So my Corsair PSU is sparking!

THE D · 2nd May 2012, 8:09 AM

Yesterday evening the Corsair HX650 PSU in one of the PCs in the house started making a crackling noise

, the PC did not crash but it was shut down right away (note that I was on a different PC at the time in another room).

Any attempt to turn the system back on has meet with 1 long beep and 3 short, no display (sometimes it does not beep) and sometimes a crackling sound and burning smell from the PSU.

The system is an ASUS P5B with a E4300 CPU, two DDR2 DIMMs and a GTX260.

Psychotria · 2nd May 2012, 8:14 AM

Geez

Doesn't sound good

I actually quite like the smell of ozone though. Umm, not that this helps with your problem; sorry

Jim G · 2nd May 2012, 8:17 AM

At this point I'd be taking the PSU out and RMA'ing it if it were in warranty or separately testing/binning it otherwise - I wouldn't try turning it on while it was connected to any components you valued just in case it blew something.

THE D · 2nd May 2012, 8:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim G

At this point I'd be taking the PSU out and RMA'ing it if it were in warranty or separately testing/binning it otherwise - I wouldn't try turning it on while it was connected to any components you valued just in case it blew something.

Yeah, I was not the person that turned it back on the first time and because it did not make the crackling for the first few times it was turned back on I tried to get it to boot up.

I do know that it did not blow the GFX card (the one thing I owned in that PC).

Yamunsa · 2nd May 2012, 8:54 AM

rma time... don't plug it in to anything else ever.

THE D · 2nd May 2012, 8:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Yamunsa

rma time... don't plug it in to anything else ever.

Wasn't really planing to.

Just that someone else heard the first sound and shut it down then I pulled a few things out to have a lot and then he put it back together without asking me.

Yamunsa · 2nd May 2012, 9:04 AM

confused what the question was then lol. you've posted in the Troubleshooting Help section. did you need assistance to start the rma?

peteed1985 · 2nd May 2012, 10:05 AM

Umm tbh that sounds an aweful lot like when a roach walked into my PSU >_>

THE D · 2nd May 2012, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Yamunsa

confused what the question was then lol. you've posted in the Troubleshooting Help section. did you need assistance to start the rma?

Umm, More like does anyone know what the beeps mean (can not fine the POST codes) and is it likely that the system is still good (bar the PSU) if nothing looks to have popped or burnt on the motherboard.

THE D · 2nd May 2012, 6:09 PM

Well I replaced the PSU and it seems the POS took out the RAM or RAM slots

2nd May 2012, 8:09 AM	#1
THE D Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 708	So my Corsair PSU is sparking! Yesterday evening the Corsair HX650 PSU in one of the PCs in the house started making a crackling noise , the PC did not crash but it was shut down right away (note that I was on a different PC at the time in another room). Any attempt to turn the system back on has meet with 1 long beep and 3 short, no display (sometimes it does not beep) and sometimes a crackling sound and burning smell from the PSU. The system is an ASUS P5B with a E4300 CPU, two DDR2 DIMMs and a GTX260. __________________ Xbox live is like having to pay to get into a bar, pay more for your drinks and having to bring your own alcohol for the bar tender to make said drinks. Last edited by THE D; 2nd May 2012 at 8:15 AM.

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Jim G Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Newcastle Posts: 728	At this point I'd be taking the PSU out and RMA'ing it if it were in warranty or separately testing/binning it otherwise - I wouldn't try turning it on while it was connected to any components you valued just in case it blew something. __________________ Newcastle-based wedding photographer Trades

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Yamunsa Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Cairns Posts: 1,531	confused what the question was then lol. you've posted in the Troubleshooting Help section. did you need assistance to start the rma? __________________ Join the OCAU HWBOT TEAM A10-5800K vs i3 3220 review

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peteed1985 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 489	Umm tbh that sounds an aweful lot like when a roach walked into my PSU >_> __________________ i5 2500k @ 3.3GHz GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 ASUS 6950 2GB G.Skill Ripjaws 1600MHz 8GB kit Patriot Inferno 60GB SSD, WD 1.5TB

2nd May 2012, 8:14 AM	#2
Psychotria (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 445	Geez Doesn't sound good I actually quite like the smell of ozone though. Umm, not that this helps with your problem; sorry

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THE D Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 708	Well I replaced the PSU and it seems the POS took out the RAM or RAM slots __________________ Xbox live is like having to pay to get into a bar, pay more for your drinks and having to bring your own alcohol for the bar tender to make said drinks.