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puff oh smoke

Discussion in 'Other Hardware' started by monkeyspunk, Sep 24, 2003.

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  1. monkeyspunk Newcomer, in training

    WOW just playing DOD and my computer shut off next thing I know smoke was coming out the back>is this what they do when they go bad or to low of WATTS was a 300 but not no more (put in the 450 from my other mach for now:confused:
    monkeyspunk, Sep 24, 2003
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  2. StormBringer Newcomer, in training

    Sounds like your PSU died. Probably caused by something else, possibly power surge, or from excessive load.
    They don't usually blow smoke when they just up and die.
    StormBringer, Sep 24, 2003
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  3. Phantasm66 Newcomer, in training

    Your CPU fan could have stopped turning.
    Phantasm66, Sep 25, 2003
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  4. vassil3427 Newcomer, in training

    Actually I've had a couple Power Supplies die on me and one of them smoked, it was because one of the large capacitors inside exploded....
    vassil3427, Sep 25, 2003
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  5. poertner_1274 secroF laicepS topShceT

    I agree with Phantasm I think your fan stopped working and it just burned out the capacitor, which caused it to smoke.
    poertner_1274, Sep 25, 2003
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