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Started by Thazzrill | | 7 answers
Hello,
So about a week ago I noticed this weird smell from my psu, sort of like burning plastic. I checked everything and opened the pc, checked all the cables etc and everything was just fine, but I noticed the smell coming from the upper part of my pc, the psu. It stopped after a bit and wasn't bad at all but a few hours back it started smelling a bit worse than before and I feel like it might be a bit stronger. Now it's kind of between burned plastic and burned wood almost. I am going to get a new psu but it's not going to arrive in 1-3 days, so can I actually use the pc as it is, or is it going to spark and blow up my entire rig, as it's not really a super expensive psu, and has been in the pc for about 4 years.
Thanks.
So about a week ago I noticed this weird smell from my psu, sort of like burning plastic. I checked everything and opened the pc, checked all the cables etc and everything was just fine, but I noticed the smell coming from the upper part of my pc, the psu. It stopped after a bit and wasn't bad at all but a few hours back it started smelling a bit worse than before and I feel like it might be a bit stronger. Now it's kind of between burned plastic and burned wood almost. I am going to get a new psu but it's not going to arrive in 1-3 days, so can I actually use the pc as it is, or is it going to spark and blow up my entire rig, as it's not really a super expensive psu, and has been in the pc for about 4 years.
Thanks.
Thazzrill
September 29, 2014 5:01:16 PM
So I just opened it up, took out the psu and look around, I also cleaned out some of the dust. I inpected it and i noticed on the back side where the screws are at, that in one place looked like there was no screw at all. I looked closer and it seems like the screw is kind of black and has only like a shell of it, but all in all it's not too noticable. Could that be the case?
JackNaylorPE
September 29, 2014 4:21:21 PM
Thazzrill
September 29, 2014 3:48:30 PM
i7Baby
September 29, 2014 3:45:09 PM
Thazzrill
September 29, 2014 3:36:01 PM
i7Baby
September 29, 2014 3:30:58 PM
JackNaylorPE
September 29, 2014 3:29:24 PM
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