Light burning smell from PSU

Daconstaz

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hi,

Past 2 days or so there has been a smell like melted solder coming from my computer, im pretty sure its from my PSU because that's where the smell is quite strong. I opened it up but everything seemed fine, no blown capacitors or nothing, There was dust but i managed to clean it.

just recently as well my GTX 570 died on me when I was playing a game, PC restarted, display problems, Gfx card wasn't detected so i took it out. The problem might be related to this.

I've checked the motherboard and everything but everything seems fine, temps are normal, there are no freezes or problems when im using the pc.

Using Antec 750W Earthwatts
http://www.newegg.com/global/au/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371051

 

Daconstaz

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I was using a calculator http://coolermaster.outervision.com/ and it said 403 watts.

And another i was using another one i found on a different thread here and it said 430 watts.

But lets say i get a 750 watt psu and it uses half , is it considered not efficient?

also i might make a new thread instead of this one.
 

ceci1527

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Sorry to resurrect an old question, but I actually have the exact same problem with my Antec Earthwatts 750W. My GTX560ti died (memory) and I noticed just the faintest smell coming from my PSU when I was back behind my tower. On closer inspection, the smell is definitely originating from the PSU and it smells exactly like solder. It's such a faint smell though that I can't even smell it from top of the tower, only the bottom where the PSU is located.

Did you ever end up replacing your PSU? and if you didn't, does your Antec still emit a faint solder smell?