My PSU died :|

[Unfocused]

Today when I woke up I found that my room had a weird smell in it. It reminded me of the smell of sand actually. I couldn't find the source of it; I peeked inside my PC case (the PC was on at night), but it didn't seem to come from there. So I just shrugged it off for now and did nothing about it.

So it's 9pm, I'm playing some BF2 with a friend and suddenly the PC turns itself off. I've had my PC reset itself before, but, unless the power went out in the whole house, never shutdown and not boot again. I check inside the case and this time touch the PSU. The thing is burning hot, over 100C.

/prologue

I let the PSU cool down a bit and tried to take it apart, but after unscrewing some screws I came across a sticker over some other screws stating "Hazardous Content. No servicable parts inside", so I decided to cease taking it apart and plugged everything in again and see if the PC boots when the PSU is cool. It didn't.

Now I'm running on a previous, cheap PSU, which ironically served me well for a longer time than the supposedly better, safer Fortron PSU I replaced it for, which now seems dead.

What do you recommend hl2.net? Shall I take the Fortron PSU apart and tinker with it's "hazardous content", or is it futile and/or actually dangerous? I wonder why the PSU didn't turn itself off before it got damaged - aren't there any temperature meters inside that would trigger a safety shutdown system?

 

[Dumb Dude]

If it is under warranty, try going that route. If not, then I'm afraid you will need to buy a new one.

 

[hool10]

DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT OPEN THE PSU! Even if you found one sitting in a junkyard, it still holds an electrical charge in it, an electrical charge that is deadly. To find out that if it's dead, you need to follow this: http://pcsupport.about.com/gi/dynam...ochardware.com/articles/psuvolt/psuvolt2.html It's also a possibility that the PSU may have damaged hardware. I'm serious about this and there was a reason why it had that warning label on it.