Power supply blew out, did it damage anything?

zeke82much

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I built a computer a little over a month ago and I decided to use a power supply from my old computer. Yesterday i went to go take a shower and when i came back there was a burnt electronics smell in my room. I opened up the case and figured out that the power supply had blown (thats were the smell was coming from). I ordered a new power supply but do you guys think the old power supply damaged anything?
 

Praveen926

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Probably your pc components wouldn't blow away.But psu failure sometimes leads to burning of all components.But if a motherboard burns away all your parts which are connected to it also goes away.But in case of psu nothing goes wrong.Just get a new psu and connect it.Everything goes fine,......
 

Praveen926

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You are wrong.Any psu would sometimes damage other components.It doesn't matter even it is branded psu like corsair,thermaltake,seasonic,gigabyte and some more...Any psu can damage the pc components