Question What is cause of white smoke and ammonia smell from PSU?

[Fatwoods]

My PSU died completely - simultaneously so did my surge protector. My friend had an older, very clean (no dust or anything) but rarely used Enermax 720w PSU. I plugged it into my pc, and it immediately smoked and smelt of ammonia. Turned it off right away, anyone know what that's all about?

 

[Nemesia]

What was smoking exactly? The other PSU or something else. Did you see ?

 

[Fatwoods]

The second PSU that was installed started smoking as soon as i turned the computer on, followed by a strong ammonia like smell. I turned it off immediately after.

 

[Juular]

Enermax 720w PSU

Enermax Infiniti from 2007 ? Yeah, that was a bad idea.

 

[Fatwoods]

idk the year, but What is that suppose to mean?

 

[Juular]

idk the year, but What is that suppose to mean?

It's OLD.

 

[Fatwoods]

gotcha lol I was under that impression. should I be worried about any of my other hardware?

 

[Juular]

No idea, the only way to know is to buy a new (good) PSU and check.