Hmm, What Happens When A PSU Goes BOOM, Fizzle

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Right, so my m8's Seasonic S12 600W psu went boom, and then his pc wouldnt work, At this point he didnt know the psu was broke, so he got a new mobo becuse he thought it had died , then plugged it in, and it wouldnt power up, so he takes back the psu to ocuk and it turns out its dead. So he gets a new Epsilon 700W psu to replace it,

So i turn up at his house this morning, and plug the new psu into the Second motherboard. It wouldnt power up, So i plug the new psu into and asrock 939 mobo and it powers up fine.

Right so i repackage the second mobo and we drive down to ocuk today to get a replacement, the chap on the desk said we can test it whilst you wait :) , so me and my mate wait ten mins and he comes back and says the mobo is DOA, so we get a replacement, This 3rd mobo is now put back into the case, all plugged in and powers up.

Here is the problem " NO SIGNAL " from the monitor, i tried a second gfx and its still " No Signal "

So, here is my question, when the psu went boom, did it kill the CPU, Ram and anything else ?

Many Thanks TaKeN :)
 
If a PSU goes bang, it can kill anything else in your system.

The motherboard is favourite, CPUs and memory are normally the next most likely thing to go.

I would test the CPU in another system if possible.

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Hmm i dont think it would protect a psu from blowing up your system lol,

From what i gather, when a psu blows, it sends too much power to everything and frys it.

A surge protector is just for lightening strikes etc
 
Worst case scenario PSU might take rest of the components with it, however PSU failure is very unlikely. The only way I can think of having a totally damage proof system is to have each rail running off a battery system.
 
Those Seasonic psu's aren't cheap, and they are supposed to be able to protect all your components in the unlikely event that they do blow up.
Contact seasonic and ask them whats going on.

I've just bought a Seasonic psu, and if it blows up at all, let alone blows up my system, considering the price i paid for it, seasonic won't know whats hit em...

I wish psu manufacturers would adopt attached equipment warranties like the surge protectors have, so they would pay out a certain amount if your system dies as a result of their psu failing.
 
Joe42 said:
seasonic won't know whats hit em...
I wish psu manufacturers would adopt attached equipment warranties like the surge protectors have, so they would pay out a certain amount if your system dies as a result of their psu failing.
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LOL. Im in the market fot a new power supply but i want a good modular one as i dont like having unessasary cables, ive looked at the enermax liberty but i dont really like it although i did see the thermaltake pure power modular 520w which looks amazing and the design looks better for me than a standard modular one, anyway i was wondering if the 15A 12 rails would be enough to run my current system (IN SIG) as they seem abit on the low side, i may also want to upgrade to SLI in the near future

any help would be much appreciated
 
The case is a Thermaltake Armour, and there isnt a speaker in the case, so i cant hear the beeps.

I think that the makers of power supply units should be made to pay for replacing all the pc parts should their psu kill your system
 
In picture ive got of the board theres the space and connections for one on the lower right of the board just below the sata slots but they havnt bothered putting one there. Is this the same for your board?
 
Had two PSUs go bang on me now. A basic system which just knocked out the mobo, and a high spec system which took almost everything down with it. That was a house insurance job.

I've always used Belkin surge protectors which shows they're not much cop. One was an internal bang, other was lightning i believe. But who knows. Without them i may of had more losses.
 
Our phone line got hit a couple of years ago and that took out psu, cpu, floppy drive, board. Ram was ok and so was the usb modem that sent the surge through it.
 
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