Loud Pop

Isaac4240 · October 30, 2020

My PC made a really loud pop last night and I saw a blue ball of what looked liked electricity. After I went and flipped the breaker I turned to PC back on and it booted just fine but I turned it back off and went to bed. should I replace the PSU or anything before starting it back up?

Ryzen 9 3900x

ASUS Prime x570-pro

G.Skill 32 GB at 3600

2080 ti founders

NZXT CPU cooler

doomsriker · October 30, 2020

1 minute ago, Isaac4240 said:

My PC made a really loud pop last night and I saw a blue ball of what looked liked electricity. After I went and flipped the breaker I turned to PC back on and it booted just fine but I turned it back off and went to bed. should I replace the PSU or anything before starting it back up?

Ryzen 9 3900x

ASUS Prime x570-pro

G.Skill 32 GB at 3600

2080 ti founders

NZXT CPU cooler

Wow hmm sounds like maybe your PSU might have blown a cap or fuse or maybe your mother board or GPU. It could just be that whatever component it was is overbuilt such that it can still function with a blown cap or two. Really hard to say for sure. You might want to get a multimeter and check around on some continuity between traces/caps/etc just to be safe. Were was the spark and pop coming from on the PC?

Isaac4240 · October 30, 2020

1 minute ago, doomsriker said:

Wow hmm sounds like maybe your PSU might have blown a cap or fuse or maybe your mother board or GPU. It could just be that whatever component it was is overbuilt such that it can still function with a blown cap or two. Really hard to say for sure. You might want to get a multimeter and check around on some continuity between traces/caps/etc just to be safe. Were was the spark and pop coming from on the PC?

Not sure where it came from. But I'm assuming it was the PSU because it tripped the master breaker in my apartment.

doomsriker · October 30, 2020

Just now, Isaac4240 said:

Not sure where it came from. But I'm assuming it was the PSU because it tripped the master breaker in my apartment.

Hmmm. Yea I would think about RMAing (if under warranty) or replacing the PSU just in case as next time this happens (if it does) it could potentially damage your PC components.