L Licec Honorable Mar 21, 2013 1 0 10,510 Mar 21, 2013 #1 Last night sparks came out of my power supply. So I turned off the computer and unpluged everything. This morning I turned it back on and no sparks. Everything seems to work fine. Should I still replace the psu?
Last night sparks came out of my power supply. So I turned off the computer and unpluged everything. This morning I turned it back on and no sparks. Everything seems to work fine. Should I still replace the psu?
COLGeek Cybernaut Moderator Apr 6, 2009 54,580 3,538 179,340 Mar 21, 2013 #2 Yes. Definitely time for a new PSU. Sparking PSUs are never a good thing. Upvote 0 Downvote
rsmith13 Distinguished Aug 23, 2009 157 0 18,690 Mar 21, 2013 #3 A friend's power supply shot sparks out the back so he called me. It still worked but I opened it up just to see. A roach had commited sucide....... Upvote 0 Downvote
A friend's power supply shot sparks out the back so he called me. It still worked but I opened it up just to see. A roach had commited sucide.......