Urmm guys..... I think my computer just died :( Please help!

[camalbitboy]

My PSU died the other day too. Mid BF2 heard a pop and no power to anything. It was a 480W unit as well, so its not like its short of power. One of the capacitors had blown in half. I think that its just one of those things that happen occaisionally. Mine was an Antec. What make was yours?

I still haven't got round to sending mine back yet, had a spare no brand 500W lying around so using that instead for the mo.

[Shmee150]

It was a Tagan 2Force.

I hope that's what it was. I didn't look inside because I wanted it replaced.

ShMeE

[Purple]

unplug everything from the PSU - all the cables. then on the ATX cable (the one that goes into the motherboard) get a paperclip and connect the GREEN and one of the BLACK connectors together. This should 'short' the PSU on, if nothing happens the PSU might be dead, if it does turn on perhaps there is a problem with the motherboard - have you tried resetting the CMOS / removing the battery for a couple of mins?

Thanks, wanted to know how to do this but could never be bothered finding out.

[camalbitboy]

It was a Tagan 2Force.

I hope that's what it was. I didn't look inside because I wanted it replaced.

ShMeE

I didn't have to take mine apart or anything to see the damage. Just looked in through the air intake grill to see a complete mess of melted plastic that had solidified in midexplosion. Looked quite good. Not £80 of new psu good though.....

[beca5olo]

unplug everything from the PSU - all the cables. then on the ATX cable (the one that goes into the motherboard) get a paperclip and connect the GREEN and one of the BLACK connectors together. This should 'short' the PSU on, if nothing happens the PSU might be dead, if it does turn on perhaps there is a problem with the motherboard - have you tried resetting the CMOS / removing the battery for a couple of mins?

Yikes! No offense, but I wouldn't perform such an operation without a source more reliable than a forum post...