Blown PSU Help

HrodHerich

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Dec 29, 2012
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My old PSU blew up after a power outage, while behind a UPS too. It was a loud pop that made me jump off my chair, and I saw a flash through the window in the case, even though the PSU is closed off to the rest of the case. I guess this means the MB has gone with it.

Since I replaced the PSU I see lights turn on on the motherboard, but nothing happens when the power button is pressed. I have a high-end(for 2014) GPU and CPU, and I'd like to determine if the PSU took any two of them with it. Is there a way to determine if any of them work without having to put them in another system? I don't have another LGA1150 MB available, new ones are expensive and I've always been opposed to buying used motherboards, but I may have to swallow my pride on this one.

I just don't want to spend another ~$200 on this only to find out there's something else wrong. Any suggestions? Any knowledge you wanna share from your own experiences with blown PSUs would be greatly appreciated.

Intel i7 4770k
AMD R9 290 with aftermarket Arctic Accelero Xtreme III cooler
Asus Sabretooth Z87
NZXT H440
Seasonic FOCUS Plus Series SSR-750FX 750W 80+ Gold
Corsair Vengeance 1600 16GB DDR3 RAM
 
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Hopefully its is nothing major. If you haven't I would try removing everything except the CPU and 1 stick of RAM, remove HDD GPU etc and try and boot it.

I had a cheapo PSU blow once, it fried my motherboard when it went sadly.

You may be able to contact your UPS company for reimbursement (many offer this) since this happened with a power failure.
Hopefully its is nothing major. If you haven't I would try removing everything except the CPU and 1 stick of RAM, remove HDD GPU etc and try and boot it.

I had a cheapo PSU blow once, it fried my motherboard when it went sadly.

You may be able to contact your UPS company for reimbursement (many offer this) since this happened with a power failure.
 
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HrodHerich

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Mine was a Corsair TX750, and with the recent power struggles here in Puerto Rico, I'm not sure the UPS would have helped that much with power outages happening every day at the time the PSU died.