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Power Supply Failure- dead HDs and CDRW

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mikejae

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I was using a full tower case and moved everything to a smaller case but did not think of swapping the power supply. The smaller case had a cheap 250w ps and when I started the computer it started to smoke. Now 2 HD's and 1 CDRW are dead. The HD's are under warranty but the CDRW is not, so I guess I'm only out a 100 bucks or so.
Anyone know what could have caused it? It was a kt7a with a 1ghz tbird. I guess the cheap ps didn't have fuses.
 
Just padding the old post count, eh SgtZulu? Really useful...

Most output devices in PSUs have "crowbar" overcurrent protection which should cause the fuse to blow when the crowbar trips. However cheap PSU may have Out-of-Spec fuse or a shunt. Better to rely on gray matter than 5-cent fuse <g>... Further, I don't believe that that kind of hard drive failure is covered under any warranty with which I am familiar, sorry--unless you can get the PSU mfr to cover the ancillary damages which its unit caused--Hah (sorry.).

.bh.
 
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