Sparks from PSU cable! pc dead! help plz!

trigalol · 2 Aug 2012 at 20:34

Hi, i have a Corsair GS500 (the blue led one) for my low-end gaming pc, last night i was playing away like i usually do and then i reached over, pushed my speaker that sits next to my monitor out of the way so i could adjust my monitor and it must have tugged on the cable because my pc went dead but i also saw sparks coming from where the cable plugs into the psu, then i pushed the cable in, pc completely dead, left it for a while, tried again and nothing, tried a different cable from my friends pc and nothing, is my psu completely dead? are they supposed to just die if you accidently give the cable a tug? its not a crappy psu its pretty good, would i be able to return it as faulty or is loosening the cable the owners error or something? I need to get back gaming asap so i intend to just buy a new one tonight really, just want to make sure i am doing the right thing before i blow a days wages on a replacement one, thanks a lot guys, sorry if there is anything info i should have included but just let me know....

RJC · 2 Aug 2012 at 20:41

Have a go at testing the PSU without the pc being connected, link below shows the how to guide.

http://www.corsair.com/en/blog/testing-your-corsair-power-supply/

trigalol · 2 Aug 2012 at 20:52

cool will do

trigalol · 2 Aug 2012 at 21:37

yep did that and nothing, but while i was doing all of that i noticed that on one of the 3 pins that stick out int the back of the psu for that 'kettle' type cable to connect to, some of the material was scraped (or melted) off of the rest of it, imagine someone gave it a little shave with a pen knife, (i could'nt get a photo detailed or focused enough) i did notice that when this happened the power went off in my room and i had to go and flip the circuit breaker, but i thought that this was a consequence of pulling the cable out and the sparks etc, is it possible there was a power surge or something, one of those pins certainly looks damaged, also is there anyway to repair that or would the psu be fried anyway?

keithfa26 · 2 Aug 2012 at 22:29

It sounds like the psu has fried

dcsarge · 3 Aug 2012 at 13:27

Did you test it with a different kettle lead too? Never know, the fuse might have blown in that. If not, at least a decent brand psu should have enough protection to stop other components frying.

Sasahara · 3 Aug 2012 at 13:33

dcsarge said:
Did you test it with a different kettle lead too? Never know, the fuse might have blown in that. If not, at least a decent brand psu should have enough protection to stop other components frying.

+1 (or just change the fuse in the Kettle lead.)

Either that or an internal fuse might have blown in the PSU.

trigalol · 3 Aug 2012 at 14:28

yep i tried my firends lead and got nothing, just gonna order a new psu, that model is supposed to have surge protection something so it think that is designed to protect the rest of the component, oh well it took one for the team.....