funny warm electrical smell.....

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...and pc won't switch on

the light is on at the back of my hiper type-r but if i disconnect and reconnect the power lead usually there is a brief flicker of the fans - now there is none

and a funny smell

interestingly over the last week my previous stable 270x10 opty146 had been freezing shortly after startup - i had to drop it down to 250x10 for stability - thought it was the ram but it memtested ok

the only thing i was doing tonite was adding back the 2nd 512 stick of ram into my rig after testing each of them separately

is there anything else i might have done inadvertantly or is it definitely the psu?

//edit
tried the hiper in 2nd rig - connecting it up the mobo pilot light doesn't even come on :(
couldn't be worse timing with a postal strike in northern ireland affecting mail deliveries :(
at least i still have the receipt though :)
 
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