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garbanian · 08-03-2011, 03:04 PM

Had my PC set up and all for the first boot, but when I turned it on it (PSU) sparked inside and blew an egg sized puff of smoke.

So that is RMAing right now and all, but I was just curious....What are the chances that I'm going to get the new PSU and other components are now dead due to this awesome event?

Cheers,
Garb

SnOwBunZz · 08-03-2011, 03:16 PM

The chances will always be pretty big I'm afraid.

silent420 · 08-03-2011, 03:20 PM

Well if it helps, when i built my last pc my PSU did the same thing after about a bit over a month. But all my parts were fine(Aside from the PSU of course...). Maybe i just got lucky though. Could just go somewhere and pick up a PSU, just to make sure that's all that went out. Then just return it once you know..

garbanian · 08-03-2011, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by SnOwBunZz

The chances will always be pretty big I'm afraid.

Thats fine and dandy, just needed to figure out if I need to save some money from this paycheck for more RMAs for the other parts.

Quote:

Originally Posted by silent420

Well if it helps, when i built my last pc my PSU did the same thing after about a bit over a month. But all my parts were fine(Aside from the PSU of course...). Maybe i just got lucky though. Could just go somewhere and pick up a PSU, just to make sure that's all that went out. Then just return it once you know..

I could do that, but that's needy as heck.

08-03-2011, 03:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
garbanian Loric's Lunatic Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Elyria, Ohio Posts: 2,677 Reputation: 104	Quick PSU Question Had my PC set up and all for the first boot, but when I turned it on it (PSU) sparked inside and blew an egg sized puff of smoke. So that is RMAing right now and all, but I was just curious....What are the chances that I'm going to get the new PSU and other components are now dead due to this awesome event? Cheers, Garb __________________

08-03-2011, 03:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
SnOwBunZz Nyan nyan ni hao nyan Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: The Flanders Posts: 8,018 Reputation: 319	The chances will always be pretty big I'm afraid. __________________ [My Anime List] \| [last.fm] \| [xfire] \| [Steam] If anyone would like me to build a rig, I'd prefer it to be in a thread in the tech section rather than PM. Thank you.

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08-03-2011, 03:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
silent420 Rock Man Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 424 Reputation: 34	Well if it helps, when i built my last pc my PSU did the same thing after about a bit over a month. But all my parts were fine(Aside from the PSU of course...). Maybe i just got lucky though. Could just go somewhere and pick up a PSU, just to make sure that's all that went out. Then just return it once you know..