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PSU went Kerblam.

  • 31-01-2008 10:17pm
    #1
    ShiverinEskimo
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 18,115 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I was asked to fix a PC for a mate - he complained that it would switch itself off after a while of being on and the longer it was off the longer it would stay on next time - Overheating instantly sprang to mind.

    I opened up and re-sat the GFX heatsink with a fresh new blob of thermal grease and same for the CPU.

    When I re-connected and went about powering up to check which fans were coming on I got a massive spark and a face-full of smoke from the PSU and it took half the house's power with it via the trip downstairs.

    Wondering what to do now - I told the mate and he said to go ahead and replace the PSU. I'm worried that the new one could do exactly the same thing and wondering could a problem with another component cause the PSU to spark like that? Or even could the PSU that just sparked have caused damage to other components in the process.

    I dont want to lose any more Hardware to this - was wondering if anyone knows a good way around this problem.


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  • #2
    sean1ucc
    Registered Users Posts: 198 ✭✭sean1ucc


    Same thing happened to me before, none of the internal components were damaged I just installed a new psu and it worked away fine. The only thing I did was have all power off, socket and switch on psu, turning on socket first then psu. Found no reason why this happened though.


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