Today, my 500w PSU burned out.
Honestly, it's my fault that I didn't replace it sooner - I've had it for over 6 years now and I've replaced and added several components which likely contributed to it's demise.
Anyway, I was playing X3 Albion Prelude, and I heard a brief sizzle from my computer, as it shut down instantaneously. I've then noticed a frightening smell of burning plastic. There didn't seem to be any smoke, though. I quickly unplugged and opened my computer up and started smelling the GPU - clearly it wasn't the part that burned out. Then I smelled the PSU - definitely the part that's burnt out.
Honestly, I'm surprised the old chum held out this long. I think I'll hold a little funeral in my back yard with my 2 cats - I'll even give it a headstone with tales of it's bravery and fortitude.
I'm getting a new and improved 700w PSU tomorrow which should hopefully ensure that I won't have any problems like this again when replacing components with new ones, at least not in the near future.
However, how likely is it that the blow out knocked other components out aswell? I need an optimistic answer to help me sleep tonight.
Honestly, it's my fault that I didn't replace it sooner - I've had it for over 6 years now and I've replaced and added several components which likely contributed to it's demise.
Anyway, I was playing X3 Albion Prelude, and I heard a brief sizzle from my computer, as it shut down instantaneously. I've then noticed a frightening smell of burning plastic. There didn't seem to be any smoke, though. I quickly unplugged and opened my computer up and started smelling the GPU - clearly it wasn't the part that burned out. Then I smelled the PSU - definitely the part that's burnt out.
Honestly, I'm surprised the old chum held out this long. I think I'll hold a little funeral in my back yard with my 2 cats - I'll even give it a headstone with tales of it's bravery and fortitude.
I'm getting a new and improved 700w PSU tomorrow which should hopefully ensure that I won't have any problems like this again when replacing components with new ones, at least not in the near future.
However, how likely is it that the blow out knocked other components out aswell? I need an optimistic answer to help me sleep tonight.
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