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Hi,
I bought a new case about a week ago. While I'm waiting for my new CPU, I
thought that it might be a good thing to run the power supply, just to check
things out, and I was also curious about how lound the power supply fan
would be, so I installed the CPU-less motherboard into the case, and have
been powering it on for several hours at a time (always while I'm going to
be around).
I've only done this for a couple of times, but I've noticed a very slight
"burning rubber" odor that appears to be coming from the rear of the power
supply. I was kind of hoping that it was something that would just go away
eventually, but like I said, it's been about a week now, and still seems to
be happening.
I can't detect any area of the power supply case that seems to be
particularly hot, in fact it doesn't even feel very warm.
The power supply is an "Austin" 300W, in a Supercases PC-132 case.
Is this odor normal with new power supplies?
Should I wait until I have the CPU installed? I'm guessing that the bard
motherboard (a KT7E) doesn't draw much current by itself.
Should I start thinking about returning the case/power supply and getting an
exchange?
Thanks,
Jim
Hi,
I bought a new case about a week ago. While I'm waiting for my new CPU, I
thought that it might be a good thing to run the power supply, just to check
things out, and I was also curious about how lound the power supply fan
would be, so I installed the CPU-less motherboard into the case, and have
been powering it on for several hours at a time (always while I'm going to
be around).
I've only done this for a couple of times, but I've noticed a very slight
"burning rubber" odor that appears to be coming from the rear of the power
supply. I was kind of hoping that it was something that would just go away
eventually, but like I said, it's been about a week now, and still seems to
be happening.
I can't detect any area of the power supply case that seems to be
particularly hot, in fact it doesn't even feel very warm.
The power supply is an "Austin" 300W, in a Supercases PC-132 case.
Is this odor normal with new power supplies?
Should I wait until I have the CPU installed? I'm guessing that the bard
motherboard (a KT7E) doesn't draw much current by itself.
Should I start thinking about returning the case/power supply and getting an
exchange?
Thanks,
Jim