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So i moved a few times my brothers PC around the house today and when i returned it and he booted it up it smelled bad, he turned it off and when he flipped the power on on the PSU it sparked. 
Since i moved it its somehow my fault that the PSU is dead even tough it was 5 years old and it was this model, since the HDD was the most important part to him i plugged it into my PC and fully tested it with HD Tune and nothing was wrong.

So my question is could have this fry the motherboard/cpu, keep in mind the PC wasn't on and im hoping its only the PSU since i can't really pay for the whole PC and i don't wanna start sharing mine....

Second question is can i just move his PC next to mine and plug my PSU cables into his PC without disassembling my PC and test if his PC boots?

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What were the specs of his computer?

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What were the specs of his computer?

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It's possible it could have taken other components, best way to test would be get another PSU and try it. 

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just take the psu from your pc its not that hard to disassemble

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It's possible it could have taken other components, best way to test would be get another PSU and try it. 

I have my own that i can hook up but can i do it without taking my PSU out of the case?

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I have my own that i can hook up but can i do it without taking my PSU out of the case?

its possible if the cables are long enough

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its possible if the cables are long enough

Hopefully it works tommorow...or else im screwed.

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The other components in your brother's system should be okay, as Cooler Master does indicate this power supply has over-current protection, over-voltage protection, and short circuit protection.

But... it's a pretty low grade unit.

 

BTW, are you sure that 420W Cooler Master unit is 5 year old? from the specs, it looks more like 10 years old (1997- 2002 / 2003 days).

1) Efficiency >65%

2) Only 16A on the +12V, and 30A on the +5V and +3.3V

 

A well made 350W, 400W, or 430W replacement is plenty for your brother's system.
 

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I had a coolermaster PSU, don't think it was the same model but around the same wattage, and I transported it about 800km by car. There was no spark or overload it just simply failed to turn on, had to buy another one.

 

Don't know if this is a coolermaster issue but my didn't work after transport.

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The other components in your brother's system should be okay, as Cooler Master does indicate this power supply has over-current protection, over-voltage protection, and short circuit protection.

But... it's a pretty low grade unit.

 

BTW, are you sure that 420W Cooler Master unit is 5 year old? from the specs, it looks more like 10 years old (1997- 2002 / 2003 days).

1) Efficiency >65%

2) Only 16A on the +12V, and 30A on the +5V and +3.3V

 

A well made 350W, 400W, or 430W replacement is plenty for your brother's system.

 

They built him this PC in 2008, but as always they put low grade PSU's here in everything just to make $$.

 

Hopefully it does so if its only the PSU i would probably just get another low grade because of lack of cash.

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