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Old power supply just exploded

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Sounds like you blew a cap (capacitor). While you probably could fix it with all of the power stored in a PSU best to just leave it be and buy a new one unless you really know what you are doing.


Why - cheap/bad manufacture and or just old
 
sniper991122 said:
well my computer quit working a month ago and I had suspected it was the power supply.. its a 2 year old dell power supply (the problem right there) and giving it that one last go caused that to explode...

my last and most important question... did it harm anything else in the computer? What are the chances? :confused: :(
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Your other hardware is probobly safe...unless you go pluging a normal PSU into that Dell motherboard.

Dell uses a non-standard pin-out on their PSU's, if you were to plug in a normal PSU it would blow out your motherboard. You'll have to look up the pin layout and rewire the ATX connector on your new PSU before you can test it (or hook it up to a non-Dell motherboard).
 
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