PSU fried my components!

Jed Klayme

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Sep 18, 2013
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When I was installing these components, after I turned on the Corsair PSU 600 Watt I heard a "running sound" for a second then it shut off. the fan on the PSU never spinned or anything. So I tried the same components but on my older PSU and when I turned on the PSU it was running (fan spinning) but the PC would never boot. I came to conclude that the PSU fried my mobo, hard drive, and optical drive (and perhaps other components) So I am currently sending all the components back for replacements.

What could the problem have been?? Once I recive the components again I want to make sure the same thing doesn't happen.

Processor: AMD FX -4130 3.8Ghz Processor FD4130FRGUBOX, Black Edition

Graphics Card: ASUS HD7770-DC-1GD5-V2 AMD Radeon HD 7770 VGA 1 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card

PSU: Corsair Builder Series CX 600 Watt ATX/EPS 80 PLUS (CX600)

Motherboard: Gigabyte AMD 760G + SB710 Chipset DDR3 1333 AM3+ Micro ATX Motherboard (GA-78LMT-S2P)

RAM: PNY Optima 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) PC3-10666 1333MHz DDR3
 

Jed Klayme

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Sep 18, 2013
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The plugs were connected to the mobo, when I tried my old PSU on the same mobo, the PSU powered up but the PC never booted. So I tried both my old PSU and old mobo and the PC booted but on the BIOS I could never locate my hard drive. When I tried to boot the PC via media device and tried opening the optical drive it wouldn't open. So I assume the optical drive, mobo, and unfortunately my hard drive are toasted. Was it really just a faulty PSU??
 

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