- Sep 8, 2011
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Hey guys, first time posting here so I'm not sure if this is the right area to ask the question.
Anyways, about 6 months ago I built a new PC. I bought the parts from the local Micro Center and put it together myself.
Everything had been working fine for the last few months, but this morning I had a burning smell coming from my computer. I couldn't figure out where it was coming from and my temperatures seemed fine. After an hour or so, I shut down and went on with my day. When I came home this afternoon, I turned the computer on and I got the smell again. But once again, nothing felt hot and the temperatures seemed fine.
After leaving it on for 3 hours or so, I noticed the smell got stronger and all of a sudden my PC shut off and I noticed smoke coming from the corner of the power supply. I quickly unplugged all my cables from the back of the PC. It's been an hour or so and it still smells bad, but I have not turned the PC on since then. I figure the PSU is completely dead.
What I want to know is that if it is okay to just replace the PSU and continue to use the PC as normal or do I have to build an entire new rig? It doesn't seem like the CPU, GPU or MoBo have been damaged and I don't have another PC to test them out on to make sure.
Here are my specs to help a little:
CPU: Intel i7 950 3.07GHz
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X58 1366 ATX
RAM: Corsair 12GB 1333
GPU: EVGA GTX 460 SE
PSU: OCZ 700W StealthXstream
Any and all help is appreciated guys.
Thanks!
Anyways, about 6 months ago I built a new PC. I bought the parts from the local Micro Center and put it together myself.
Everything had been working fine for the last few months, but this morning I had a burning smell coming from my computer. I couldn't figure out where it was coming from and my temperatures seemed fine. After an hour or so, I shut down and went on with my day. When I came home this afternoon, I turned the computer on and I got the smell again. But once again, nothing felt hot and the temperatures seemed fine.
After leaving it on for 3 hours or so, I noticed the smell got stronger and all of a sudden my PC shut off and I noticed smoke coming from the corner of the power supply. I quickly unplugged all my cables from the back of the PC. It's been an hour or so and it still smells bad, but I have not turned the PC on since then. I figure the PSU is completely dead.
What I want to know is that if it is okay to just replace the PSU and continue to use the PC as normal or do I have to build an entire new rig? It doesn't seem like the CPU, GPU or MoBo have been damaged and I don't have another PC to test them out on to make sure.
Here are my specs to help a little:
CPU: Intel i7 950 3.07GHz
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth X58 1366 ATX
RAM: Corsair 12GB 1333
GPU: EVGA GTX 460 SE
PSU: OCZ 700W StealthXstream
Any and all help is appreciated guys.
Thanks!
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