My power supply went boom :O

[Bharath1910]

it was a normal day,

I just turned on my PC
and all of a sudden smoke came from my power supply

and it even melted the cable which was connected in the wall

my PC was clean.. I clean my whole PC every month

even the airflow was optimal

it is not congested.. or covered

 

What happened to my PSU?

like, it was totally fine a day before

now it's like this..

 

My other components are perfectly all right

 

PC spec,

1. CPU - Intel I5 - 9400F 

2. GPU - Nvidia GT 710 

3. RAM - 16 Gb DDR4

 

Which PSU should I buy next?

should I buy a 80 Plus or a local one?

 

 

[IIIIIIIIII]

Can you give me a link to the website of the market where I will be buying the PSU? Also, what is your budget?

[PCTechBoi]

Literally spend $50 on a PSU it’ll be worth it

[boggy77]

your old psu was basically a 132W psu, of the lowest quality. no wonder it exploded. you're lucky your other components didn't get damaged.

get a good quality 400-500w psu.

a corsair cx450 would be my recommendation. 

[Downkey]

The Corsair CXs are great budget units. The CX450 is a great budget option.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Q7L7YJ/corsair-cx-2017-450w-80-bronze-certified-atx-power-supply-cp-9020120-na

[Moonzy]

16 minutes ago, Bharath1910 said:

What happened to my PSU?

it died

 

judging from the photo, probably a short internally

i suspect near the plug itself since that's the most melted part i can see

 

16 minutes ago, Bharath1910 said:

My other components are perfectly all right

it's hard to tell by eyes, but hopefully they're fine

 

16 minutes ago, Bharath1910 said:

Which PSU should I buy next?

should I buy a 80 Plus or a local one?

get a tier B or C from this list

 

if you're lazy, Corsair CX450/550(M)

[_Velociraptor_]

I wish I was there lol

[Downkey]

1 minute ago, Lucasgrady12 said:

I wish I was there lol

what

[Spotty]

You're lucky that did not start a house fire! Good reminder not to buy garbage PSUs.

 

24 minutes ago, Bharath1910 said:

PC spec,

1. CPU - Intel I5 - 9400F 

2. GPU - Nvidia GT 710 

3. RAM - 16 Gb DDR4

 

Which PSU should I buy next?

should I buy a 80 Plus or a local one?

I'm guessing by having an iBall power supply you're in India or are buying from India. Since you only spent $10 on your last power supply I'm also assuming your budget is as low as possible. Ordered by preference.

 

https://www.amazon.in/Corsair-Bronze-Certified-Non-Modular-Supply/dp/B08RRP4CZH

https://www.amazon.in/GIGABYTE-GP-P450B-Bronze-Power-Supply/dp/B08DK7YPX4/

https://www.amazon.in/Antec-VP450P-Plus-efficient-Certified/dp/B00006HS81

[_Velociraptor_]

9 minutes ago, Downkey said:

what

I love blowing things up and watching things blow up that’s why I bought Capacitors to blow them up and some times I record it and put it on YouTube 

[Downkey]

Just now, Lucasgrady12 said:

I love blowing things up and watching things blow up that’s why I bought Capacitors to blow them up and some times I record it and put it on YouTube 

Okay. What you said at first looks pretty bad out of context

[Bharath1910]

Just now, Lucasgrady12 said:

I wish I was there lol

haha.. but it didn't blew up with any sound.. only smokes came out from it..

no sounds came Lol

[Bharath1910]

Just now, Spotty said:

You're lucky that did not start a house fire! Good reminder not to buy garbage PSUs.

 

I'm guessing by having an iBall power supply you're in India or are buying from India. Since you only spent $10 on your last power supply I'm also assuming your budget is as low as possible. Ordered by preference.

 

https://www.amazon.in/Corsair-Bronze-Certified-Non-Modular-Supply/dp/B08RRP4CZH

https://www.amazon.in/GIGABYTE-GP-P450B-Bronze-Power-Supply/dp/B08DK7YPX4/

https://www.amazon.in/Antec-VP450P-Plus-efficient-Certified/dp/B00006HS81

Thanks for the suggestions

I am happy that.. my home was not on fire

and nothing happened to my CPU too

[Bharath1910]

Just now, Moonzy said:

it died

 

judging from the photo, probably a short internally

i suspect near the plug itself since that's the most melted part i can see

 

it's hard to tell by eyes, but hopefully they're fine

 

get a tier B or C from this list

 

if you're lazy, Corsair CX450/550(M)

Thank you so much for giving this much details...

have a good day

[Bharath1910]

Just now, Downkey said:

The Corsair CXs are great budget units. The CX450 is a great budget option.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Q7L7YJ/corsair-cx-2017-450w-80-bronze-certified-atx-power-supply-cp-9020120-na

Thank you

[Bharath1910]

Just now, boggy77 said:

your old psu was basically a 132W psu, of the lowest quality. no wonder it exploded. you're lucky your other components didn't get damaged.

get a good quality 400-500w psu.

a corsair cx450 would be my recommendation. 

I didn't thought that PSU was that bad..

The one I am using now.. is even cheaper one

of course it is temporary... I cannot use this cheaper one and risk my whole PC Lol

[Bharath1910]

Just now, Downkey said:

The Corsair CXs are great budget units. The CX450 is a great budget option.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Q7L7YJ/corsair-cx-2017-450w-80-bronze-certified-atx-power-supply-cp-9020120-na

 

Just now, Moonzy said:

it died

 

judging from the photo, probably a short internally

i suspect near the plug itself since that's the most melted part i can see

 

it's hard to tell by eyes, but hopefully they're fine

 

get a tier B or C from this list

 

if you're lazy, Corsair CX450/550(M)

 

Just now, Lucasgrady12 said:

I wish I was there lol

 

Just now, Downkey said:

what

 

Just now, Spotty said:

You're lucky that did not start a house fire! Good reminder not to buy garbage PSUs.

 

I'm guessing by having an iBall power supply you're in India or are buying from India. Since you only spent $10 on your last power supply I'm also assuming your budget is as low as possible. Ordered by preference.

 

https://www.amazon.in/Corsair-Bronze-Certified-Non-Modular-Supply/dp/B08RRP4CZH

https://www.amazon.in/GIGABYTE-GP-P450B-Bronze-Power-Supply/dp/B08DK7YPX4/

https://www.amazon.in/Antec-VP450P-Plus-efficient-Certified/dp/B00006HS81

 

 

I got a BSOD 

"Unexpected store Exception"

 

(I am using a temporary PSU which is cheaper than the old one)

 

does this means.. that the PSU did some damage to my other hardware too?

even Linux (installed in a separate HDD is crashing )

it is not at all booting properly (I dual boot windows and arch)

only windows boots now that too giving this BSOD

 

or this new cheap PSU is frying my hardware?

 

I got BSOD 2 times today

 

should I just wait for new PSU to come or should I use this even cheaper PSU till the new one comes?

I ran sfc /scannow

 

this was the result

[Guest]

5 hours ago, Bharath1910 said:

it was a normal day,

I just turned on my PC
and all of a sudden smoke came from my power supply

and it even melted the cable which was connected in the wall

my PC was clean.. I clean my whole PC every month

even the airflow was optimal

it is not congested.. or covered

 

What happened to my PSU?

like, it was totally fine a day before

now it's like this..

 

Your PSU was complete garbage.  Terrible, terrible quality.  Worst possible.  Lucky it didn't start a fire.

 

Hopefully the new BIS requirement in India will prevent garbage like this from getting sold anymore.  We'll see... could just be a government scam like "certification" in Russia.

 

India always has the worst quality power supplies in the world.