Recent content by Alowin

Thanks everyone for the responses I'll post here further once I get a new PSU. Also anyone has any PSU recommendations for my setup that wouldn't start burning (XD) feel free to comment.

I mean since the power was out the UPS was on battery yes but still the PC was shutdown(not OFF since I didn't flick the switch at the back OFF). I hope it was just a PSU defect and a new PSU wouldn't have same issue and I'll be more careful and flick the Switch OFF when not in use that way I...

Well to check the first I'll have to get a new PSU first, I think this one is still in Warranty so maybe I'd get one from them. Will let you know when the PC turns on. I'm confident I shut it down, I was also having thoughts at that time that maybe I should turn the UPS off as well(idk why).

i5 12400F RTX 3060 12GB 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD PSU:GIGABYTE GP-P550B 80 Plus Bronze Dual Booted with Windows and Manjaro Linux Just over a year old and used for gaming(once every few days for a couple of hours), youtube watching, programming and nothing else.

So a few days ago there was a power outage in my area. I shutdown my PC which is connected to my UPS (https://www.cyberpower.com/in/en/product/sku/bu1000e). I left room and when I came back like half an hour later there was white smoke coming out of the back of my PC and it was "on" (the RGB was...