PSU burnout?

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I turned on my computer, ran a game for 20 mins, and heard a crackle sound followed by a burning smell.

I immediately pulled the plug before anything else happened.

I have a 420w supply to test, but even though I'm 99% sure it was the fsp supply, should I try the 420w?

i was told FSP was a respected brand name. On the wattage calculator my peak wattage is 285w, so it was well under load.

the psu is rated: 14 and 15 amps on the dual rails, 30 on the 5v and 30 on the 3.3v. any help is appreciated, i intend on replacing this supply at the store.

My setup:
x2 3800+
x800 GTO (eax800 no external power connector)
FSP 400w "green power"
2x 512mb ddr
2x sata150 hard drives (160gig and 200gig)
gigabyte ga-k8nf-9 motherboard
4 90mm fans

Reply to Uh_Oh

well, no replies so i went ahead and installed the 240w.

works fine so far.

New question: will the old fortron still function, or is it royally screwed?

Reply to Uh_Oh

There are a lot of report of failing psu because of bad capacitor. Fortron as far as i know use Fuhjyyu caps widely on their product, and the Fu(Ck)jy(o)u caps is the new king of baddest capasitor..

See this thread about report af failing antec PSu wich also use Fuhjjyu caps..
http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1165

If you spend some time to browse in this forum: http://www.badcaps.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=32 you may find more pics about FSP PSU with bad capasitors inside.

There are also Topower, Zalman, tagan, and many other that use taiwan caps, and the result is disaster..

You may think this is an old news, but actually this (badcaps plague) isn't over yet...

Reply to xall

nope, not old news at all. thanks for the heads up.

Reply to Uh_Oh

Quote :

will the old fortron still function, or is it royally screwed?

Only way to tell for sure is to do one of the following:

1. Use a Digital Multi Meter to test the unit. This is the best solution (whether building a new rig or fixing an old one).

2. Buy a power supply tester. They are easy to use, a bit cheaper than the multi meter, but it only tells you if the psu is functional. It won't give you detailed information like a multi meter will, nor will it monitor the supply under load.

3. Quick and dirty method.. plug the psu into another pc - one you don't care about. If it powers up, you just saved about $10 by not buying #2, however if there are sparks and blue smoke.. well that's another story.

Reply to Silverdagger

Very interesting. I was under the impression that the bad caps issues were primarily in the mobo arena. Thanks for the info!

Reply to Rugger

strange, though. The psu is 1 month old and most of the problems in the capacitor forums happen to psu's at least a year old.

Guess i got a bad one, then.

If I can get a hold of a multimeter I'll give it a try. what do i test for, amps or watts?

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