PSU Burning smell!

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It's seems the only posts I make on this forum are concerning hardware troubles and I am sorry for that. I'll start by saying my computer is roughly 1-2 years old at best.

Here are my specs:

AMD Phenom II 965 @ stock
OCZ Gold 4GB DDR3 (1333Mhz)
XFX Radeon HD5770 1GB @ stock
WD 500GB HDD/ 60GB OCZ Vertex SSD
Corsair TX650w PSU

There seems to be a strange smell coming from the PSU that I noticed around 2 days ago, the smell seems to be getting stronger. Smells to me like burning plastic. Now the PSU hasn't actually stopped working as of yet and I don't intend on using it with my other hardware in case it does cause problems with any other parts of the system.

My question is, do corsair allow for the customers to send back PSU's that aren't actually broken for a replacement?
I still need to find the warranty for it that my mum so nicely "put in a safe place".
 
It's seems the only posts I make on this forum are concerning hardware troubles and I am sorry for that. I'll start by saying my computer is roughly 1-2 years old at best.

Here are my specs:

AMD Phenom II 965 @ stock
OCZ Gold 4GB DDR3 (1333Mhz)
XFX Radeon HD5770 1GB @ stock
WD 500GB HDD/ 60GB OCZ Vertex SSD
Corsair TX650w PSU

There seems to be a strange smell coming from the PSU that I noticed around 2 days ago, the smell seems to be getting stronger. Smells to me like burning plastic. Now the PSU hasn't actually stopped working as of yet and I don't intend on using it with my other hardware in case it does cause problems with any other parts of the system.

My question is, do corsair allow for the customers to send back PSU's that aren't actually broken for a replacement?
I still need to find the warranty for it that my mum so nicely "put in a safe place".

Hi,

If you are certain the burning plastic smell is coming from the PSU, then I would definitely not use it as it could blow and damage other parts of your system.As for returing to corsair as it is not actually broken per se - I would e mail there tech support and ask the question to be sure. I would have thought though that they would say to RMA it if it is still under warranty.

Mark
 
If you smell burning from the computer, turn it off and don't use it until you know whats wrong and what needs replacing. Don't keep using it.
 
it might not be "broken" but there definitely is a fault somewhere and i think that warrants being sent back for an RMA

Thats why I went on to suggest that the op contact Corsair regarding an RMA as there is obviously a problem. Certainly the op should not use it as I suggested.

Mark
 
Not worth the risk using your pc while u figure out the burning smell. I killed a perfectly good rig earlier this year by not acting sooner.
Get a new quality psu in there now. Then try to get a replacement under warranty & keep it as a spare or flog it.
 
Not worth the risk using your pc while u figure out the burning smell. I killed a perfectly good rig earlier this year by not acting sooner.

Exactly this.

Earlier this year I was smelling something foul coming from my computer, but thought "Meh, probably nothing." ...my ignorance cost me my PSU and motherboard.
 
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