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Ady.533
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he guys,

I had a 450-500 watt psu that came with my thermaltalke versa 2 and someone was watching something on the computer. I was looking around the back of it and saw a switch on it which had some numbers on it(not the on/off switch). It sparked. PC doesn't turn on. No visible damage to anything. So, is the corsair VS series 450 watt ok for me if that the wattage I need? Is it reliabe?

thanks

P.S. I posted this 10 mins after the incident so I'm not in my mind, so forgive any grammar mistakes.

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Hey happened to my i3 4xxx machine . Good job its dead. The "switch" is for voltage regulations, it must be set a certain way for the psu to not short circuit EVERYTHING

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I'd say ur parts are dead but in case would try with a new pau

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that switch is to go from uk power to is I think.

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now why did you touch the voltage changer?

 

switching from 230 to 115 volts is a straight death sentence to your PC

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if it has a voltage converter switch and it came with your case you probably shouldn't have been using it anyway.

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Probably dead, thermaltake isn't a very reputable psu brand imo. 

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why the fuck does that switch exist

what the fuck does it do

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Probably dead, thermaltake isn't a very reputable psu brand imo. 

 

Nuuuh.

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why the fuck does that switch exist

what the fuck does it do

some region uses 115 volts like US japan

 

Euroupe and UK uses 230 volts

 

this are common for old PSU

 

 

newer PSU now do auto switching

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why the fuck does that switch exist

what the fuck does it do

 

It changes teh voltage so the PSU can be used everywhere..why did you mess with it if you didnt know what it was?

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why the fuck does that switch exist

what the fuck does it do

It changes the input voltage. For example, North America uses 115V while the EU uses 230V.

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Did you flick the switch while the computer was operating? If you did, all I can say is, well.. R.I.P. your computer, and if you get a new PSU and all your parts still work, then, congrats, Just don't mess with the switch... ever again.

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anything at all?

Nope. When it's dead it's dead. 

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I have to ask, WHY?!?!?! what did that poor PC do to you?

In all seriousness, you killed it bro.

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anything at all?

 

Own up to it and buy a new PSU. Hopefully thats the only thing that is damaged. There is potential for everything else to be damaged too.

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anything at all?

You can try getting a new 500W psu, and see if anything works, if not, you have to buy a new computer. 

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Own up to it and buy a new PSU. Hopefully thats the only thing that is damaged. There is potential for everything else to be damaged too.

"Damaged" More like totally unusable. Broken. Kaboom. Lala. Pew. Bang. It ded.

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the thing was not even a month old.

not even 2 weeks.

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my mom is going to kill me

Just try and get a new powersupply, you could be lucky, and the only thing that is damaged is the PSU, or you could be unlucky, and everything be totally messed. You just need to get a Powersupply ASAP and try it out.

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