PSU failed, connector melted?

[agandul]

not sure if this is the right place to ask this but

So the pcie cable on my superflower golden green hx600 melted, and it melted on the modular thingy only, nowhere else

and my pc was still able to run fine until I load a heavy load which the pc will then crash and artifacting for a bit before showing no signal, but it was still fine if I restart the pc again (of course after I know it was the psu I didn't dare to turn it on again)

but my question is that, is this the case of the not enough wattage or just simply shorting or what? what failed in my psu?

my system is :

r5 3600

2x8gb 3200mhz ram

b350m mortar

vega 56 red devil

120gb sata ssd

1tb 3.5 hdd

512gb 2.5 hdd

and 3 120mm fans

 

and also, is it safe for me to use the psu again if i dont use the burned port, and recable the pcie cable? because it seems like a waste to just throw it out since it was still working ok even with the damaged cable

sorry for the long question, im a noob in psu and trying to understand it a bit better lol

[Spotty]

2 minutes ago, agandul said:

not sure if this is the right place to ask this but

Split off in to its own topic. Best to make a new thread if you're asking for help rather than posting in a different thread.

 

3 minutes ago, agandul said:

and also, is it safe for me to use the psu again if i dont use the burned port, and recable the pcie cable? because it seems like a waste to just throw it out since it was still working ok even with the damaged cable

Get a new power supply.

If it's still under warranty get in contact with SuperFlower for a replacement. They don't make the Golden Green any more but they might be able to replace it with something else... Though, you may have voided warranty by opening it up.

[agandul]

40 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Split off in to its own topic. Best to make a new thread if you're asking for help rather than posting in a different thread.

 

Get a new power supply.

If it's still under warranty get in contact with SuperFlower for a replacement. They don't make the Golden Green any more but they might be able to replace it with something else... Though, you may have voided warranty by opening it up.

thanks, and sorry for the trouble

already ordered an evga 850 g+ for my own use

warranty should already be off by now since i bought it 2nd hand from 2012-2013 in a different country when i was studying abroad

and I'm just looking for a diy project and this interest me as well as if i can still use it, i might use it for my sister's pc which is way less power hungry than mine

the internal seems to be all fine from i have seen, just that 1 modular port that has burn marks