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Computer help: My computer just exploded
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| Trancewave |
Well not my computer but my little nephew's. He asked me to take a look and see what's wrong with his computer. So I pluged in his tower to my monitor and boot it up and then BAM!!
Saw a giant fireball shot out through the back of his PC and puffed out lots of smoke. :nervous:
I'm gonna let the PC cool down a bit before I open it up. I'm guessing it's the power supply that went belly up but a little concerned that it might've fried a lot of other things because I saw a fireball. Just wondering what happened. I'll know when I open it up.
Anyone ever had this happen to their PC? and how I'd prevent this from happening again?
This will teach him the importance of getting good fans and a nice cooling system. I'll buy him a bigger power supply and see what happens. |
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| S2K |
When you said exploded, I thought you were exaggerating. :nervous:
Anyhow, I don't really know the cause of this, but perhaps a power surge or something?
Also, the "fireball" is likely to have been caused by the dust trapped in the fan, due to the fan pushing air outwards causing the fireball effect.
hope you get it sorted! |
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| ahlamalek |
ROFL
Oh my, the best laugh of the day... this is fuuny :)
I laugh because like that happened to me so many times...
I think it could be a damaged powersupply with a shortcircuit... |
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| L0newo1F |
| Hmm this happened to a guy in my IT class a school. He was feeling around the back, And flicked a red switch that changed it fomr Australian ports to american. IT blew up and hepas of smoke... maybe that somehow? |
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| Maaz |
| quote: | Originally posted by L0newo1F
He was feeling around the back, And flicked a red switch that changed it fomr Australian ports to american |
Does it mean "110 Volts -> 220 Volts?" |
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| Geed |
| quote: | Originally posted by Maaz
Does it mean "110 Volts -> 220 Volts?" |
lol Yes it does, and if you set it to 110V and plug it into 230V....
well you can imagine.
Maybe thats what happened?? or it was just malfunctioning powersuply.
But the rest of your comp shuld be ok, the power suplyes shuld be build to protect from surges and short cuts.
my friends comp got fried because lightning hit theyr powerline and caused a surge. his power supply was toasted but the rest of his comp is alright...so good luck.;) |
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| RedLunatik |
woah taht sucks man
hope most of the parts are still good
*goes cleans his fans* |
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| Turbonium |
Well assuming it was your PSU (which it most likely was), and assuming the surge (or whatever it was) didn't fry any of your other computer components... You should buy a quality PSU. Here is a good manufacturer...
www.antec-inc.com
Get a TruePower series PSU (coincidentally, it's currently being advertised on their front page). Get at least the same wattage of your old PSU. If you can afford it (and depending on the components in your pc, and any future upgrade plans), get a higher wattage PSU (you be the judge of that). |
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| Trancewave |
Looks like it's the power supply. Thanks for the advice guys.
Now I know when it's time for me to build my new PC to get a good power supply and loads of cooling and fans. I've always never given it a second thought.
*goes and hugs his PC* |
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| Dr. Cfire |
| If you fried the PSU like that you more than likely fried the mother board also. Good chance it was the 110/220 volt switch that caused the problem but due to the "extra" voltage going through the power supply you probably killed the atx connector on the mother board. |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| fukin sweet! Fiiiiiiire!!!! |
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| Turbonium |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dr. Cfire
If you fried the PSU like that you more than likely fried the mother board also. Good chance it was the 110/220 volt switch that caused the problem but due to the "extra" voltage going through the power supply you probably killed the atx connector on the mother board. |
It's possible, but not necessarily. Some PSUs have burn protection. Of course, if his PSU was cheapo, it probably didn't. That's why I told him to make sure his other components (mobo, CPU, etc.) didn't get fried before he goes and gets a new PSU. |
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