Hi there!
My current 1200W PSU is dying and I need a new PSU
My computer is old so I did not want to spend too much and ordered this 1000W PSU
I received it today and swapped it out with my current PSU, less than a minute after logging into Windows, there was a loud pop and sparks coming from the PSU housing compartment, my computer shut off immediately and I unplugged everything, it fried my surge protector (Thank god for it, I never thought I would see the day)
Good news is that I put my current PSU back in and it is working, nothing dead (except my surge protector /sadface)
I would like to treat this as a life lesson, what could of caused it? A few things I could think of but quite not understand
My current 1200W PSU is dying and I need a new PSU
My computer is old so I did not want to spend too much and ordered this 1000W PSU
I received it today and swapped it out with my current PSU, less than a minute after logging into Windows, there was a loud pop and sparks coming from the PSU housing compartment, my computer shut off immediately and I unplugged everything, it fried my surge protector (Thank god for it, I never thought I would see the day)
Good news is that I put my current PSU back in and it is working, nothing dead (except my surge protector /sadface)
I would like to treat this as a life lesson, what could of caused it? A few things I could think of but quite not understand
- Was it because I bought a no-name brand PSU? There is not a lot of information about their brand but enough to gamble that it would work
- Was it because I bought 1000W instead of 1200W?
- My GPU used 2 x 8-pin PCI-E cables with my current PSU, with the new PSU I noticed there is 2 x 8-pin on the same cable and opted for that instead of two separate cables, did that cause it?
- There were not enough Molex cables for my sound card, Asus Xonar Essence STX, so I decided not to use my single Molex cable for it but left it attached to my MoBo
- I did not change the pin connector for the fan connected to CPU FAN on my MoBo