PSU still good?

[jadm]

Hi,

 

I was just reusing some old HW of mine and I ran into a problem.

How can I tell is the psu is still good.. (corsair HX650 w)

Some detail: the newly assembled PC started up nicely into the bios. as soon as I hooked up a kingston ssd ther was smoke coming from it.

Needless to say I sent the SSD back to the supplier as it was  new...

With a different PSU & a HDD I had lying around the PC is working fine. 

 

Now I am feeling a little paranoid: could the problem with be ssd be caused by the old corsair PSU. How can I tell (without risking equipment) if it is still good?

Could the power cable be the cause?

Like I said: the PC was working fine without the SSD connected to it. 

 

thx

Jo

[NelizMastr]

Wait, the SSD smoked? What!? That'd be a first. That could only happen if it got too much voltage, which means either the SATA cable is plugged in wrong (on the PSU side, if modular, or a wrong cable like a Cooler Master modular cable on a different brand PSU) or something is very wrong with the PSU.

[seon123]

Sounds like either a PSU or cable issue. Did you use the original cables?

Is it the Bronze or Gold version of the PSU? The bronze version is crap, the gold version is an alright PSU. 

Both versions have a 7 year warranty, in case that's still valid and the PSU itself is the issue. 

[jadm]

mnn.. it is modular.... might  be a cable mix up. (cable from another psu?)

Nothing was forced & everything fit on the psu & the hdd side.

 

I didn't know these cables weren't interchangeable...  How can I check if a cable is good (as most of them don't say delivered with psu x)

 

 

 

 

 

[jadm]

10 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Sounds like either a PSU or cable issue. Did you use the original cables?

Is it the Bronze or Gold version of the PSU? The bronze version is crap, the gold version is an alright PSU. 

Both versions have a 7 year warranty, in case that's still valid and the PSU itself is the issue. 

nope :-( Apparently these aren't interchangeable even if they connect up correctly.

It is a "bronze" from an old build...

The question is how do I know if it is working without frying anything else :-)

[seon123]

Just now, jadm said:

nope :-( Apparently these aren't interchangeable even if they connect up correctly.

It is a "bronze" from an old build...

The question is how do I know if it is working without frying anything else :-)

Ideally, a load tester and oscilloscope. But since most people don't have those lying around, you could short the PSU on pin with ground while nothing else is connected. If the fan spins, you know that it at least powers on.