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TehUltra
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_ 		17. December 2009 @ 00:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Since I have a bunch of components laying around, today I tried assembling them into a working system. The first thing that I found was that the power supply, which was some obscure brand that I had laying around, started sounding like there was current arcing between points in it as soon as I plugged in the power cable and turned the psu switch on. The power supply worked fine, but that sound made me a bit cautious, and I unplugged it.

Has anyone else had this happen? Also, it also made a sort of whining sound.

PS: I am not using that PSU again.
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JEFFINPA
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_ 		17. December 2009 @ 12:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Your power supply is BAD!!! don't even use it. the whining noise is a capacitor that is charging, and if there is a blow circuit in the unit that is supposed to stop the charging and it doesn't, you'll hear a loud fire-cracker exploding soon! capacitor will explode(not like a bomb, but maybe on the lines of a heavy duty fire-cracker) and it will smell bad for a bit.
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TehUltra
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_ 		30. December 2009 @ 13:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I already said, that I was not using it again. I already know its bad


Also, this reminds me of a time where I was near someone who was building a computer, and the capacitor in the seemingly-working psu exploded.
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_ 		30. December 2009 @ 23:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by TehUltra:
 Has anyone else had this happen?
Yes. PSU go SIZZLE BOOM. PSU smell bad.

Dick
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