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CPU

3570k @ 5.1 jigahertz

Motherboard

maximus v gene

RAM

32 gb 2000 mhz

GPU

670 windforce gigabyte

Case

350d

Storage

4tb hdd+ 2x 120gb ssd RAID 0

PSU

80+ gold seasonic 850w

Display(s)

100 inch 1080p projector

Cooling

h100i

haha projector very nice! i thought i was one of the only people that used those things.. anyway looking at that i dont see anything oc wise that would kill the psu which means more likely then not it was just a defect. whatever you do dont open the unit up just get an rma number and send her in :)

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So I woke my PC up from sleep today and there was a really loud explosion noise and a white flash just like if a firecracker had gone off. I've been using this PC for 2 years now and it has worked fine leading up to this. The lights on my motherboard still glow but pressing the power button does nothing. I was running my 3570k at 1.4 volts so I figured it was probably that but I tried a paperclip test on my PSU and the PSU seems to be dead. My PSU has only black wires so I followed a guide on Corsair's website about which pins to bridge to test the PSU and the fan I had plugged in did not power on. I did not think it would be my PSU though because the power button on my motherboard is illuminated so it is obviously still receiving some power from the PSU. Below is linked my PSU that I thought was very high quality, it says it has a 7 year warranty so if the PSU is the problem I'm assuming I can get a replacement. Any and all help is appreciated, thank you.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151102

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PSU has gone bang IMO maybe one of the big caps.

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It's very very likely the PSU. It could have blow out other components as well. It's really the only component liable to explode. Try another power supply in it. Also smell the PSU. Does it smell like hot glue? 

muh specs 

Gaming and HTPC (reparations)- ASUS 1080, MSI X99A SLI Plus, 5820k- 4.5GHz @ 1.25v, asetek based 360mm AIO, RM 1000x, 16GB memory, 750D with front USB 2.0 replaced with 3.0  ports, 2 250GB 850 EVOs in Raid 0 (why not, only has games on it), some hard drives

Screens- Acer preditor XB241H (1080p, 144Hz Gsync), LG 1080p ultrawide, (all mounted) directly wired to TV in other room

Stuff- k70 with reds, steel series rival, g13, full desk covering mouse mat

All parts black

Workstation(desk)- 3770k, 970 reference, 16GB of some crucial memory, a motherboard of some kind I don't remember, Micomsoft SC-512N1-L/DVI, CM Storm Trooper (It's got a handle, can you handle that?), 240mm Asetek based AIO, Crucial M550 256GB (upgrade soon), some hard drives, disc drives, and hot swap bays

Screens- 3  ASUS VN248H-P IPS 1080p screens mounted on a stand, some old tv on the wall above it. 

Stuff- Epicgear defiant (solderless swappable switches), g600, moutned mic and other stuff. 

Laptop docking area- 2 1440p korean monitors mounted, one AHVA matte, one samsung PLS gloss (very annoying, yes). Trashy Razer blackwidow chroma...I mean like the J key doesn't click anymore. I got a model M i use on it to, but its time for a new keyboard. Some edgy Utechsmart mouse similar to g600. Hooked to laptop dock for both of my dell precision laptops. (not only docking area)

Shelf- i7-2600 non-k (has vt-d), 380t, some ASUS sandy itx board, intel quad nic. Currently hosts shared files, setting up as pfsense box in VM. Also acts as spare gaming PC with a 580 or whatever someone brings. Hooked into laptop dock area via usb switch

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PSU has gone bang IMO maybe one of the big caps.

Do you think I should open the thing up and see if I can see the damage or just send it in?

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So I woke my PC up from sleep today and there was a really loud explosion noise and a white flash just like if a firecracker had gone off. I've been using this PC for 2 years now and it has worked fine leading up to this. The lights on my motherboard still glow but pressing the power button does nothing. I was running my 3570k at 1.4 volts so I figured it was probably that but I tried a paperclip test on my PSU and the PSU seems to be dead. My PSU has only black wires so I followed a guide on Corsair's website about which pins to bridge to test the PSU and the fan I had plugged in did not power on. I did not think it would be my PSU though because the power button on my motherboard is illuminated so it is obviously still receiving some power from the PSU. Below is linked my PSU that I thought was very high quality, it says it has a 7 year warranty so if the PSU is the problem I'm assuming I can get a replacement. Any and all help is appreciated, thank you.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151102

Whats the rest of your specs? if i had to guess the psu went bang however cpu at 1.4v wouldnt be enough to load and kill that thing unless the rest of your system is crazy power hungry. If you look at my sig youll see i use a corsair 850watt with sli 780's oc'd and over volted and my i7 oc'd at 1.34 volts without anything going bang

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Whats the rest of your specs? if i had to guess the psu went bang however cpu at 1.4v wouldnt be enough to load and kill that thing unless the rest of your system is crazy power hungry

I doubt the overclock had anything to do with the failure. It can just happen. I had a nice cooler master catch on fire once. 

 

Do you think I should open the thing up and see if I can see the damage or just send it in?

