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Doctor Blue	Posted - 2008.08.27 13:18:00 - [1] I pushed the on button, and there was a flash and bang that looked like it came from the area of the PSU at the top back of the case, and a smell of fried electrics. Is this likely to have fried all the components, or is it possible that it could just be the psu that died?
Trigo Caldari Mining unlimited Corp Just Die Already Alliance	Posted - 2008.08.27 13:21:00 - [2] If ur lucky it might just of been the psu but the mobo might of been affected too. A friend mine had this happen but both psu and mobo died. ------------------------------------ Originally by: Eris Discordia Do it yourself minmatar thong; duct tape. Underwear and wax in one.
Myrhial Arkenath Ghost Festival	Posted - 2008.08.27 13:23:00 - [3] Normally PSU's pack protection to make sure the rest doesn't get fried. I'd unplug the computer though and whatever you do don't try to turn it on again. Take it to the computer store or buy a new PSU. Diary of a pod pilot
Meiyang Lee Gallente Azteca Transportation Unlimited Gunboat Diplomacy	Posted - 2008.08.27 13:28:00 - [4] well the PSU is definately dead, but as other have said it's surge-protection should have shielded the rest of your hardware from the worst. Get a new PSU in and then start running tests to see if everything is still functional.
Viqtoria Caldari Groping Hand Social Club	Posted - 2008.08.27 13:51:00 - [5] get a new psu and pray :P
Zalathar Minmatar Stellar Research Incorporated DEFI4NT	Posted - 2008.08.27 14:01:00 - [6] take it to the computer shop, BUT WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T OPEN THE PSU. EVEN UNPLUGGED IT CAN HOLD ENOUGH CHARGE TO KILL YOU. I don't expect anyone to try it, but it just needs to be said. ~~~~~~ mods, if you think i'm ugly please say "eeek!" ~~~~~~ eeeeeekk - Deckard eeeeee...K -Darth Patches gawwwd damn!!1 -zhuge you soo pretty I think you're stunningly handsome and let me just say that you're wearing that dead parrot on your shoulder in a particularly dashing way today. -Hango Your using up all the space hango! - Timmeh
ReaperOfSly Gallente Lyrus Associates The Star Fraction	Posted - 2008.08.27 14:21:00 - [7] Originally by: Zalathar take it to the computer shop, BUT WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T OPEN THE PSU. EVEN UNPLUGGED IT CAN HOLD ENOUGH CHARGE TO KILL YOU. I don't expect anyone to try it, but it just needs to be said. What he said. Those capacitors carry a hefty punch. Anyway, chances are it's just the PSU that died unless it was a really cheap PSU. __________________________ Quote: ...bored, skint, no charter, and a ship that looks like an explosion in a girder factory...
Sharupak Minmatar Brutor tribe	Posted - 2008.08.27 14:40:00 - [8] Depends on your PSU and motherboard. If you have a cheap powersupply and a micro atx board, you chances are not good. Generally standard ATX boards have power checking circuitry and if the voltages are not within tolerances, it will not allow power to motherboard components to protect them. Also, a good powersupply will have similar circuitry plus a breaker or fuse. _______________________________________________ RuntimeError: ChainEvent is blocking by design, but you're block trapped. You have'll have to find some alternative means to do Your Thing, dude.
Doctor Blue	Posted - 2008.08.27 14:45:00 - [9] Thanks for the replies. Sounds like it may not be as expensive as I first assumed. It was a pretty expensive psu, so fingers crossed.
Jacob Mei	Posted - 2008.08.27 14:47:00 - [10] What was the PSU in the first place? -------------------------------- To borrow a phrase: Players who post are like stars, there are bright ones and those who are dim.

Doctor Blue	Posted - 2008.08.27 17:32:00 - [11] Originally by: Jacob Mei What was the PSU in the first place? Well according to the sticker on its side - 'super silent EZCool, 550w, ATX-550 JSP, socket 775'?
N1fty Amarr Galactic Shipyards Inc HUZZAH FEDERATION	Posted - 2008.08.27 17:34:00 - [12] Originally by: Sharupak Depends on your PSU and motherboard. If you have a cheap powersupply and a micro atx board, you chances are not good. Generally standard ATX boards have power checking circuitry and if the voltages are not within tolerances, it will not allow power to motherboard components to protect them. Also, a good powersupply will have similar circuitry plus a breaker or fuse. This. Buy yourself a decent branded PSU with a nice fat warranty and all should be well.
