115V instead of 230v

[adamsalisburyweb]

Hi,
In a moment of idiocy I switched my PSU from 230v to 115v. It is
probably no shock to most people that the unit itself went pop.
The motherboard of the system in question was already dead and has
since been sent off for a replacement. Taking into account the already
dead motherboard it is hard to determine the extent of the damaged
caused by the PSU going pop.
Does anyone have any idea what components may have been damaged by this
act of stupidity.

Thanks
Adam

 

[Conor]

Hi,
In a moment of idiocy I switched my PSU from 230v to 115v. It is
probably no shock to most people that the unit itself went pop.
The motherboard of the system in question was already dead and has
since been sent off for a replacement. Taking into account the already
dead motherboard it is hard to determine the extent of the damaged
caused by the PSU going pop.
Does anyone have any idea what components may have been damaged by this
act of stupidity.

Anything connected to the PSU is potentially at risk.

 

[johns]

Beyond strange. You must be in Europe somewhere?

johns

 

[Brad Houser]

Hi,
In a moment of idiocy I switched my PSU from 230v to 115v. It is
probably no shock to most people that the unit itself went pop.
The motherboard of the system in question was already dead and has
since been sent off for a replacement. Taking into account the already
dead motherboard it is hard to determine the extent of the damaged
caused by the PSU going pop.
Does anyone have any idea what components may have been damaged by this
act of stupidity.

Get a new PSU and find out. Probably nothing got fried except the PSU
itself.

BH

 

[Robbie McFerren]

Hi,
In a moment of idiocy I switched my PSU from 230v to 115v. It is
probably no shock to most people that the unit itself went pop.
The motherboard of the system in question was already dead and has
since been sent off for a replacement. Taking into account the already
dead motherboard it is hard to determine the extent of the damaged
caused by the PSU going pop.
Does anyone have any idea what components may have been damaged by this
act of stupidity.

Thanks
Adam

Power Supplies are designed with Weak points, while it is possible that
you damaged other components, the overvoltage probably did not get past
the protection circuits.

 

[Zork]

Hi,
In a moment of idiocy I switched my PSU from 230v to 115v. It is
probably no shock to most people that the unit itself went pop.
The motherboard of the system in question was already dead and has
since been sent off for a replacement. Taking into account the already
dead motherboard it is hard to determine the extent of the damaged
caused by the PSU going pop.
Does anyone have any idea what components may have been damaged by this
act of stupidity.

Thanks
Adam

Can you spell fried?

 

[adamsalisburyweb]

Yes Captain Zork, I can.