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Blown Power Supply Question
I was fixing a friends computer and the power supply blew, and I have
since replaced the power supply with a bigger one but all I get are a few LED lights and a heatsink fan to work. I tried plugging in some of the hardware into my main machine to test them, like the HD but the HD seemed to short circuit and the HD control board was so hot that I got burned when I touched it. Is it possible that when the Power Supply blew that it sent a major power surge through the whole system and components that it basically fried them all?? Thanks Dman-x |
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Maybe you killed the motherboard, maybe not.
Please explain how you blew the original power supply. Was it just dead when you tried it. Did you drop a screw in the case. Did you short it. What were you doing to the friends computer? what kind of repair or upgrade??? What kind of power supply? AT or ATX. More details if you want help. Have a nice day! "Dman-x" wrote in message ... I was fixing a friends computer and the power supply blew, and I have since replaced the power supply with a bigger one but all I get are a few LED lights and a heatsink fan to work. I tried plugging in some of the hardware into my main machine to test them, like the HD but the HD seemed to short circuit and the HD control board was so hot that I got burned when I touched it. Is it possible that when the Power Supply blew that it sent a major power surge through the whole system and components that it basically fried them all?? Thanks Dman-x |
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yep
"Dman-x" wrote in message ... I was fixing a friends computer and the power supply blew, and I have since replaced the power supply with a bigger one but all I get are a few LED lights and a heatsink fan to work. I tried plugging in some of the hardware into my main machine to test them, like the HD but the HD seemed to short circuit and the HD control board was so hot that I got burned when I touched it. Is it possible that when the Power Supply blew that it sent a major power surge through the whole system and components that it basically fried them all?? Thanks Dman-x |
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Most probably...
I've seen two systems getting burned by the PSU, one of them totally, the other - only (?) the hd, the cd & the mb. my advice to you - start checking part by part of what's left of that system on some other. any part that doesn't work - it's burned... "Dman-x" wrote in message ... I was fixing a friends computer and the power supply blew, and I have since replaced the power supply with a bigger one but all I get are a few LED lights and a heatsink fan to work. I tried plugging in some of the hardware into my main machine to test them, like the HD but the HD seemed to short circuit and the HD control board was so hot that I got burned when I touched it. Is it possible that when the Power Supply blew that it sent a major power surge through the whole system and components that it basically fried them all?? Thanks Dman-x |
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