Question Can my psu fry everything in my pc?

[Firsttimebuilder789]

My psu fried, good that it didn’t catch fire. Is it possible that it broke the entire pc? I can’t really try because i don’t have another psu. If my friends would let me borrow their psu for this purpose could it break it if the system doesn’t work?

 

[logainofhades]

If your PSU was a low quality unit, yes, it is quite possible it killed other components, along with itself. As long as nothing actually burnt, testing with the friend's PSU should not hurt theirs.

 

[Firsttimebuilder789]

If your PSU was a low quality unit, yes, it is quite possible it killed other components, along with itself. As long as nothing actually burnt, testing with the friend's PSU should not hurt theirs.

It was a 60 euro corsair one and it had 650 watts so is that a low quality?

 

[logainofhades]

If it was the CXM model, that is a decent quality unit. If it was a VS model, not very good quality, but not fire hazard level of poor quality. Even with a quality unit, the chance is there, for other things to die with the PSU, but the probability is far lower, than that of a very poor quality unit.

 

[Firsttimebuilder789]

If it was the CXM model, that is a decent quality unit. If it was a VS model, not very good quality, but not fire hazard level of poor quality. Even with a quality unit, the chance is there, for other things to die with the PSU, but the probability is far lower, than that of a very poor quality unit.

Vs unit Should I even bother to check? I have a home varranty and have to pay only 150 to 200€ for them to completely replace the pc. That isn’t a lot compared to the pcs price

 

[logainofhades]

As long as said claim won't affect you, with your insurance company, I would just go that route and get a new/better PC.

 

[RainingTacco]

If you have insurance then use it, otherwise if a friend have good PSU with good SCP then it will just shut down or not start at all if it detect any short circuit on your board.

 

[jonnyguru]

Vs unit Should I even bother to check? I have a home varranty and have to pay only 150 to 200€ for them to completely replace the pc. That isn’t a lot compared to the pcs price

IF the PSU fried any of your components and the PSU is still under warranty, you can file a claim with Corsair for the damaged parts (you'll have to send them into Corsair) and it won't impact your insurance rates like a home owners or renters insurance would.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

As said above, a failed PSU can kill other hardware in your PC.

I would contact Corsair, as they seem to be very good about warranty claims.

 

[Firsttimebuilder789]

Thats good news! So I just go to corsairs site and ask what to do from there?

 

[Firsttimebuilder789]

After I obviously check if anything broke*
About that, if I want to check if my ram for example is broken and put it into another pc could it harm the other pc?

 

[jonnyguru]

Thats good news! So I just go to corsairs site and ask what to do from there?

https://help.corsair.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

 

[portapotty]

Although very unlikely, it is possible for a motherboard to fry a PSU, I have seen it a couple of times. If you pair a cheap mobo (one that is prone to blowing its capacitors/does a bad job at diverting the output current from PSU/shorts its circuits) with a substandard PSU, all kind of stuff can happen.

That said, it is unlikely something like that happened to you. I had some cheap PSUs dying on me, you'll probably get away with just replacing the PSU. Even the crap-tier ones nowadays should have overcurrent protection and other safety mechanisms. Just be sure the replacement one has enough wattage to power your system. If it doesn't it might fry by virtue of all the heat it generates in trying to supply the demand of your PC.