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Old PSU dead, revival possible?

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It will probably cost more to repair than to get a new one and could go again at any moment, depending on the issue (blown capacitor, physical damage, something shorting etc). Repairing it sounds like a fun hobby, so maybe check out Johnny Guru and ask the guys there for tips on diagnosing and repairing, but once it's repaired I'd never trust it to power a PC again.

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Hi, I apologize in advance if this topic was already covered in another thread. If that is the case, it would be appreciated if someone hits me up with a link to that thread.

 

Anyway, I have an old and dead PSU (from 2008), a Silverstone ST1000-NV. Does anyone know a company/business known for taking old and discontinued products like my PSU and bringing them back to life? It's really sad losing a $260 1000watt fully-modular PSU like this one. (I haven't tried reaching out to Silverstone as I live in South East Asia, lol)

 

Backstory: one day my PC just won't boot up so I borrowed a friend's PSU and my PC booted up normally. That's when I found my PSU was already dead.

In addition to that, I found one of my cheap case fans wasn't spinning anymore because of all the grime and dirt stuck in the fan's motor area but the LED was still on; that must have been the one to kill my PSU.

 

Thanks a lot!

My wallet is a bottleneck. Someone help me overclock this.

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It will probably cost more to repair than to get a new one and could go again at any moment, depending on the issue (blown capacitor, physical damage, something shorting etc). Repairing it sounds like a fun hobby, so maybe check out Johnny Guru and ask the guys there for tips on diagnosing and repairing, but once it's repaired I'd never trust it to power a PC again.

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Sure. You can fix anything. Is it worth it? Probably not. Look at the prices of psu's in your area and figure out how much it is to replace something with a brand new unit instead of taking the chance that something is missed in the repaired one and it blows again. Not something I'd have a whole lot of confidence in.

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BTW, I would be a little more aggressive on your housekeeping in the future. Clean out the case at least once a year.

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It would be wiser to get a new one... Capacitor aging may have decreased the PSUs efficiency and having it resurrected might not always yield best results... Not to mention the shipping to and from our country can get pretty expensive...

 

You can try to salvage as many components as you can if you have some use for them...

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Thanks for all the prompt responses! I was aiming to get this to work since I now have an almost complete secondary PC (I upgraded majority of my components now all I need is a PSU and a HDD).

 

I'm leaning towards the DIY fix tho just for the heck of it, I'll definitely check out Johnny Guru before letting this one go.

 

Thanks again have a good one!

My wallet is a bottleneck. Someone help me overclock this.

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