Dropped a screw into my power supply and didn't notice. Attempted to power on, nothing. Found screw afterwards.

[samhoffman]

No pun intended, but how screwed am I?

I was doing some wire management, and while putting it all back together I realized I was one screw short. I assumed I had dropped it in the garage, replaced it with an extra, and moved on. After I didn't get any power whatsoever, I checked EVERYTHING and eventually found the screw in PSU. I immediately unplugged it but I fear I'm too late.

Have I fried my PSU? Could my components have been damaged by this? If I manage to get the screw out, would it be possible to get it working again?

Thanks in advance everyone!

 

[synphul]

All you can do is try to get the screw out and try to power it on. Make sure the outlet that it's plugged into is good, known working. You can try the paperclip test to test it outside your pc.

http://www.seasonic.ru/tech-support/jump-start/

If it still doesn't power on it's probably cooked. If it has a power switch on the back of the unit, have you tried flipping it off, unplugging it, plugging it back and then turning the switch back on to reset it? Sometimes that's all it takes. If it's switchless (just a power cable) and doesn't power on you'll probably need a new unit. Very possible that a loose screw shorted something internally.

As far as components being damaged, probably not but no way to tell for sure. You'll need to get a working power supply to determine anything further, it's just speculation at this point.