New pc made 2 popping sounds and wont start

SomeBody78 · Oct 22, 2015

I bought a new gaming pc 3 days ago. Today I was playing CS:GO. I heard 2 loud pops. Pc shut down and wont reboot. If i tried to switch it on again only 1 light on my case lighted up. I could smell burning near my PSU. I unplugged everything and havent done anything since.
Specs:
AMD FX-8350 8 Cores 125W
8 GB DDR3
4 GB GeForce GTX960 DDR5
980DE3 ASRock USB3 SATA3
500 W PSU. Cant find the name right now.

basroil · Oct 22, 2015

Yup, that's a dead PSU. Return it to the manufacturer

SomeBody78 · Oct 22, 2015

basroil :

Thought so. Im sending my PSU back today.

SomeBody78 · Oct 22, 2015

But can it have a effect on my mobo, cpu or gpu?

utroz · Oct 22, 2015

Did you at least try jumpering the power suppy to make sure that it is what is dead? quick way to do so is to unplug all the power cables and then find the main ATX power cord and jump the 1 green wire with a black wire (there are several and it doesn't matter which one) with a paper clip. If it turns on the power supply then move on to checking voltages with a multimeter..

Here is a video of someone doing the paperclip trick.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co2RizQ8U2k

basroil · Oct 22, 2015

SomeBody78 :

It can, but you won't know until you have a replacement PSU to test. Usually it won't cause issues, but all depends on what shorted and where.

ktolo · Oct 22, 2015

I would say a blown PSU can definitely cause everything else on the mobo to burn out.. CPU, Mobo and RAM. The drives should be ok though. You may want/need to send the whole unit back.

USAFRet · Oct 22, 2015

You built it, or you bought it prebuilt?

SomeBody78 · Oct 22, 2015

So. I bought a prebuilt pc. Sending the whole thing back. I'll let you know what was the problem.

SomeBody78 · Nov 7, 2015

Ok, Warranty fixed it all. My mobo was faulty.

basroil · Nov 7, 2015

SomeBody78 :

I hope they also replaced the PSU as well. Motherboard shorts are rare, but it's certainly possible with prebuilt systems since they tend to use cheaper components.

SomeBody78 · Nov 8, 2015

basroil :

They did

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