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I'd look at pulling everything out of the case, checking for short circuits
, and looking for evidence of melting plastic.
- Tim
"Wesley" <ilovekiss@bless.you.com> wrote in message
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>> It is important to solve the Hot Smell - if you have a defective PSU or
>> overloaded one, then it will possibly BLOW UP. Yip happened to me a few
>> years ago with a Big Bang on a Sunday with a lot of work to do... I was
>> lucky and only lost the PSU.
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> Thanks Tim, much appreciated.
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> Yes I smell funny hot. I'm scared with my new PSU 500w. Brand new made by
> Omni, before that my mobo sudden blow up 400 w PSU was bad smell for about
> 10 mins it smelt like burn tyres I rebuild mobo but smell again there
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> I'm so frustrated with hot smell. anyway I soon will get system exhaust
> blower sit in empty pci sloti to remove hot air. This is my last straw.
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