Did I kill my PSU or all of my system?

[Alfonso Rodriguez]

I am currently building my first pc and yesterday it turned on and asked me to boot a device, which I didn't do because I did not have a copy of Windows with me. At that time the PSU was not screwed in, but i did that later with what I'm pretty certain were the wrong screws as today I noticed they touched some of the inside parts of the PSU, it was never turned on like this yesterday. Today I got a copy of Windows and plugged my pc in and turned on my PSU as well as my monitor, which turned off almost immediately and I noticed that the breaker for my room had shut itself off. Now my pc won't turn on because of the PSU, but I don't know if the other components are damaged as well. Did I just murder my whole system, or just my power supply??

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

You won't know until you test out the computer with a working reliable PSU.

 

[Alfonso Rodriguez]

You won't know until you test out the computer with a working reliable PSU.

Ok, I'm getting a new PSU tomorrow, however, in your honest opinion, do you think that the whole system has been fried?

 

[C12Friedman]

If you had a quality PSU with proper protections there should be no damage to your system but as SR-71 points out, you won't know until...

 

[Alfonso Rodriguez]

If you had a quality PSU with proper protections there should be no damage to your system but as SR-71 points out, you won't know until...

Ok, I have a Corsair CX 600M. Guess I'll find out tomorrow. Thanks

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

The CX 600 is one of the top 3 returned power supplies with the CX 500 and GS 600.

 

[Alfonso Rodriguez]

I got a new PSU today and the computer booted up perfectly. Turns out I didn't kill the whole system.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Awesome glad to hear.