romeo55 Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Pretty self explanatory... Came home and hit the power button and... BZZZT! Tripped the circuit breaker and got a strong whiff of smoke. Smelled like it was coming from the PSU, so I ripped it open and found this. I'm not sure if it's from the connection or the component next to it (capacitor?) which does have some scaring. Anywho, hooked up a new PSU and I get nothing... crap. <_< I wonder how much damage this is... I know I'm out a motherboard at the very least. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Damn, that sucks. What power supply and board do you have? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulktreg Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) It hard to make out from the photograph but is that the mains input into the board? It looks like a bad crimp on the connector, it happens, that has finally given up the ghost. What power supply is that? Is it the Etasis 850W? Cheers Paul Edited February 5, 2009 by paulktreg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeo55 Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 It hard to make out from the photograph but is that the mains input into the board? It looks like a bad crimp on the connector, it happens, that has finally given up the ghost. What power supply is that? Is it the Etasis 850W? Cheers Paul Indeed it is the Etasis. I checked the inside of the connector (which is the mains) and it does not look like it sparked inside, seems to be on the outside - however, the component definitely feels scarred. Argh! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 That sucks... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onion Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 What I hate even more is DOA power supplies that take hardware with it... Poor p35...may it rest in peace. At least newegg sent me another one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammin Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 It is a pretty blurry picture, but you say the connector is scorched on the outside and looks fine inside? Anyway, it looks as though a component near the connector may have overheated? Those greenish (not too healthy looking) things look like they could be Thermistors, or disc capacitors. Hard to tell. Hopefully the problem means just a dead PSU and nothing else got taken with it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenz Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 That Etasis power supply didn't even deserve the good review you gave to it <_< Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 If the PSU took something else with it, ring up Etasis! As far as I read from his old sig, Paul (Raven65) had half his rig replaced by Enermax when that took out some components. Worth a try I believe! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Damn, thats awful luck Sagittaria, I would definatly contact Etasis and light a fire under them. :angry2: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeo55 Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Just an update. I do have life. In my haste I did not seat the main connector properly the first time (after which I gave up and walked off). Looks like the PSU took itself and only itself out, which makes sense... these things should have some sort of protection right? Anywho, it's no biggie. I'm just happy my stuff works. In all honesty it's probably my fault after reassembling it a couple years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfisher Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Good news/bad news. Happy ending though that none of your other wares are fried. Chalk it up as a lesson learned and move on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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