Computer went off, then pop, then spark and then i cried....

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So yeah as I stated on the very sad title, I was using my computer and out of no where, my computer went off, then i heard a pop and then I saw light behind my computer (which is under my desk). Of course, I immediately unplugged the power supply cable from the outlet. After like 5-8 minutes, I unplugged every cable from my computer and took my computer out from the desk.

After opening my computer, I noticed a burn smell coming from the computer which was stronger around the power supply. Thus, I took the power supply out from the case.

I am like around 60% sure that the power supply is dead. I am also currently waiting for a friend's of mine to lend me his power supply to see if there was any other component which died during this regretful event. In the mean time, I just wanted to ask the community( and who ever reads this boring post) if there is anything i should be cautious about, in order to not sink myself even lower into despair.... Furthermore, if anyone could provide me with any ideas that they may have about what caused this occurrence and how to prevent it, I would be very thankful.

Also these are my current specs:

Asus m4a89gtd Pro/USB3
No internal graphic card
Amd Phenom x4 925 or so (Cant really check right now since I cannot turn the pc on lol)
4 gigabytes of ram
Windows 7
2 500 gb hard drives
Eagle ET-PSVTX500-BK (yeah i know not the best company one could get power supplies from....)

Most probably noticed but this is a custom build computer

P.S: Also, I forgot to mention that before I unplugged the pc after the spark and shutting down of it, I noticed that the motherboard had the green led on (the one that signifies that I can turn on the computer)

Would that mean that the motherboard is safe or does it hold no importance in this matter?
 
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I think what happened to me, specifically, was a blown capacitor? It was years ago, so I can not rightly recall. I would not be able to deduce what happened, specifically, in your case without pictures.

Really, it just boils down to quality. You could have just gotten a bad PSU out of a bad batch from a bad power supply company. It can happen. Just be glad you were there when it happened, and it wasn't more severe (and burned down your house).

I am not the most well-versed in PSU units, but this site has some excellent articles on the subject that you can look through. Plenty of the people also know, off the back of their hand, which companies make and supply good, quality, PSUs.
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Yeah.... I guess I am in the foolish group. I learn from experience. However, I fail to understand how did that happen. I mean, I would understand if it was while i was playing a game but I was just browsing and in a skype call. (Though I do tend to have like 10 tabs open at the same time).
 
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I think what happened to me, specifically, was a blown capacitor? It was years ago, so I can not rightly recall. I would not be able to deduce what happened, specifically, in your case without pictures.

Really, it just boils down to quality. You could have just gotten a bad PSU out of a bad batch from a bad power supply company. It can happen. Just be glad you were there when it happened, and it wasn't more severe (and burned down your house).

I am not the most well-versed in PSU units, but this site has some excellent articles on the subject that you can look through. Plenty of the people also know, off the back of their hand, which companies make and supply good, quality, PSUs.
 
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Sirtec makes the 500w & 600w OCZ PSUs, so it should be ok.
 
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two possibilities 1. im pretty sure check your main wiring of house and in home...how? well plugin a charger in that board if it get hot with in 30to 50 minutes.means you have problem in your wiring i.e sparking...or may be powercable breakage due to some twist or...2 moisture somewhere or may it happened in rainy season////////////////
 
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two possibilities 1. im pretty sure check your main wiring of house and in home...how? well plugin a charger in that board if it get hot with in 30to 50 minutes.means you have problem in your wiring i.e sparking...or may be powercable breakage due to some twist or...2 moisture somewhere or may it happened in rainy season////////////////
 
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