Power Supply blew up

[lozza27]

Hi people,

I have just put together a new PC today. After setting it all up, I put the power supply connector into the power supply and flicked the power supply switch to on. I then went away for a minute and heard a loud pop with smoke coming out of the power supply. I hadnt even turned the machine on. Now I know my power supply is dead and I am going to RMA it.

My question is was the power supply just bad or could it be something I did when putting together my new pc. I ask this because I am worried that when I get a new PSU it will happen again.

My specs are;
Power supply: OCZ 600GXS SLI
Motherboard: Abit IP35 Pro Snake Intel P35 LGA775
Processor: Intel Q6600
Graphics card: BFG Geforce 9800 GX2
Memory:OCZ 4GB Reaper HPC Edition DDR2 PC2 6400
Hard drive: Samsung 500Gb SATA II
DVD: Pioneer DVR-115DBK
Case : Tsunami

Any help will be very much appreciated.
Laurence

[Pandam00nium]

I'm not sure if i'm exactly right, but from the "recommended requirements" needed for a 9800GX2 nvidia recommends a 580W with 40A on the +12V rail. If i did my calculations correctly that PSU has about 35A on the +12V?

580W(+3.3V,+5,+12V) - 155W(+3.3V,+5V) = 425W/12 =35.4A?

Maybe not enough amps on the +12V? or do they overestimate the requirements? Someone can correct me if i'm wrong. >.>;

[JamesXP]

The power supply is just about enough.

It is based on the FSP Epilson design which features high ripple at higher loads.

I am really clueless on how this as happened as you haven't even switched it on yet.

[Oklahoma Wolf]

You just got a bad one, that's all - happens to every PSU company. RMA time.

[=ACID RAIN=]

Agreed.

For a 9800GX2 though, I would consider raising the available wattage one more notch.

[meionm]

Hopely nothing in your system died.

[imposter]

I have seen motherboards that have fried powersupplies in the past. I would call who ever you bought all your products from and say, My power supplied just fried, I may be sending RMAing a few more things if it fries again. just make sure its in there as a note or something

[lozza27]

Thanks for all your replies. I chose this power supply because I have seen very similar specced machines on sale over the internet with it in so thought there would be enough juice.

With regards to the power supply destroying the components would you consider this a possibility or an almost certainty? Bearing in mind I never got to switch the PC on. Would it have possibly even destroyed my graphics card and processor?

[Pandam00nium]

Most of the time its those POS budget PSUs that go and take out other hardware due to lack of protection features included. I think there's still a possibility that quality units can still do some harm, but the odds are much lower. If you have a backup PSU/PC. You should use that on yours to see if everything is still working properly.

[lozza27]

Hi,
I just managed to borrow a power supply from work. It isn't powerful enough for my computer but I attached it to just the motherboard and the lights came on in the motherboard. I didn't turn the power on though.

Does this mean that the motherboard is still functioning?

[Nebulous]

Hi,
I just managed to borrow a power supply from work. It isn't powerful enough for my computer but I attached it to just the motherboard and the lights came on in the motherboard. I didn't turn the power on though.

Does this mean that the motherboard is still functioning?

Only way to find out is to actually power the system on to see. Just having the LED's on the mobo go on isn't enough to confirm the board is not dead.

[imposter]

Im sure it will be enough just to go into the bios. And like Neb said, you need to turn it on.