N1fty Amarr Galactic Shipyards Inc HUZZAH FEDERATION	Posted - 2008.08.27 17:37:00 - [13] Edited by: N1fty on 27/08/2008 17:37:52 Originally by: Doctor Blue Originally by: Jacob Mei What was the PSU in the first place? Well according to the sticker on its side - 'super silent EZCool, 550w, ATX-550 JSP, socket 775'? Brrr, EZCool. OCZ StealthXstream 500W as bare minimum in my books. EDIT: Failing at keeping my comments to one post. Apologies.
Bish Ounen Gallente Omni-Core Freedom Fighters Ethereal Dawn	Posted - 2008.08.27 17:52:00 - [14] Originally by: Zalathar take it to the computer shop, BUT WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T OPEN THE PSU. EVEN UNPLUGGED IT CAN HOLD ENOUGH CHARGE TO KILL YOU. I don't expect anyone to try it, but it just needs to be said. Indeed. Take a look at THIS picture. This is the WEAKEST power supply sold by newegg.com, a 300 watt power supply. Now, look at the little table in the middle of the image there that has the numbers in it. The bottom line includes the power output in Amperage. The maximum discharge Amperage is a full TWENTY AMPS for that little tiny power supply. In case you were wondering, the amount of Amperage needed to *kill* an Adult Human is twenty milliamps. Or twenty one-thousandths of ONE amp. Yep. Stick a screwdriver in the wrong place here and get a jolt well over a thousand times stronger than that needed to kill you. Crispy critter indeed. Tactical Logistics using the last T1 Frigate hull!
Grarr Dexx Amarr Ministry of War	Posted - 2008.08.27 18:01:00 - [15] Neut it first then, can't be too sure
Meiyang Lee Gallente Azteca Transportation Unlimited Gunboat Diplomacy	Posted - 2008.08.27 18:32:00 - [16] Bish to actually kill a human you need to get about 100 mAmps directly across the heart, anything less will make you wish you were dead, but won't kill you. You're not counting the rather enormous resistance human skin has, you're looking at 5 to 10 kOhm resistance or so minimum, more if it's your exposed skin. (the lower numbers are while holding a metal object) 20 Amps will certainly be very dangerous and could possibly be lethal, but it's not as if all that current hits you directly.
ReaperOfSly Gallente Lyrus Associates The Star Fraction	Posted - 2008.08.27 18:35:00 - [17] Originally by: Doctor Blue Originally by: Jacob Mei What was the PSU in the first place? Well according to the sticker on its side - 'super silent EZCool, 550w, ATX-550 JSP, socket 775'? I once had an EZCool power supply. I stress the word "once". __________________________ Quote: ...bored, skint, no charter, and a ship that looks like an explosion in a girder factory...
NightmareX MAFIA Pirate Coalition	Posted - 2008.08.27 18:42:00 - [18] If you want high quality PSU's, then you need to go for either Corsair or Enermax. I have an Enermax Liberty 620w, and it's damn nice. And ***s about your PSU.
Bish Ounen Gallente Omni-Core Freedom Fighters Ethereal Dawn	Posted - 2008.08.27 18:48:00 - [19] Originally by: Meiyang Lee Bish to actually kill a human you need to get about 100 mAmps directly across the heart, anything less will make you wish you were dead, but won't kill you. You're not counting the rather enormous resistance human skin has, you're looking at 5 to 10 kOhm resistance or so minimum, more if it's your exposed skin. (the lower numbers are while holding a metal object) 20 Amps will certainly be very dangerous and could possibly be lethal, but it's not as if all that current hits you directly. HERE is where I got my number from. I suppose we are both right, it just depends on the conditions involved. Either way, I wouldn't want to be the one getting hit with twenty amps of electricity. Tactical Logistics using the last T1 Frigate hull!
Sikel QUANT Corp. QUANT Hegemony	Posted - 2008.08.27 19:24:00 - [20] Originally by: Zalathar take it to the computer shop, BUT WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T OPEN THE PSU. EVEN UNPLUGGED IT CAN HOLD ENOUGH CHARGE TO KILL YOU. I don't expect anyone to try it, but it just needs to be said. According to the op, his capacitors just exploded. If you're lucky, the mobo wasn't fried, just replace the PSU - and do yourself a favor and buy a FSP powersupply.

