Need tips repairin PSU

grandpatzer

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Recently I replaced fan in the PSU, The fan molex pressed the green pcb card and made it move.
My suspicion is either soldering got loose on powerplug or a component on that green PCB got damaged.

I have a soldering Iron + multimeter, I'm going to disassemble the PSU.

Now I need suggestions what to look for, can I make some multimeter measurements to figure out if a soldering is broken or some component on that PCB card?
From wall using the Black/Green power on Trick I get following:
Power OFF: 0.0watt, Power ON: around 0.6 - 0.7 watt, I live in Sweden and we have 230volt system here.

If a component is damaged my guess would be it's one of the ones on top right corner on this picture, this image is from jonnyguru review of this PSU:
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These 2 images are on my PSU and show the molex fan.
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This is something highly technical mate, I think it is better to see an electrician for this type of work unless you really know what you're doing.

My only suggestion would be to use the continuity function on the multimeter and check if all connections are still solid.
 
This is something highly technical mate, I think it is better to see an electrician for this type of work unless you really know what you're doing.

My only suggestion would be to use the continuity function on the multimeter and check if all connections are still solid.

And very dangerous...

The capacitors/other components can hold enough charge for a few weeks after being plugged in to kill somebody...
If you don't know what you're doing, it's not worth the risk.
 
My advice is just buy a new one mate, last thing you need is being put on your arse by a PSU. If it blew afterwards and took anything out with it, no warranty coverage AT ALL. I'd bin it and get a new one dude. really would
 
And very dangerous...

The capacitors/other components can hold enough charge for a few weeks after being plugged in to kill somebody...
If you don't know what you're doing, it's not worth the risk.

+1

Never mess/dismantle a PSU

Very dangerous.
 
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