- May 27, 2013
- 6
- 0
- 10,510
Hey guys!
So, a couple of weeks ago I had a brand new PSU (Corsair CM600M) die on me. Burny smell, suddenly stopped working. I sent it back to the vendor, they tested it and replaced it (though it took them weeks to do so).
Once I got the replacement PSU, I installed it, and everything worked fine. Though there was a bit of an odd smell, it was nothing compared to the first one and since everything worked fine I assumed its all good.
Untill yesterday, when I walked into the room and once again smelled something funky. PC was still running fine, but I was a bit suspicious. So I check out the PSU, and thinking I see something odd I grab a flashlight and look through the grill thingy.
I can literally see the exposed "metal" bits of the wires, where to coating had melted off and burned. This on both the thick Brown wire and the thick Blue wire. Both burned and melted, quite near the point where the power cable attaches. There might be more but I cant see inside the PSU that well without removing the cover, and that'd remove warranty so I'm not doing that
Naturally I removed the PSU from the rig instantly and it's being sent back as we speak.
Now my question is this:
Either:
A) Am I just plain unlucky and I just randomly hit two faulty PSU's?
B) Is there something else wrong? Could the problem be in the wall socket, or somewhere else?
I have to add that the wall socket looks, and smells fine, and is grounded. As does the power cable running from it to the PSU. All the burny parts are inside the PSU.
Thanks for any answers!
So, a couple of weeks ago I had a brand new PSU (Corsair CM600M) die on me. Burny smell, suddenly stopped working. I sent it back to the vendor, they tested it and replaced it (though it took them weeks to do so).
Once I got the replacement PSU, I installed it, and everything worked fine. Though there was a bit of an odd smell, it was nothing compared to the first one and since everything worked fine I assumed its all good.
Untill yesterday, when I walked into the room and once again smelled something funky. PC was still running fine, but I was a bit suspicious. So I check out the PSU, and thinking I see something odd I grab a flashlight and look through the grill thingy.
I can literally see the exposed "metal" bits of the wires, where to coating had melted off and burned. This on both the thick Brown wire and the thick Blue wire. Both burned and melted, quite near the point where the power cable attaches. There might be more but I cant see inside the PSU that well without removing the cover, and that'd remove warranty so I'm not doing that
Naturally I removed the PSU from the rig instantly and it's being sent back as we speak.
Now my question is this:
Either:
A) Am I just plain unlucky and I just randomly hit two faulty PSU's?
B) Is there something else wrong? Could the problem be in the wall socket, or somewhere else?
I have to add that the wall socket looks, and smells fine, and is grounded. As does the power cable running from it to the PSU. All the burny parts are inside the PSU.
Thanks for any answers!
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram