psu blew up

[oliviervbs]

my seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750 that i bought 2 months ago blew up on me during the night when my pc was in stand by mode i actually  heard a bang   when i was sleeping but i thought i just dreamed it so i peeked up to see if nothing was on fire and went back to sleep to find out in the morning that my fuse blew anyway installed my old corsair cx500m and all the components still work  still kin off disappointed in seasonic tho especial sinds i heard really  good things about it before i bought them either way i decided to test it  without  it connected to anything  finding out that sparks where flying out the back 2 feet in to the air  now the question is i have warranty but do i ask for a cash aback and not trust that specific power supply anymore or was i just really unlucky

[FuzzyLogic]

You're pretty unlucky for that to happen... What hardware do you use? You may be able to just use the cx500m anyways.

[Electronics Wizardy]

You were unlunky. Just get it replaced. The failure rate on that psu is low and that was probalby a bad unity or a bad power in your house.

[oliviervbs]

i can use it for now got a evga 1080sc a msi tomahaw z370 and a 8700k coming in rn im runnin g a 970 and a i54570

i doubt it was bad power sinds  my 3 monitors where conected to the same power brick and they run fine

[Canada EH]

that is very rare

 

unless you dropped a paper clip in there

[oliviervbs]

well then someone must have sneaked in over night  to do it because it was running fine the whole day before

[Jurrunio]

4 minutes ago, oliviervbs said:

well then someone must have sneaked in over night  to do it because it was running fine the whole day before

Quote them back for replies @Canada EH @thegreengamers @Electronics Wizardy

 

10 minutes ago, oliviervbs said:

i doubt it was bad power sinds  my 3 monitors where conected to the same power brick and they run fine

Power brick? So all are connected to the same socket on the wall?

[seon123]

Any chance you could take pictures of the inside of the PSU through the grills? (Don't open the PSU, don't break the warranty void if removed thing). I'm a bit curious as to how it looks on the inside. 

Anyway. Really unlucky (assuming the PSU shorted or something, and that it wasn't the wall power that acted up). Just bad luck. Any PSU can fail, no matter how good and high end it is supposed to be. Since all of the other components in the PC still work, that means the PSU's protections have kept it from damaging anything too much. 

If you didn't get the PSU on a really good sale, you could ask for the money back, and buy a cheaper, lower wattage PSU. With a 1080 system, you would be fine with a good ≥400W PSU. 

Edited March 4, 2018 by seon123
Something something

[Electronics Wizardy]

8 minutes ago, oliviervbs said:

well then someone must have sneaked in over night  to do it because it was running fine the whole day before

Parts can fail randomly. Its unlikely, but this does happen, no matter how good of a psu and what brand you pick.

[oliviervbs]

also shaked it up to hear if ti was rattling nothing to hear so that rules out the paper clip

[Electronics Wizardy]

3 minutes ago, oliviervbs said:

also shaked it up to hear if ti was rattling nothing to hear so that rules out the paper clip

nothing you can see here. You can probably tell if you take the cover off, but id just rma it.

[Guest]

59 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

The failure rate on that psu is low 

You work for a reseller or distributor and have data?  Just curious.

[oliviervbs]

i dont know alot about psu's and i don't know what the yellow block is but there is a little brown hole on there if you look think that might be it

reason i bought it was because of the good pricing and read this revieuw 
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=524

[Guest]

1 hour ago, oliviervbs said:

i dont know alot about psu's and i don't know what the yellow block is but there is a little brown hole on there if you look think that might be it

reason i bought it was because of the good pricing and read this revieuw 
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=524

The yellow block is the PFC choke coil.  It's not what failed.  The burn mark is residual of what DID blow up, which is the bridge rectifier mounted to the heatsink right next door.

1 hour ago, oliviervbs said:

reason i bought it was because of the good pricing and read this revieuw 
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=524

Hopefully you read more than just the last page that you linked to.  Especially if you "don't know alot about PSU's", but would like to learn more.