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No. Most modern power supplies have short-circuit protection. As in, as soon as it detects a short, it flips a switch and shuts itself off. Much like an auto-resetting circuit breaker or a GFCI outlet.

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Hi,

Today I was trying out some cheap chinese led strips. I connected them to a molex connector on my psu, but I wasn't careful enough and the positive and the negative wires touched each other. The cables were sparkling and my computer shut itself down. After a couple minutes I turned it back on, and there wasn't any problem what so ever. Should I be worried?

Thank you!

 

Marci

P.S.: Sorry for my bad english.... :)

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No. Most modern power supplies have short-circuit protection. As in, as soon as it detects a short, it flips a switch and shuts itself off. Much like an auto-resetting circuit breaker or a GFCI outlet.

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