Did I Fry my Computer?

InsaneDweller · Sep 24, 2014

I moved to Europe and my power supply was set to 115v and sparks came out. This has me worried, I have a VP 450 psu that has Over Voltage Protection, not sure of what my chances are. I am getting a new one this weekend, but I want to know what my chances are, thanks in advance? Edit: It caused a blackout.

Specs:

Mobo: GA78LMT-USB3
CPU: FX 6300
GPU: MSI 7790
RAM: 4GB
500 GB Hard drive

canadianvice · Sep 24, 2014

As in to take 115? If so, no <mod edit>. Europe uses 240v, so you fried it good if that's what it was rated for.
It could also just be a crummy PSU, I've never heard of that brand.

C12Friedman · Sep 24, 2014

As you are aware, you did fry the PSU, did it provide the protections Antec says it does? Only time will tell on that one, replace the PSU and see...
Good luck

geofelt · Sep 24, 2014

The back of the psu has a red selector switch to select the input voltage.
If you did not change that to 240v, you probably did fry the psu.
Some newer/better units will autodetect the voltage.

Hopefully, the psu had adequate protection so you did not damage the rest of your parts.

InvalidError · Sep 24, 2014

canadianvice :

You never heard of Antec? The VP450 is one of their best low-end PSUs and is in tier-2b on the PSU list... one of the best PSUs you can get for ~$40 regular retail price when you do not feel like messing around with MIRs or hunting discounts on better units.

InvalidError · Sep 24, 2014

As far as damaging the rest of the PSU, a primary-side catastrophic fault in a SMPS with isolated outputs rarely affects the outputs so I am 99% confident the PSU is the only thing that blew up.

InsaneDweller · Sep 24, 2014

I will get a new psu later and see.

capt_taco · Sep 24, 2014

If it did its job, the PSU limited the damage to itself. One reason why it pays not to go with the super-cheapo kinds.

Although with an error of that magnitude, you can never be completely sure until you try to fire it up again. My money would be on it being safe, though.

canadianvice · Sep 24, 2014

InvalidError :

Nowhere was antec listed. I assumed it was VP.

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