Did my PSU short out a part of my motherboard?

Mike Stroner

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Jan 10, 2014
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So i installed a new PSU(coolmax 500w) and it worked well for a couple hours. Suddenly as i was playing lfd2 my monitor went black and so did my mouse and keyboard. All just died. I havent been able to get anymof those to work but when i plug things in through the usb ports they power. Ive powered a phone and a turle beach x42 receiver. Idk what im doing wrong or if its the psu. I also have replaced the old original psu and even that doesnt work. Any help would surely be appreciated.
 
Solution
Good chance your PSU may have damaged other components.

Coolmax makes very poor power supplies.



Tier 5 - Other than the units listed above for any of these brands, NOT RECOMMENDED. Replace ASAP if you have one.

A-TOP Technology
Apevia
APEX (SUPERCASE/ALLIED)
Aspire(Turbo Case)
ATADC
Athena Power
ATRIX
Broadway Com Corp
Coolmax<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Deer
Diablotek
Dynapower USA
Dynex
EagleTech
FOXCONN
FSP Everest
HEC Orion
Hiper Type-R
Huntkey
I-Star Computer Co. Ltd
In Win
JPAC COMPUTER
Just PC
Kingwin Inc.
Linkworld Electronics
Logisys Computer
MGE
MSI
NMEDIAPC
Norwood...

Dark Lord of Tech

Retired Moderator
Good chance your PSU may have damaged other components.

Coolmax makes very poor power supplies.



Tier 5 - Other than the units listed above for any of these brands, NOT RECOMMENDED. Replace ASAP if you have one.

A-TOP Technology
Apevia
APEX (SUPERCASE/ALLIED)
Aspire(Turbo Case)
ATADC
Athena Power
ATRIX
Broadway Com Corp
Coolmax<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Deer
Diablotek
Dynapower USA
Dynex
EagleTech
FOXCONN
FSP Everest
HEC Orion
Hiper Type-R
Huntkey
I-Star Computer Co. Ltd
In Win
JPAC COMPUTER
Just PC
Kingwin Inc.
Linkworld Electronics
Logisys Computer
MGE
MSI
NMEDIAPC
Norwood Micro/ CompUSA
NorthQ
NZXT
Okia
Powmax
Q-Tec
Raidmax
Rocketfish
Rosewill
SFC
Shuttle
Skyhawk
Spire Coolers
Star Micro
STARTECH
Thermaltake Purepower NP
Thermaltake Purepower RU
Thermaltake TR2 (and TR2-RX)
TOPOWER TOP
Ultra X-Connect
Ultra X2 >greater than 700 watt
Ultra LSP
Wintech
XION
YoungYear
Zebronics
 
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