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I'm guessing from the recent comments that the idea of turning it on to check....is a bad one lol?

It is a Trust Powermaster 570Watt dual fan. I assume it was fairly good at the time as it has lasted a long old time up until this point, but I guess old age could equally take it out.

Hello one and all. I recently watched a YouTube video where someone took an old Thinkpad laptop and fully upgraded everything inside, claiming that it would then become a pretty decent laptop. This got me thinking, can you do this with any other old laptops? And if so, where does one go to start learning about what things can and can't be upgraded? I always believed that you could only really change out RAM and HDDs as they aren't standardised motherboards so you would be unlikely to find another CPU that might work etc. So, I dug out my old Acer Aspire 5920 (quarantine is making me want to play with PC things for entertainment). And that is one big chunky laptop which to me looks like it has just as much internal space, if not more, than the 14inch Thinkpad this fella was working on. Is upgrading an old laptop really possible? And are there places you can go to get tips or is it really just something you can only do if you really know your stuff? Any advice appreciated, even if it is just leave it to the pros haha.

Hi all, and thanks in advance for any help. All of this being locked indoors is making me want to try and get my old PC working, but I'm a bit scared I am going to blow some bits if I turn it on. Essentially, my PC had been off and unplugged for some time, then my other half plugged it in and apparently heard a loud pop. Being a typical (bit of an arse) male, I queried whether it was possible it was just the speakers to which she confirmed she knows the difference between speakers popping and something IN the PC. Now, I'm not saying I don't believe her haha, but to me (knowing very little about computer building) it seems strange for the PSU to blow when the PC isn't even switched on. Is this possible/likely? And I guess, finally, if it DID blow just from being plugged in, do I stand to lose anything from plugging it back in and turning it on to see? I assume if it has already blown it just won't turn the PC on, but I don't want to be wrong and end up cooking other parts inside my PC which didn't cook the first time round. Thanks all for any information and help.

Thanks all, that was what I suspected but hoped there was another way. Re was it the plug of the box, it was actually my other half who plugged it in when I was at work but she has assured me it came from the PC itself. I did consider it could just be the fuse but figured she would have probably known if it was from the plug. Thanks again, I might just go PSU shopping and see what happens.

Hi all, I've tried searching the net in general and come up none the wiser, so thought I would ask you wise people. A little while ago my PC had been unplugged for a while, when plugging it back in there was a loud pop which I'm assuming was the PSU dumping out (second hand PC and the PSU is over 8 years old). Now, I'm not 100% sure but seems like this is the most likely culprit. I decided not to try and turn it on after as I was worried this might just do more damage? My question is, is there a way of testing to see if any other parts have been damaged without buying a new PSU? As I don't want to shell out for that and then discover I need to replace more/the whole rig. Cheers in advance.