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psu concerns after burn smell from mobo leading to dead mobo

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March 22, 2014 4:36:14 AM

i usually check these forum for solutions so i decided to ask a question here. this was my setup: asrock z77 pro4, i5 3570k, crucial ballistik 8gb 1600 lvp, 64gb ssd, 500gb hdd, nvidia 650 gtx ti and raidmax 630w psu (semi modular). i unplugged the tower to clean it(sentey optimus case). i got a message when powering up after stating that the cmos needs configuring. this has happen to me before and this time i checked the cmos battery and it was 3v. i configure cmos to get my fan speed to quiet but efficient. however, i smelt something burning after the 3rd restart while the pc was in window, then it lost power. it tried to reboot but nothing getting power. i tried another psu but still nothing. i bought a cheaper mobo and it booted to bios with old psu. i tried the raidmax and it booted to bios also. i'm still to connect hdd etc. however, i was wondering is the psu trust -worthy after the mobo was fried? i didn't smell any burn from the psu though. thanks for your replies

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March 22, 2014 6:53:28 AM

If you trusted it when you bought it, then there are no reasons not to trust it now. You did something when cleaning the PC that caused a short, but it's difficult to determine what it was. It could be as simple as a motherboard that wasn't tight enough causing it to move slightly and short out to a post.
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March 23, 2014 6:44:07 AM

GhislainG said:
If you trusted it when you bought it, then there are no reasons not to trust it now. You did something when cleaning the PC that caused a short, but it's difficult to determine what it was. It could be as simple as a motherboard that wasn't tight enough causing it to move slightly and short out to a post.


Thanks for your reply. I will use the PSU since it is the only one I have that will fit my case using cable management. But no over clocking on this cheap board until I get a z77.

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