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My PSU get broken , are my other components damaged too?

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January 18, 2014 8:30:14 AM

Hi all , a week ago i build my first PC, it worked all fine for 2 days , i have tried to play Battlefield 4 on ultra it worked and after playin a while my pc shut down from itself after a while there was a smell of burned electronic, but i didnt hear some noises or someting like that , and there was no smoke , just the smell i opened my pc and took the PSU out and it smelled a little bit burned. When i opened my PC id didnt smelled burned only the PSU smelled burned when i tooked it out .

Now i want to know if my components are damaged too..

CPU:AMD FX x6 6350
GPU: Sapphire AMD R9 270 2GB DUAL-X with boost & oc version
Motherboard: MSI 760GM-p23 FX AM3+
RAM: G. SKILL 4gb DDR3 ripjaws 1333MHz
PSU: Linkworld 600W LPK19-35C22
(i know linkworld is junk but i realized that later...)


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January 18, 2014 8:47:03 AM

you won't know till you replace the PSU
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a b ) Power supply
January 18, 2014 8:50:48 AM

For your own interest you might pull the cover off of the old PSU and look for obviously damaged parts - capacitors, resistors, wires, etc. That will give you an idea of what to look for on the other components.

There's no way to tell definitively other than visual inspection and a new PSU. Look for electrolytic capacitors with tops that are swollen up, i.e not flat across the top, and things that look discolored like solid capacitors, resistors, traces, etc. on the mobo, graphics card, hard drives, SSD, etc. If you see any they, are probably damaged and should be replaced. You can test that with a new PSU but you run the risk of damaging the new PSU also.
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January 18, 2014 9:20:49 AM

Thanks :D 
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