Mysterious smoke

[FailWhale]

So i was sitting and playing  when suddenly I could smell what I thought to be fireworks, until I saw the smoke rising from my computer.

I immediately turned off the computer via the switch on the power supply, stripped my case of all panels to find the culprit. 

After examining the various components I couldn't find anything resembling a burn mark and I couldn't quite smell where the smoke came from.

 

I did some quick research to and found a lot of forum posts pointing to the PSU. Then I found some white gooey looking stuff inside my PSU, and was wondering if this could be from a blown cap or something.

 

It should prolly be noted that the computer still seems to be function quite fine and everything is still correctly registered in the bios

[kameshss]

Whatever you found inside that PSU, just ignore and don't use it.

 

You should prepare it for RMA.

[jools]

yes ,swap in a new psu ....most likely culprit

[mariushm]

Something got damaged inside the power supply. Send it to be replaced under warranty.

Tee white stuff is a somewhat soft, elastic glue which is there to prevent big components from vibrating or breaking off the circuit board during manufacturing and during shipping. The white stuff is unlikely to burn, but some component may be broken inside and some residue remained on the white glue like material. 

 

[FailWhale]

So the white stuff is glue, makes sense. But that was the only lead that was pointing to the PSU being the fault?

[FailWhale]

Thanks for the help, turned out to be the sata connection to my ssd that caught fire