My computer keeps on blowing the plug fuse after I had replaced a 4 pin power cable extension,which had overheated on the connection attatched to the cable not the motherboard end just in case this wasn't the problem I replaced the power supply unit but it did exactly the same thing,am I correct to assume there is now a short on the motherboard.
Computer blowing plug fuse
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Cycloid Torus
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Sorry to hear this, but 240v is not easy stuff.
So you replaced every thing from the wall outlet including the power supply and up to the connection with the motherboard. It still blows the inline fuse (15 amp 240v or similar). It would seem very likely that motherboard is messed up - and possibly the CPU if the voltage crossed through the onboard regulators and if it was the 4-pin which feeds the CPU.
If it were mine, I would get another system and go through this testing for "good" parts - HDD, CD, mouse, keyboard, etc. - like a backwards build. An alternative would be to remove HDD and donate the rest to a technology course at a local school.
So you replaced every thing from the wall outlet including the power supply and up to the connection with the motherboard. It still blows the inline fuse (15 amp 240v or similar). It would seem very likely that motherboard is messed up - and possibly the CPU if the voltage crossed through the onboard regulators and if it was the 4-pin which feeds the CPU.
If it were mine, I would get another system and go through this testing for "good" parts - HDD, CD, mouse, keyboard, etc. - like a backwards build. An alternative would be to remove HDD and donate the rest to a technology course at a local school.
Cycloid Torus
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Glad you were able to isolate the problem and to salvage some of it.
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