If a just built PC goes bang on power-up...

  • Thread starter Thread starter Fred Finisterre
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Mike Tomlinson said:
Don't talk crap. A motherboard shorted to the case won't cause the PSU
to go bang. It'll go into current-limiting mode (if you listen to it,
you may hear it ticking quietly.)
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I agree with Chris, when mobo shorted with the case, a short is a short, it
surely can cause PSU to smoke and to go bang. After the bang, anything can
happen, PSU, mobo maybe all fried, maybe all fine, maybe one of them failed,
etc. If you work on PC a lots, you know anything can happen.
 
Mr said:
Did ebuyer ever give this guy his money back or what?
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I couldn't be bothered in the end. I needed the PC built quickly, as it was
for a client. A new PSU did the job - nothing else was fried. Interestingly,
I bought the replacement PSU from them (the exact same one that was in the
case originally) and it didn't have a voltage selector switch.

I raised a complaint via an enote, and they told me to fill in an RMA, but
didn't specifically say they would replace the case.

Cheers,

Fred.
 
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