[SOLVED] My dead PSU killed my Mobo and not sure if something more

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gogo7bg

gogo7bg

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First before you ask me here are the specs:
FX-8350
8GB DDR3
Zotac GTX 1060 6GB AMP Edition
ASRock 970M Pro3
250GB Samsung 850 Evo
2x Barracuda 500GB hard drives
And PSU...well...
Yesterday while I was playing on my PC it just stopped. I thought it was overheated so I waited an hour. But when I tried to power it on nothing happened. No fans, no beep, nothing! It happened just after I finished cleaning it up. There was a strange smell of something burned from the PSU. My PSU was a generic one, so I guess it was the problem. Tried changing the RAM slots, with/without GPU, hard drives, keyboard or mouse, resetting the BIOS with the CMOS battery or the jumper but sadly nothing happened. Then I knew the PSU was dead. So I got 2 new PSU's from my uncle because he just have so many. One was german 350W, the other-a generic 450W. Both turned on the PC but the Monitor did not showed anything at all and no beep, just fans spinning. I think that the old one killed my mobo. Now Im afraid if the mobo or the PSU killed the GPU or CPU too. Could it be that? I tested the hard drives and the ssd and they were working thankfully. But Im not sure for the CPU or the GPU. Im already thinking of buying new parts for a total overhaul. I mean ryzen 5, 16gb ddr4 and totally a new and better PSU. I'd be happy if the GPU still works. I got it jsut 1 month ago.
 
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gogo7bg said:
My PSU was a generic one, so I guess it was the problem
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Absolutely no doubt that was your problem. Unbranded / generic ones have the potential to die sooner, and if they do, take other components with them.

gogo7bg said:
One was german 350W, the other-a generic 450W.
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Hopefully you don't stick with generic ones or the issue could happen again!

gogo7bg said:
Now Im afraid if the mobo or the PSU killed the GPU or CPU too.
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There really is only one way to find out, swap out the components with other ones and retest, there's no real magic solution to testing if it has damaged others. Looking for blown capacitors on your motherboard may help, but rarely you'll see any.

Unfortunately this is the downfall of poor quality PSUs, if they go, there...
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I also found out what the waranty wouldnt work if it got fried because it will be your fault for not getting a better PSU.
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In all fairness the warranties have always been like this - which does make sense ultimately, as they are effectively saying "we'll cover any problems that have been caused by us or our manufacturing process".

One could argue the PSU companies should be paying out for all the damage, but ultimately they're selling budget PSUs knowing full well they won't protect in serious cases because it is just that - "budget" and they don't advertise them as the bee's knees.

I think it's just one of them that some people will always stick to budget, and eventually they'll ultimately pay more when it blows their other components, but more and more people are becoming aware of the risks.

Either way, glad to hear that your other components have been safe 👍
 
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In all fairness the warranties have always been like this - which does make sense ultimately, as they are effectively saying "we'll cover any problems that have been caused by us or our manufacturing process".

One could argue the PSU companies should be paying out for all the damage, but ultimately they're selling budget PSUs knowing full well they won't protect in serious cases because it is just that - "budget" and they don't advertise them as the bee's knees.

I think it's just one of them that some people will always stick to budget, and eventually they'll ultimately pay more when it blows their other components, but more and more people are becoming aware of the risks.

Either way, glad to hear that your other components have been safe 👍
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I agree with you. Also this is what currently is running, what doesn't and what
im not sure for and what is my current setup is just to clear everything:

Mobo - dead af boiii (maybe...fried chipset)
Cpu - not sure, hope its alright
Gpu - alive and well, currently using it
Ram - in use
Hard drives and ssd - in use
Psu - belongs to the trash

Current setup:
Mobo - ... Not sure...asrock "something" lga 1156
Cpu - i5 760 overclocked to 3.5ghz
Gou - Zotac 1060 6gb amp edition
Ram -2x 4gb ddr3 hyperX blu 1600 (the cpu is trash and doesn't support anything over 1333 so now im using an underclocked HyperX...)
Hards and ssd - 2x barracuda 500gb and Samsung evo 850 250gb
Psu - be quiet system power b9 350w bronze ( not that bad if i can say...but still gonna upgrade)
 
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PC Tailor said:
In all fairness the warranties have always been like this - which does make sense ultimately, as they are effectively saying "we'll cover any problems that have been caused by us or our manufacturing process".

One could argue the PSU companies should be paying out for all the damage, but ultimately they're selling budget PSUs knowing full well they won't protect in serious cases because it is just that - "budget" and they don't advertise them as the bee's knees.

I think it's just one of them that some people will always stick to budget, and eventually they'll ultimately pay more when it blows their other components, but more and more people are becoming aware of the risks.

Either way, glad to hear that your other components have been safe 👍
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I agree with you. Also this is what currently is running, what doesn't and what
im not sure for and what is my current setup is just to clear everything:

Mobo - dead af boiii (maybe...fried chipset)
Cpu - not sure, hope its alright
Gpu - alive and well, currently using it
Ram - in use
Hard drives and ssd - in use
Psu - belongs to the trash

Current setup:
Mobo - ... Not sure...asrock "something" lga 1156
Cpu - i5 760 overclocked to 3.5ghz
Gou - Zotac 1060 6gb amp edition
Ram -2x 4gb ddr3 hyperX blu 1600 (the cpu is trash and doesn't support anything over 1333 so now im using an underclocked HyperX...)
Hards and ssd - 2x barracuda 500gb and Samsung evo 850 250gb
Psu - be quiet system power b9 350w bronze ( not that bad if i can say...but still gonna upgrade)
 
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Yea i wouldnt use that pc for long. A 1060 really needs more than 350 watts. Be quiet is a generally decent brand but each brand has lower end models.
Likely the mobo is what limits ram speeds. Its probably a b or h series mobo (im not too knowledgeable about older stuff. I think those old 1st gen cpus needed to be base clock overclocked.
I would guess your cpu is fine and some of the the motherboards components failed and didnt allow the current to surge the cpu. No way to know right now tho.
 
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The mobo is a gigabyte ga-h55m-s2v if you want to know. Also the chipset is dead because when i truned on the pc there was no heat coming from the chipset heatsink.
 
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I have been thinking...is Seasonic Focus Plus 550W gold a good idea? I mean there are people saying that there are cracking noises coming from the fan.
 
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ok so a little update on whats happening

I am going to buy the PSU first so that I can test it if its ok
And I've managed to overclock the i5 760 to 3.7ghz. Very stable tbh. Didn't expect to be that stable even with the stock cooler.
thats really all that happened.
Thanks you guys for all the support you gave me. I think I've learned my lesson - dont buy or use cheap PSU's bc most of them will kill your PC one day.
 
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