burnt plastic smell

stevenv96

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Oct 18, 2014
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Hi, and thank you in advance for helping. I was on my computer the other day and it started to make a burnt plastic smell so i turned it off and did some research and it said i should remove my cover and dust everything which i did. Now im wondering if i should even turn it on until l figure out what the problem could be.

I have a corsair tx 650 watt power supply i bought two years ago if that has anything to do with.
 
Solution
probably some wire insulation overheating .... if ya use a paper towel tube, sometimes you can isolate the source...I'm betting on the PSU..... sniff the psu air outelt

stevenv96

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Oct 18, 2014
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4,510




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