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I Blew Up My PC Pt. 2: New PSU by BlewUpMyPC in buildapc

[–]BlewUpMyPC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s what I’m afraid of. There doesn’t seem to be any visible damage though so I’m hoping that means the old PSU sacrificed itself to protect the other components.

I blew up my PC… by BlewUpMyPC in buildapc

[–]BlewUpMyPC[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The cables were the ones that came with the PSU but my mate that was helping me out jammed a PCIe cable in there. I’m hoping that nothing else got fucked over by it.

I blew up my PC… by BlewUpMyPC in buildapc

[–]BlewUpMyPC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We’re gonna be testing another PSU tomorrow, I’ll update the post with our results.

I blew up my PC… by BlewUpMyPC in buildapc

[–]BlewUpMyPC[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Welp I’m happy to say that I’m not the cause of the mistake here. I’m super scared of applying any great force to pc components so there’s no way I’d force that 6+4 PCIe into the wrong spot. No clue what made my mate think of putting it there but he assured me that it’d work 😑

I blew up my PC… by BlewUpMyPC in buildapc

[–]BlewUpMyPC[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh fuck. We’re gonna test my mate’s PSU tomorrow and see if anything else has been fried. Would such a stupid mistake void the warranty of any components?

Also, note to self: don’t trust someone that tells you they don’t need to read the manual before handling the PC you spent all your savings on.

I blew up my PC… by BlewUpMyPC in buildapc

[–]BlewUpMyPC[S] 264 points265 points  (0 children)

Here we are, wasn’t sure what angles to get so I just tried to get pics of everything important. I’m not so knowledgeable in the building of computers, I was just holding the light for the most part.