon the pun) looks like it can't deliver
enough 12V current, or not fast enough at least, since the
former system's video card would cause it to use more power
than the latter (as well as the CPU).


>Antec Basiq BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 Modular Active
>PFC power supply worked on both!
>

Strange, since that's the same one that you wrote above.



>What is different between 550 and 500 to cause this?
>http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/index.php?page=power_supply shows:
>
>500+ has:
>Advanced Hybrid Cable Management
>Over Current Protection
>
>Differences Between 500+ and 500:
>Cooling fan sizes (80mm vs. 120mm)
>Over Current Protection for 500+
>Over Power Protection for regular 500
>ATX12V Compliance versions are different (v2.01 vs. v2.2)
>
>Thank you in advance. :)

The difference is one works and one doesn't. The line item
features don't matter, one simply can't provide enough 12V
current, soon enough. So it goes, PSU that otherwise seem
more or less equal, aren't always. From Antec they might
not even be made by the same supplier, you might peer inside
and see if they look almost identical, as they would
typically, besides the fan, if made by the same supplier.

You might switch the FX5200 into the other system to see if
it then POSTs.

Lastly, please don't post to so many newsgroups
unnecessarily. This question certainly does not belong in
the MSI group or Amd.X86- group, and such a generic question
doesn't really belong in more than one more general-topic
group either. Posting to so many tends to become
counterproductive and ends in flame wars or redundant wastes
of time and odd tangents. Short, targeted queries get the
best results.
From: larry moe 'n curly on 23 Jan 2010 14:19
Ant wrote:
>
> Weird, I have this new Antec Basiq BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power
> ATX12V V2.2 Modular Active PFC power supply from a month ago:
>
> Doesn't Boot Up (even without unneeded hardwares to boot up show BIOS,
> but still spins fans and show hardware lights) with:
> AMD Athlon 64 X2 (dual core) 939 4600+ CPU, MSI K8N NEO4-F (MS-7125)
> motherboard (NVIDIA nForce4), EVGA GeForce 8800 GT (PCIE; NVIDIA), etc.
>
> Worked with:
> AMD Athlon 64 (single core) 754 3200+ CPU, ASUS K8V SE Deluxe
> motherboard (VIA chipset), GeForce FX 5200 (AGP; NVIDIA), etc.
>
> Antec Basiq BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 Modular Active
> PFC power supply worked on both!
>
> What is different between 550 and 500 to cause this?

The original 500W Basiq with only the small 80mm fan is or was made by
Fortron-Source, while the other Basiqs are by Delta. Both are very
good manufacturers, so all I can think of is that the BP550+ has
connectors that aren't making good enough contact (bent or corroded)
or its power-good signal timing isn't compatible with the MSI mobo's
(does hitting the reset button help?). Try another BP550+ from a
local store that gives full cash refunds -- Best Buy, Fry's, Staples.
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