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TekSomniaK

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Ok so I walk into my room after about an hour of playing Xbox. I sit down at my computer desk and turn on the TV. About 5 minutes later my cold cathodes (I have 2 blue ones on a dual inverter) started blinking on and off. I turned the switch off and then on, still they blink. Then about 30 seconds later I smell a very strong burning smell. Now the lights won't come back on. I QUICKLY shut off my computer and switch off the PSU. The wiring on my cold cathodes wasn't that good, but it hasn't done this before even after like 2 years of them being in my case. I'm just trying to figure out if it was just the cold cathodes or was it my PSU dying. I took out the cathodes and tested the PSU alone with the wire crossover trick. It started fine. Should I be worried about the PSU dying out soon?
 
probably was your cathodes. PSUs dont just die if youve taken good care of them.
 
Kaiga said:
probably was your cathodes. PSUs dont just die if youve taken good care of them.
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Wow I wish that was true...

I wouldn't worry too much about the PSU. Decent ones will "crowbar" if overdrawn hard enough, meaning they will shut down. Odds are pretty good if it works fine now you didn't hurt it.
 
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