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My Power Supply Blew Up!
Name: John A. Lee Date: December 2, 2006 at 06:45:31 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: 2GB
Comment:
I accidentally turned on my computer without switching the voltage to 220v (I recently moved to Korea)...and the power supply blew up. Will this have any effect on my motherboard or any other piece of hardware inside my computer?
Name: Ray Peate Date: December 2, 2006 at 06:48:36 Pacific
Reply:
Yes - it could well have done, unfortunately.
You'll have to replace the PSU and see, I'm afraid!
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Response Number 2
Name: blackbill Date: December 2, 2006 at 07:20:09 Pacific
Reply:
The last time I had a PSU blow, it did take out the mobo.... had to replace it along with the psu.
You MAY get lucky however... the 220/110 switch is located on the primary side of the psu... hopefully the primary side blew out before passing a spike on to the secondary side.
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Response Number 3
Name: John A. Lee Date: December 2, 2006 at 09:08:32 Pacific
Reply:
Is there a way I can tell if the mobo is gone? There are no distinguishable marks on it.
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Response Number 4
Name: cliffpage Date: December 2, 2006 at 10:20:43 Pacific
Reply:
if there are no burn marks anywhere, then the only way to tell is to put a new psu on it and try it.
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Response Number 5
Name: Sabertooth Date: December 2, 2006 at 12:51:41 Pacific
Reply:
It kinda miffs me how this incident managed to take place.
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Response Number 6
Name: street1 Date: December 2, 2006 at 13:16:36 Pacific
Reply:
miffs-LOL.No need for me to be sanctimonious now.
Even a transformer best thing you could have done..............
You suddenly have a propensity to install power supplies. Good Luck!
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