psu popped need some help

[cozy63]

Well I just finished building my new PC, went to start it up with just the power cable attached and when I did the PSU immediately popped with a flash and I immediately unplugged it. That being said would my PSU now be fried along other parts possibly?

I'm planning on starting the RMA on it but I'm not sure if I should do RMA anything else as I don't have a different PSU to test anything.

Here are the parts of the PC, most are new-
Psu- RM 650 brand new
Mobo- gigabyte 990fxa ud3 brand new
Cpu- and fx8320 brand new
Cooler -corsair h100i brand new
Ram- 8gb from previous PC
Case- corsair 500r brand new
I any other info is needed I will provide it. Thanks

 

[nostall]

Unfortunately Corsair has had some problems with the new RM series. RMA it and if possible get your money back and put it towards a TX or HX Series Corsair, or do a little shopping and look at Seasonic, XFX, and the V series from EVGA.
I have the TX series in my grandson's PC and it has run perfectly and is a quality piece of equipment.
There is a real probablility that the "POP" was the circuit protection provisions doing their job, and that no damaging current made it into the motherboard. That mobo also has some protection circuits. I can't be positive, but your mobo might be o.k. Look it over really well, use a magnifying glass if you have one, and look for any burn marks, melted anything, or melted/burned solder; if you find any RMA that also.
Don't know where you bought it but their customer service may be able to help you simply return both items: But I think the mobo will be ok.

 

[cozy63]

Unfortunately Corsair has had some problems with the new RM series. RMA it and if possible get your money back and put it towards a TX or HX Series Corsair, or do a little shopping and look at Seasonic, XFX, and the V series from EVGA.
I have the TX series in my grandson's PC and it has run perfectly and is a quality piece of equipment.
There is a real probablility that the "POP" was the circuit protection provisions doing their job, and that no damaging current made it into the motherboard. That mobo also has some protection circuits. I can't be positive, but your mobo might be o.k. Look it over really well, use a magnifying glass if you have one, and look for any burn marks, melted anything, or melted/burned solder; if you find any RMA that also.
Don't know where you bought it but their customer service may be able to help you simply return both items: But I think the mobo will be ok.

Thanks for the reply, Im sending it back to to amazon where I bought it and hopefully the PSU was the only casualty of the mishap.

 

[nostall]

Unfortunately Corsair has had some problems with the new RM series. RMA it and if possible get your money back and put it towards a TX or HX Series Corsair, or do a little shopping and look at Seasonic, XFX, and the V series from EVGA.
I have the TX series in my grandson's PC and it has run perfectly and is a quality piece of equipment.
There is a real probablility that the "POP" was the circuit protection provisions doing their job, and that no damaging current made it into the motherboard. That mobo also has some protection circuits. I can't be positive, but your mobo might be o.k. Look it over really well, use a magnifying glass if you have one, and look for any burn marks, melted anything, or melted/burned solder; if you find any RMA that also.
Don't know where you bought it but their customer service may be able to help you simply return both items: But I think the mobo will be ok.

Thanks for the reply, Im sending it back to to amazon where I bought it and hopefully the PSU was the only casualty of the mishap.

Will they give you your $$ back or allow you to upgrade?

 

[cozy63]

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Will they give you your $$ back or allow you to upgrade?[/quotemsg]


Yes I had the option to get a refund, get a replacement of the same PSU or exchange for something in my cart. I went ahead and got the replacement it will be here on Monday hopefully with the right results

 

[nostall]

Will they give you your $$ back or allow you to upgrade?[/quotemsg]


Yes I had the option to get a refund, get a replacement of the same PSU or exchange for something in my cart. I went ahead and got the replacement it will be here on Monday hopefully with the right results
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good luck.

 

[cozy63]

Yes I had the option to get a refund, get a replacement of the same PSU or exchange for something in my cart. I went ahead and got the replacement it will be here on Monday hopefully with the right results

[/quotemsg]good luck.[/quotemsg

I put the parts i originally had in my old pc back in (ram,hdd,optical drive, gpu) and upon startup all i get is a black screen. Did it fry my gpu as well?

EDIT: GPU is fine but 2 sticks of RAM are shot, time to see if G.Skills RMA is good or not.

 

[nostall]

They should be fine. Glad it wasn't the GPU, I'm not surprised RAM took a hit. About 7 years ago I had a DIMM slot go bad and it literally fry a stick: burned contacts, messed up socket etc. Mobo was ok, other ram DIMMs were ok, CPU ok; just that one stick. Strange these things called computers.