PSU just blew

[Endzy]

Hi guys,

I just built a PC from the ground up, and as soon as I turned it on, it turned back off, and the smell of crispy fried PSU filled the air. The PSU I purchased was a Corsair AX860i.

Here's a link to my parts list:

http://imgur.com/clzfmqv

I honestly have no idea why it would blow on boot. The GPU I am using is a MARS, and that's everything.

Anyone got anything besides maybe a faulty PSU?

Thanks

 

[tinytomlogan]

you really need to check it is the PSU first tbh matey

 

[JR23]

In my experience if something is shorted or incorrectly wired the PSU will turn off immediately, even awful grey PSU's so unless the AX860i was DOA it may have survived. Even simple things like fans can just do magic smoke and die, tracing the problem without further damage could be difficult if you have no other hardware to interchange. I would have the PSU tested first, taking it up with your retailer may be the fastest way to go.

JR

 

[Endzy]

Ok so I have actually just unplugged one of my SSD's. The WD Black2 and it's booting fine. I think we have found what has been fried. Why would it have blown of all things?

Thanks for the quick responses by the way!

 

[Wraith]

Glad you got it sussed, when a PSU does the fail thing :lol: it either as JR23 pointed out switches off or in my experience goes out in dramatic fashion and the magic smoke is the last thing after the heart attack of the bang that precedes it.

 

[YouWhat]

Ok so I have actually just unplugged one of my SSD's. The WD Black2 and it's booting fine. I think we have found what has been fried. Why would it have blown of all things?

Thanks for the quick responses by the way!

There could be numerous things that cause it to go, dodgy connection on plug on the wire (as they are clip on ones mostly these days), you drive has curled up its toes (How old was it?

)

The problem when this happens is that sometimes (more often than not) it like company.... It likes to take other things out with it as it causes a power spike. By the sounds of it, you have been lucky and its not done too much damage.

If you have access to a 2.5" external USB drive caddy, you could try running the drive through that (use an external USB hub preferably with it as it will minimise any risk to the computer components then).