Fried Computers

Tokyo3 · 5th January 2004, 8:20 PM

What are peoples experience with computers frying for no reason?
I checked out this computer at my mums work and it was totally cooked with burnt silicon in the power supply(fuse did not blow), motherboard and hdd. It seems weird as the place is meant too have surge protection.

driver · 6th January 2004, 12:54 AM

Power Supplies?

Someone has switched it to 110V mode?

edit: though the damage has always been limited to the PSU

fxr91 · 6th January 2004, 2:41 AM

A PSU can die without warning, regardless of what surge protection you have, especially if generic. But in saying that, I had a 330W Antec die last week from leaking capacitors. Didn't take anything with it though (luckily).

Hadamona · 6th January 2004, 3:00 AM

A PSU killed my 20gb hdd. A same brand PSU also blew up after the power switch on the case had been switched on (while power to the psu was off), once power was applied to the PSU, *pop* fizzle.

PSU's seem to be the most likely place for things to fry.

anlashok · 6th January 2004, 3:16 AM

seen a couple of ones go myself (generic) lucky they took nothing else with'em. make a mess though

5th January 2004, 8:20 PM	#1
Tokyo3 Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: W.A Posts: 23	Fried Computers What are peoples experience with computers frying for no reason? I checked out this computer at my mums work and it was totally cooked with burnt silicon in the power supply(fuse did not blow), motherboard and hdd. It seems weird as the place is meant too have surge protection.

6th January 2004, 12:54 AM	#2
driver Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brisbane - Northside Posts: 3,516	Power Supplies? Someone has switched it to 110V mode? edit: though the damage has always been limited to the PSU __________________ www.NetBootdisk.com : Universal TCP/IP Network Bootdisk Menu driven, Including 98 network card drivers, CDROM, Mouse, DNS & packet driver support all on a single 1.44MB floppy! v6.5 - 23/MAY/10 Last edited by driver; 6th January 2004 at 12:57 AM.

6th January 2004, 3:00 AM	#4
Hadamona Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Brisbane Posts: 489	A PSU killed my 20gb hdd. A same brand PSU also blew up after the power switch on the case had been switched on (while power to the psu was off), once power was applied to the PSU, pop fizzle. PSU's seem to be the most likely place for things to fry. __________________ This isnt my signature i write this every time i post.

6th January 2004, 2:41 AM	#3
fxr91 Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Brisbane, QLD Posts: 7,548	A PSU can die without warning, regardless of what surge protection you have, especially if generic. But in saying that, I had a 330W Antec die last week from leaking capacitors. Didn't take anything with it though (luckily).

6th January 2004, 3:16 AM	#5
anlashok Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,729	seen a couple of ones go myself (generic) lucky they took nothing else with'em. make a mess though