Blown PSU?

physichull · 10 Mar 2013 at 21:56

I turned my pc on this morning and it powered on for all of half a second then turned off. It tripped my breaker aswell and now it wont power on. I swapped the power cable to vghe psu and no go. I assume the psu has just blown and its a simple matter of getting a new one?

Also, is it possible that my psu blowing could have damaged any other component such as my motherboard?

Thanks in advance.

RJC · 10 Mar 2013 at 21:59

What is the make and model of the PSU?

If a decent one you should be fine

BluD · 10 Mar 2013 at 22:00

Might be the fuse inside the PSU, might be worth swapping that out before ya fork out for a new PSU.

physichull · 10 Mar 2013 at 22:04

Its a Corsair TX650W. About 3-4 years old. Is it easy to switch the fuse?

BluD · 10 Mar 2013 at 22:16

No i just read a thread on another forum, saying its not easy to replace them fuses in your model, and proberbly not a good idea as it blew for a reason, and ya might end up overvolting something.

Nickolp1974 · 10 Mar 2013 at 22:31

and it will void the warranty if any is remaining