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Swordfish45

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Im putting this in General Hardware because this problem extends past my PSU.

I went to my sister's room to discover her computer emitting a plastic-y smell. The computer only had the power button light on, nothing else. I went inside the suspicious PSU to discover this:
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It looks like a yellow wire exploded over the rest of the PSU. Not sure why. So i bought a replacement PSU and installed it, but it is doing the same thing: only the power button is lit, nothing else is operating. Im suspecting the Mobo or CPU to be at fault, Any suggestions?
 
I think that power supply has shagged (at least) the motherboard.

I had a power supply (FSP400-60GN) go out and murder my Asus A7N8X Deluxe, AthlonXP 2700, and 1gb of Kingston HyperX on its way out the door.
 
What do you mean by problem source?

You can get ATX power supply testers, if that is what you are asking. Ultra makes one, and I believe Newegg carries a tester as well.

As far as motherboard testers...well..they exist...Fluke makes some nice ones...but I certainly wouldnt recommend anyone ever actually buy one.

If you are asking about Wall-Jack AC circuit testers, you can pick one up at radio shack for about $6 I think.
 
Im just saying i dont want to dive into both a new mobo and pentium if i dont need to.

But on seccond though I just might need to anyway. That computer is overdue a couple upgrades.
 
only way to test is to buy "testers" ..or throw a different proccessor and ram (maybe video card of which pci would be fine) and test .(you already have a new psu)... plug everything into a different wall socket/powerstrip/batterybackup ..or test other devices in that same plug in and make sure it doesnt go poof.

..so to test , you'll need a few other gadgets or spare parts laying around to be able to do so and with throwing in another cpu or mem, you run the risk of damaging those parts if you mobo is indeed fried... I gotta couple xp chips laying around as a result of my own "testing" ..lol

 
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