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July 29th, 2001, 05:44 PM
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 my computer blew up
It was night time, my computer was off, we were all asleep when my parents heard an explosion. They looked in the computer room and it was full of smoke. My mum, with her expert nose found the source of the smoke and it turned out to be my computer. My dad opened the window and unplugged the computer. They told me what happened when I got home from work. So after work I took the sides off to reveal everything was covered in black ash. Everything looked fine other wise. I went ahead and took off the power supply to have a look inside and behold, everything in there was fried and melted. So I guess I need a new one eh? Hopefully nothing else was damaged. Does anybody know of any possible reasons for this occuring?
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July 29th, 2001, 06:28 PM
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Could be one of a number of reasons:
1. Short in the PSU cabling due to faulty wire(s).
2. PSU fan seized possibly due to dust in the bearings (this is fairly common).
3. Power surge.
4. Moisture accumulating in the PSU (happens in more humid climates).
There are other reasons a PSU would fry itself, but these are most common.
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July 29th, 2001, 09:23 PM
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Originally posted by Blehboy:
<STRONG>Could be one of a number of reasons:
1. Short in the PSU cabling due to faulty wire(s).
2. PSU fan seized possibly due to dust in the bearings (this is fairly common).
3. Power surge.
4. Moisture accumulating in the PSU (happens in more humid climates).
There are other reasons a PSU would fry itself, but these are most common.</STRONG>
And yet the original post states the PC was turned off...
That would leave a power surge as the most plausible, wouldn'it?
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July 30th, 2001, 01:53 AM
#4
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99.9% Power Surge...
It happend to me Twice this year (Once in my Appartment and the other on my parents)
The Loss was far gr8er because my dad lost is Mainboard and his HDD.
And yes the computer was off... The surge got into it.
After this cases i learned to use UPS and Surge protector in my Expensive Equipment.
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July 30th, 2001, 02:40 AM
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Had a stuck ATX power switch fry a mainboard once, but it wasn't as bad as I think yours is <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">
The customer says, "All night long, it would turn itself on and then 5 seconds later it would turn itself off. We unplugged it after about 2 hours (!!!) and brought it in."
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July 30th, 2001, 10:12 AM
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Please remember a turned off computer doesn't mean there is NOT POWER to it.
if you don't believe me, open up a atx p/s and touch the blue wires with the switch in the " 1 " position <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">
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July 30th, 2001, 11:33 AM
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Good to see You again,Ugo <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0"> I hope next time it will be better reason to see You here... <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">
Problem You have isn't something unusual for me. I see that problem almost avery day (I'm working in computer service center <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">)
99% of all failures were caused by weak PSU's 5V standby module. Unfortunately,many of modern ATX power supplies have no power switch at all.
And power transistor for standby module usually have weak heatsink or haven't at all <IMG SRC="smilies/frown.gif" border="0"> .It cause transistor's overheating (fan isn't working in stand-by mode). Worst thing,what it could also ... fry motherboard's switch mode power controller IC (HIP60***),used for CPU power convertor. I just only hope it is not happened... <IMG SRC="smilies/frown.gif" border="0">
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July 30th, 2001, 11:49 AM
#8
Do we not use power surge strips?
Mine is a 9 min backup battery power surge strip. And they guarantee that if anything goes wrong like a powr spike or somthing then they will pay all lost damages that was hooked up to there product.
Also we should buy better power supplys or cases see what happeneds when we buy a $30-40 case <IMG SRC="smilies/frown.gif" border="0">
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July 30th, 2001, 11:06 PM
#9
Well thanks for all your responses. I havn't been able to be around much lately because I have been so busy with everything. Now I am off to England for a month, then I am off to university to specialize in computer science. Once I am all settled in there I will be able to drop by more often. And I will, because you guys are such a great group.
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