[SOLVED] Loud pop and burning noise - still seems to work fine

[aDrain76]

So when turning on the power to my PSU i get a series of pops and then a burning smell, however, it seems to work fine afterwards. GPU: RTX 2070, PSU:EVGA 750BQ. Both of them are fairly new, maybe a month old at most. Please let me know what I should do accordingly and if I should be worried.

 

[mdd1963]

That is very concerning...

But it can certainly be difficult to know 'exactly' where the pops/burning smell came from...

If you are sure it came from within the PSU, I'd replace it....

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

i would definitely be worried. you know something fried or there wouldn't have been a smell. discovering what is the problem.
i would not trust my components connected to this power supply until determining that it was not the direct culprit.

do you have a second system available to test components on?

 

[aDrain76]

Thanks for the replies, but no I don't have a second system to test the components on. Next time it happens I'll look around and see where the smell is strongest. Definitely seems to be somewhere around the power supply though.

 

[aDrain76]

Do you have any recommendations for a new power supply around 750w if I do end up having to replace it?

 

[King_V]

The EVGA BQ is NOT a good power supply. I would replace it even if it hadn't popped.

Do you really need 750W? What are your other components besides the video card?

What country are you in?

 

[aDrain76]

Alright good to know. I also have a i9 9900k and 16 gigs of ram. I could probably get away with 700w but I had gone for the 750 just to be sure, and I'm in Costa Rica. Any specific PSU's that could work for me?

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

Any specific PSU's that could work for me?

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[OllympianGamer]

If your going to test it anyways I'd take the psu out of the system and test it that way it will be easier to detect where the noises originate.

 

[aDrain76]

Update: Booted it back up today to smell around and find the origin. Searched around until I cameto the power strip and it was pretty clear that it came from there so I went to get a new one. The old one I had been using for probably around 15 years now so it wouldn't be a surprise if it were malfunctioning now, and it seemed to be the case. Swapped out the power strip and no pops, no smell, nothing, just a clean experience. I still plan on probably replacing the PSU in the future just to be sure, and to keep my pc protected. Thanks for all the help and I'm glad we got it figured out. 🙂