power supply just fried...................

way2slo · Post by **way2slo** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 4:25 pm

the power supply just fried on my brother's computer, smoke coming out from the case, would it cause other damage like mobo and harddrives? how do i check it?
thanks

slippy · Post by **slippy** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 8:13 pm

i would just plug in a working psu to see if the other components still work

Boomerang Rapido · Post by **Boomerang Rapido** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 12:41 am

Second that. In fact I don't know how else it could be done. Try another PSU and see what happens.

I wouldn't think anything is fried though. I've had a PSU die on me (no smoke though) while I was out of the house. The machine had been left 'on' with a deffective PSU for hours and everything was working fine after replacing the PSU.

GamingGod · Post by **GamingGod** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 6:17 am

yea i had one smoke one time too. It didnt hurt any of my stuff. except my feelings a little bit

way2slo · Post by **way2slo** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 8:52 am

thanks guys