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Power Surge/Faulty Power Supply - Oni - 01-17-2017
My main machine is currently out of commission. There were tornado/storm warnings early this morning and midway through the day @Jiggly and I heard a loud pop. Have a decent surge protector for situations like this, but apparently it didn't do much. It's likely the power supply blew out, or is faulty. It's also possible my other hardware was compromised. Ordered a new power supply and will begin troubleshooting tomorrow.
Anyone else had similar happen? Power surges are the worst.
Update:
(01-18-2017, 12:58 PM)Oni Wrote: Found out my case was faulty and the watercooling leaked down into the PSU and all over the CPU/Mobo. The storm and recent surges were just coincidental, as there was liquid all over the inside of the case. The loud pop was likely the tubes hooked to the radiator.
I wouldn't recommend Deepcool or Gamer Storm's cases to anyone, despite how pretty they might be. @Skullmeat was also skeptical of them. It's possible the CPU/Mobo are salvageable, but I wouldn't trust them in the future. I ordered a Noctis 450 case, IX Formula mobo, and 7700k. I should get the parts today.
RE: Power Surge/Faulty Power Supply - Aeolian - 01-17-2017
Do you have any SPDs installed?
If so, your PC shouldn't of received any damage what soever.
RE: Power Surge/Faulty Power Supply - Oni - 01-17-2017
(01-17-2017, 06:16 AM)Aeolian Wrote: Do you have any SPDs installed?
If so, your PC shouldn't of received any damage what soever.
Would have, although I had a decent surge protector. I've had that PSU for 2-3 years and never had anything remotely similar occur. Praying the Titan X is unharmed.
RE: Power Surge/Faulty Power Supply - Aeolian - 01-17-2017
(01-17-2017, 06:20 AM)Oni Wrote:(01-17-2017, 06:16 AM)Aeolian Wrote: Do you have any SPDs installed?
If so, your PC shouldn't of received any damage what soever.
Would have, although I had a decent surge protector. I've had that PSU for 2-3 years and never had anything remotely similar occur. Praying the Titan X is unharmed.
I'm praying also, stuff losing that amount of money to a lousy storm.
RE: Power Surge/Faulty Power Supply - Losi - 01-17-2017
Yeah I'm praying for your gpu. I bet you'll be fine tho. Now you can keep all your new cables tidy and managed!
RE: Power Surge/Faulty Power Supply - Skullmeat - 01-17-2017
@Oni called me about this. I'm very worried for him. It would suck if the PSU took the entire system with it.
RE: Power Surge/Faulty Power Supply - Bish0pQ - 01-17-2017
That sucks a lot man, hope your hardware didn't die. I was looking into buying an UPS as well, but I didn't buy it since we don't have a lot of thunder (or at least not a lot of lightning strikes).
RE: Power Surge/Faulty Power Supply - DarkMuse - 01-18-2017
Good luck Oni!
Have some black magic:
reisu enlex etra veioux enletri
RE: Power Surge/Faulty Power Supply - phyrrus9 - 01-18-2017
I had a similar experience on a few machines, each time it ended very badly. Though I never fried any graphics cards doing it, I did have to replace CPUs and main boards most of the time. Hopefully it won't go that badly for you.
RE: Power Surge/Faulty Power Supply - Blink - 01-18-2017
Good luck @Oni !!!
Hope you didn't get it as bad as @phyrrus9 did.