Send it in once you are certain it is the problem. Opening it voids the warranty. 

muh specs 

Gaming and HTPC (reparations)- ASUS 1080, MSI X99A SLI Plus, 5820k- 4.5GHz @ 1.25v, asetek based 360mm AIO, RM 1000x, 16GB memory, 750D with front USB 2.0 replaced with 3.0  ports, 2 250GB 850 EVOs in Raid 0 (why not, only has games on it), some hard drives

Screens- Acer preditor XB241H (1080p, 144Hz Gsync), LG 1080p ultrawide, (all mounted) directly wired to TV in other room

Stuff- k70 with reds, steel series rival, g13, full desk covering mouse mat

All parts black

Workstation(desk)- 3770k, 970 reference, 16GB of some crucial memory, a motherboard of some kind I don't remember, Micomsoft SC-512N1-L/DVI, CM Storm Trooper (It's got a handle, can you handle that?), 240mm Asetek based AIO, Crucial M550 256GB (upgrade soon), some hard drives, disc drives, and hot swap bays

Screens- 3  ASUS VN248H-P IPS 1080p screens mounted on a stand, some old tv on the wall above it. 

Stuff- Epicgear defiant (solderless swappable switches), g600, moutned mic and other stuff. 

Laptop docking area- 2 1440p korean monitors mounted, one AHVA matte, one samsung PLS gloss (very annoying, yes). Trashy Razer blackwidow chroma...I mean like the J key doesn't click anymore. I got a model M i use on it to, but its time for a new keyboard. Some edgy Utechsmart mouse similar to g600. Hooked to laptop dock for both of my dell precision laptops. (not only docking area)

Shelf- i7-2600 non-k (has vt-d), 380t, some ASUS sandy itx board, intel quad nic. Currently hosts shared files, setting up as pfsense box in VM. Also acts as spare gaming PC with a 580 or whatever someone brings. Hooked into laptop dock area via usb switch

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Do you think I should open the thing up and see if I can see the damage or just send it in?

 

Don't open it as this will void the warranty, it may be possible to see through the grille with a flashlight what has happened, there may also be an odour from the unit.

 

If it is covered by warranty then try to confirm as above if you can that it's the unit and send it in.

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I doubt the overclock had anything to do with the failure. It can just happen. I had a nice cooler master catch on fire once. 

 

Send it in once you are certain it is the problem. Opening it voids the warranty. 

Thats a valid point :P and doubtful as it was that it was the oc if any oc is gonna break an 850 watt psu its gonna be mine hahah i load the living hell out of my psu with the oc's i achieved on my gpu's as well as my cpu which i just realized i didnt update my sig.. im running 4.8ghz not 4.6

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It's very very likely the PSU. It could have blow out other components as well. It's really the only component liable to explode. Try another power supply in it. Also smell the PSU. Does it smell like hot glue? 

I unfortunately don't have another PSU to try it out with. I just went and took off the PSU casing and it seems fine to me and there is no smell that I can detect.

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Do you think I should open the thing up and see if I can see the damage or just send it in?

You saw a white flash, the psu is dead simple as that

cpu: intel i5 4670k @ 4.5ghz Ram: G skill ares 2x4gb 2166mhz cl10 Gpu: GTX 680 liquid cooled cpu cooler: Raijintek ereboss Mobo: gigabyte z87x ud5h psu: cm gx650 bronze Case: Zalman Z9 plus


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Cpu: intel i7 4770k @ 4.2ghz Ram: G skill  ripjaws 2x4gb Gpu: nvidia gtx 970 cpu cooler: akasa venom voodoo Mobo: G1.Sniper Z6 Psu: XFX proseries 650w Case: Zalman H1

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Whats the rest of your specs? if i had to guess the psu went bang however cpu at 1.4v wouldnt be enough to load and kill that thing unless the rest of your system is crazy power hungry. If you look at my sig youll see i use a corsair 850watt with sli 780's oc'd and over volted and my i7 oc'd at 1.34 volts without anything going bang

CPU

3570k @ 5.1 jigahertz

Motherboard

maximus v gene

RAM

32 gb 2000 mhz

GPU

670 windforce gigabyte

Case

350d

Storage

4tb hdd+ 2x 120gb ssd RAID 0

PSU

80+ gold seasonic 850w

Display(s)

100 inch 1080p projector

Cooling

h100i

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CPU

3570k @ 5.1 jigahertz

Motherboard

maximus v gene

RAM

32 gb 2000 mhz

GPU

670 windforce gigabyte

Case

350d

Storage

4tb hdd+ 2x 120gb ssd RAID 0

PSU

80+ gold seasonic 850w

Display(s)

100 inch 1080p projector

Cooling

h100i

haha projector very nice! i thought i was one of the only people that used those things.. anyway looking at that i dont see anything oc wise that would kill the psu which means more likely then not it was just a defect. whatever you do dont open the unit up just get an rma number and send her in :)

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I had the same today :lol: Was using my PC and it suddenly turned off for no reason. Didn't turn on anymore but the Mobo lights were illuminated. I set up my PC with my backup PSU and its up and running again but the PSU is too crappy to use my GTX770 :/

Also tried to jump my PSU with green+black but it just clicks, fan spins like 1 round and nothing after that. Gotta RMA it :(

4770k Delid @ 4.5Ghz/1.25V w/ NH-D15, Maximus VII Hero, HyperX Beast 8GB 1600Mhz, GTX770 DCII OC, Strider Gold S 750W, 120GB 840 EVO, 2TB Barracuda, No case : D

Quickfire TK (MX Brown), Naos 7000, 128GB Surface Pro 2, 32GB G2 With Lightning Rom V4

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Alright thank you everyone for your help, I'm going to mark this as solved now and finish filling out this form for an RMA number then send it in. Hopefully it didn't kill any of my other parts along with it :)

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