Is dead psu repairable?

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So my psu on my older amd system decided to explode today. Nice bright flash and a loud bang with a not so nice aroma.

Its an OCZ Modstream 700w. I took it apart expecting one of the larger caps to have blown but instead it looks like it was some kind of controller chip that exploded. Thankfully the rest of the system is safe and now powered by an old Tagan modular 550w.

Some bad pics from the ole iPhone3gs



Just wonder if these things are repairable assuming I can find out what the chip is and it hasn't caused any other issues inside the psu.
 
It hadn't done bad for 6 year old psu. The odd vacuum trying to get surface dust out but without opening you cant get to the fine stuff. You think enough had built up to cause a short?
 
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