Frankinator Malevolent Emo Herders	Posted - 2008.08.28 16:20:00 - [21] Originally by: NightmareX Edited by: NightmareX on 27/08/2008 18:44:18 If you want high quality PSU's, then you need to go for either Corsair or Enermax. I have an Enermax Liberty 620w, and it's damn nice. And ***s about your PSU. EDIT: WTH, 'w o p' is cencored here. W O P is a derogatory term aimed at Italian Americans, so yes I can see why it is censored.
soldieroffortune 258 Gallente Federal Defence Union	Posted - 2008.08.28 22:30:00 - [22] your stuff while your busy getting another computer? Originally by: soldieroffortune 258 "*Eve is about making yourself richer while making the other guy poorer*"
Kyrall A Few Killers	Posted - 2008.08.29 02:43:00 - [23] I've had a PSU do this to me, it was brand new and I hadn't checked the voltage switch on the back, as I didn't know such a thing existed. I'm really not quite sure why, but we proceeded to try it again after flipping that switch. Still didn't work funnily enough, and it made another big bang and switched all the lights off again. Rest of the computer was fine though, seems they are pretty well protected. _____ Originally by: CCP Whisper In before Dietrich and Co. click
imarubbishn00b	Posted - 2008.08.29 07:03:00 - [24] Same thing happened to me a month ago only it was my hardrive that exploded. Well, it didnt explode but it gave a load 'puff' and it smelled burned.
midge Mo'yb Antares Shipyards Vanguard.	Posted - 2008.08.29 08:44:00 - [25] Originally by: Frankinator Originally by: NightmareX Edited by: NightmareX on 27/08/2008 18:44:18 If you want high quality PSU's, then you need to go for either Corsair or Enermax. I have an Enermax Liberty 620w, and it's damn nice. And ***s about your PSU. EDIT: WTH, 'w o p' is cencored here. W O P is a derogatory term aimed at Italian Americans, so yes I can see why it is censored. yay for the PC brigade... -----------------------------------------------
Taradis Amarr The Imperial Assassins Ethereal Dawn	Posted - 2008.08.29 09:08:00 - [26] ummm sucks to be u?
Wil Smithx Minmatar Suns Of Korhal	Posted - 2008.08.29 10:53:00 - [27] Originally by: Zalathar take it to the computer shop, BUT WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T OPEN THE PSU. EVEN UNPLUGGED IT CAN HOLD ENOUGH CHARGE TO KILL YOU. I don't expect anyone to try it, but it just needs to be said. How else can I mod my PSU to use a key and not a switch :P Gotta have a bit o' danger in the life... When I burned out my PSU (put an 8800gt in and the PSU obviously didnt have enough amps down the rails) I found the bit that burned out... Was a lump of ash though so I coudln't replace it. Also, there were bigger capacitors in my TV...
Stormwind Bloodfeather Minmatar Sogdian Traders Inc	Posted - 2008.08.29 12:07:00 - [28] Originally by: Wil Smithx Also, there were bigger capacitors in my TV... While working in a TV repair shop I came across a CRT capacitor that "should" have already been discharged... a screwdriver and a slipped finger and I was in the next room... there was a wall between me and the next room, and for about a month I had trouble remembering, walking straight and have never fully recovered feeling in my right hand and arm. The amperage of that capacitor I discharged through my body was somewhat more than 20 amps. Oh and ya know that funny white light at the end of the tunnel... that was my boss holding a flashlight in my face checking my eyes to see if I was still alive... ugly sight to wake too.. Stormwind In EVE, your only friend is your ship and it's weapons. All others are the enemy!
Meiyang Lee Gallente Azteca Transportation Unlimited Gunboat Diplomacy	Posted - 2008.08.29 12:25:00 - [29] Capacitors for CRT displays are indeed monsters, but no surprise really with the magnetic field those monitors need to maintain for the image. I can imagine that being a horribly unpleasant experience indeed. The OPs PSU probably blew its primary capacitor, the secondaries will have caught most of the resultant spike. (and possibly died because of that too)
Wil Smithx Minmatar Suns Of Korhal	Posted - 2008.08.29 14:34:00 - [30] Originally by: Stormwind Bloodfeather Originally by: Wil Smithx Also, there were bigger capacitors in my TV... While working in a TV repair shop I came across a CRT capacitor that "should" have already been discharged... a screwdriver and a slipped finger and I was in the next room... there was a wall between me and the next room, and for about a month I had trouble remembering, walking straight and have never fully recovered feeling in my right hand and arm. The amperage of that capacitor I discharged through my body was somewhat more than 20 amps. Oh and ya know that funny white light at the end of the tunnel... that was my boss holding a flashlight in my face checking my eyes to see if I was still alive... ugly sight to wake too.. Stormwind Awesome!



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