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Right, last night my PSU decided to explode. I bought another and everything seems to be OK. What I would like to know, can the PSU have done any damage to my other components by blowing? As it is now, doesn't seem to be any problems, but can something now develop afterwards?

Thanks.
 
sounds like a capacitor popped.
Does the PSU smell funny?

Rest should be fine.
 
Venomous said:
unlikely
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Thanks. Last night I had nightmares of having to replace my PC.:cry:

The PSU was old (about 3 years) but my other PC components are only about 7 months old. Would have really been depressed if I had to replace all of that.
 
Ronjay said:
Smelled funny alright. A sweet, burny smell. Anyway, It still wasn't working this morning so I got a new one.
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Yea its a cap.
Look for the one that leaked (top will be disfigured) and get a new one if you have a soldering iron and 10 minutes to spare. if you want a spare for future that is.
 
Ronjay said:
Came with the case. No idea.
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Haha, good going man :p

You've learned your lesson now I hope ;)

What are your specs (hardware wise)?

I've had a PSU blow on me before and it did in fact blow my GFX card but my friends Thermaltake blew the other day and nothing was damaged. So IMHO it is possible but probably not likely.

Also you could always return the hardware if it is damaged (being 7 months old), just use the standard excuse of, not sure what happened but it doesn't work any more.
 
Gnome i had a name brand blow up on me, oddly enough in all my years of selling pc's i never had a case psu explode. Those case psu's are damn solid in my opinion for running a basic pc.

I can recall a box plus psu going for like 150 at sahara :D. Never let me down.
 
Gnome said:
Haha, good going man :p

You've learned your lesson now I hope ;)

What are your specs (hardware wise)?

I've had a PSU blow on me before and it did in fact blow my GFX card but my friends Thermaltake blew the other day and nothing was damaged. So IMHO it is possible but probably not likely.

Also you could always return the hardware if it is damaged (being 7 months old), just use the standard excuse of, not sure what happened but it doesn't work any more.
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:D;)
 
killadoob said:
Gnome i had a name brand blow up on me, oddly enough in all my years of selling pc's i never had a case psu explode. Those case psu's are damn solid in my opinion for running a basic pc.

I can recall a box plus psu going for like 150 at sahara :D. Never let me down.
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Same here. I've still got a very old pc that still works with a very old psu, no problems. The new psu's are crap though.
 
Ronjay said:
Right, last night my PSU decided to explode. I bought another and everything seems to be OK. What I would like to know, can the PSU have done any damage to my other components by blowing? As it is now, doesn't seem to be any problems, but can something now develop afterwards?

Thanks.
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Generally the cheap power supplies are more likely to take the rest of your pc with when they die than the decent brands. Since you actually used the psu that came with your case instead of chucking it away, you should consider yourself VERY lucky.
 
Qwikslver said:
Generally the cheap power supplies are more likely to take the rest of your pc with when they die than the decent brands. Since you actually used the psu that came with your case instead of chucking it away, you should consider yourself VERY lucky.
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Yeah. I'm a bit of a cheapskate. Well, I live and learn.:o
 
Ronjay said:
Yeah. I'm a bit of a cheapskate. Well, I live and learn.:o
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I was too: R200 for 600W... and then it blew:D

paid quite a bit for my current psu... worth more then my graphics card and I'd have it no other way!
 
What brand case do you have?

I'd guess it's a Superchannel case with a Superchannel PSU...

You know that the brand of the PSU should be written on the label on the side of the PSU. So just open the case and read the brand & model# off it ;)
 
If you do repair the PSU just test it out on an old machine first before bringing it anywhere near something valuable. It is possible that more than one component has malfunctioned and you could do some serious damage if there is another serious fault.
 
Yotch said:
If you do repair the PSU just test it out on an old machine first before bringing it anywhere near something valuable. It is possible that more than one component has malfunctioned and you could do some serious damage if there is another serious fault.
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Cool. Actually, it wont be me doing the repairing. I'll check it on an old PC first though.
 
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