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I took out the PSU from the case and sprayed compressed air to clear out any dust from the PSU, CPU heatsink, and small fan on lower right of Mobo. Smelled each part and the PSU looks in good condition and smells like nothing at all, while the small chip fan on mobo smells burnt-like (burnt...

The Antec SmartPower 2.0 SP-400 400W [newegg.com] I have was purchased in Dec. 2005, it came along with a case (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129163 so no PSU packaging). As far as I know it was running fine. No squeeling or abnormal noises. I guess I should have...

would have really liked to order that $40 deal but can't place the order till monday and it's over by then. Thankyou for the response!

Here's my situation, About a week ago my Motherboard "fried" itself (Asus A8N-E, pops and smoke - smells like from small chipset fan in lower right [photobucket.com]), I built the PC in Dec. '05. I didn't know if any other parts were zapped with the Mobo but I decided to buy a new CPU and RAM...